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A baked French dressing chicken thigh on a plate with rice and broccoli

French Dressing Chicken

This nostalgic French Dressing Chicken is sweet and tangy , and the perfect weeknight meal. The skin gets sticky and it holds in tender juicy chicken, everyone will love this.
5 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6
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Ingredients
  

  • 6 chicken thighs -Bone in with skin See notes
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 1/2 cup French dressing
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1 packet Onion soup

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees . Place chicken in a baking pan and salt and pepper them
    Six bone in chicken thighs in a metal pan with with salt and pepper
  • In a small bowl mix the French dressing , BBQ sauce , and onion soup
    French dressing , BBQ sauce and onion soup mix in bowl ready to pour over chicken
  • Pour dressing mixture over the chicken and bake in a preheat oven for 1 hour
    French Dressing Mixture poured oven chicken thighs in a metal pan
  • At 55 minutes spoon the dressing mixture over the skin and basted it well
    Basting the French dressing chicken with the sauce at the end of baking
  • After basting turn the broiler on high for 10 minutes and brown the skin really well . As always check the internal temp of the chicken to make sure it is 165 degrees.
    Baked French Dressing chicken in a metal pan

Notes

I have made this with chicken legs but chicken breast would work as well. Just make sure your chicken is cooked thoroughly 
Make sure the internal temp of the chicken is 165 degrees . Cooking times will vary slightly for different cuts and sizes of chicken 
Keyword French Dressing Chicken
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