Best Baked Chicken Thighs with Maple Dijon Sauce

Best Baked Chicken Thighs with Maple Dijon Mustard Sauce – so easy and so good!  Your family will love this and rave about this recipe for days!

A perfect, easy recipe if you don’t have much free time. These Chicken Thighs with Maple Dijon Sauce require only 5 ingredients, the whole dish takes only 10 minutes to prepare, and then about 40 minutes to bake (while you drink a cocktail or a glass of wine) – super easy, don’t you think?! Easily double the recipe for a bigger baking pan. And you get some of the best baked chicken thighs you’ll ever make!

To make maple dijon sauce, whisk together Dijon mustard, maple syrup and rice vinegar:

Generously salt and pepper the chicken thighs and place them in the casserole dish:

Spoon the maple-dijon sauce over the chicken thighs:

Turn the chicken thighs over several times to make sure the sauce coats the chicken evenly.

Baked uncovered for 40 minutes until chicken is fully cooked (no longer pink in the center and registers 165 F on meat thermometer).

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Best Baked Chicken Thighs with Maple Dijon Sauce

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

These Chicken Thighs with Maple-Dijon Mustard Sauce require only 5 ingredients, the whole dish takes only 10 minutes to prepare, and then about 40 minutes to bake (while you drink a cocktail or a glass of wine) - super easy, don't you think?!  These will be some of the best (and easiest!) baked chicken thighs you'll ever make!

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 385 kcal

Ingredients

Maple Dijon Sauce:

• 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar

Chicken!

• 5 chicken thighs bone-in, skin-on
• salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450º F.
2. Mix together the Dijon mustard, maple syrup and rice vinegar.
3. Salt and pepper the thighs, then place them in the baking dish - I used 2.5 quart oval casserole dish ( 13 inches * 9 inches *4 inches deep).
4. Pour the maple-mustard mixture over the thighs, turning them a couple times to fully coat them.
5. Place the baking dish with chicken thighs, uncovered, into the oven, and bake for 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 165ºF. Baste the chicken thighs with the sauce 2 or 3 times during the last 20 minutes of baking.
6. Serve the chicken thighs immediately, on plates, topped with the remaining sauce from the baking dish.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from WittyInTheCity.com

Nutrition Facts

Best Baked Chicken Thighs with Maple Dijon Sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 385 Calories from Fat 216

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 24g 37%

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Cholesterol 138mg 46%

Sodium 463mg 19%

Potassium 377mg 11%

Total Carbohydrates 15g 5%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 12g

Protein 24g 48%

Vitamin A 2.6%

Vitamin C 0.6%

Calcium 5.1%

Iron 7.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.