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📋 Chicken in a Hurry Recipe

This 5 ingredient quick and easy Chicken in a Hurry Recipe is simple to make and takes about 5 minutes to prep. It's a budget-friendly baked chicken thighs recipe, using pantry ingredients you have on hand. It's also the perfect make-ahead or weeknight dinner!
Course dinner, main
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken, chicken thighs, hurry, in a hurry
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 275kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ lbs skinless, boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 56 g -of dry onion soup mix * 2 - 28 g packages of onion soup mix
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees F and spray the bottom of a small roaster or casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Place chicken pieces in roaster or casserole dish.
  • Whisk ketchup, water, brown sugar and dry onion soup mix together in a bowl.
  • Pour sauce over chicken pieces.
  • Seal with aluminum foil.
  • Bake for 1 hour or until chicken reaches internal temperature of 165 degrees F/74 degrees C.

Garnish (optional)

  • Garnish with fresh parsley
    collage of 6 photos of steps to make Chicken in a Hurry

Notes

📋Variations & Substitutions
  • Chicken - If you only have chicken thighs with skin on them, you can easily take it off and use them for this recipe. You could also substitute chicken breasts in place of thighs. Bone in chicken thighs also work, but may take 10-15 minutes longer to cook (just be sure it's cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F)
  • WW friendlier - use chicken breast (as they are 0 points). Just switching to chicken breasts will bring this dish down to 5 WW points (from 10) on the blue plan. You can further reduce the points by using a sugar substitute and sugar-free ketchup (if you are comfortable with using artificial sweeteners.)
  • Spicy - if you like spicy, you can add chili pepper flakes
🌡️Storage
The chicken can be stored with the sauce in the fridge (in a sealed container) for 2-3 days. If you make rice to go with this recipe, keep the rice stored in a separate container in the fridge.
This recipe freezes well for up to 3 months in a sealed container.
⏲️ Baking time
Temperature is the very best way to check for doneness. I use this instant read thermometer- (affiliate link) it's great for everything food related!
4 thermapen thermometeres
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Nutrition Facts
📋 Chicken in a Hurry Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 275 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 135mg45%
Sodium 966mg42%
Potassium 511mg15%
Carbohydrates 26g9%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 20g22%
Protein 28g56%
Vitamin A 189IU4%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 40mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Calories: 275kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 135mg | Sodium: 966mg | Potassium: 511mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 189IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg