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Chicken thighs Recipes

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Chicken Pastilla (Moroccan Sweet-Savory Pie) with chicken thighs, phyllo and almonds — Morocco recipe

🇲🇦MoroccoAdvanced

Flour and Confectionery Products

Chicken Pastilla (Moroccan Sweet-Savory Pie)

Pastilla is Morocco's most extravagant pie — a crisp, golden pastry of paper-thin warqa (or phyllo) concealing three layers: saffron-spiced shredded chicken, a soft egg-and-onion custard set in the reduced cooking juices, and a sweet crunch of fried almonds scented with orange blossom. Dusted with powdered sugar and cinnamon, it plays sweet against savoury in a way few dishes dare. Born of Arab-Andalusian heritage, it's a celebration centrepiece served at weddings and feasts.

100 min610 kcal6 serves

💪High protein

Coxinha with chicken thighs, chicken stock and requeijão — Brazil recipe

🇧🇷BrazilAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Coxinha

Coxinha is the teardrop-shaped chicken croquette sold in every Brazilian bakery and snack bar, named after the chicken drumstick whose shape it imitates. The dough is a scalded flour paste made with the broth the chicken was poached in, which is why a coxinha tastes of chicken all the way through rather than only in its filling. Inside sits shredded thigh meat bound with requeijão, the Brazilian spreadable cheese, and the whole thing is breaded and deep-fried until the shell crackles. The two things that decide the result are kneading the dough while it is still hot and sealing the shell without trapping air.

90 min480 kcal6 serves

Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken with chicken thighs, Chinkiang vinegar and dried red chillies — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken

Sichuan kung pao chicken is a fast stir-fry of tender chicken cubes, dried chillies and crisp peanuts. Chinkiang vinegar gives the thin glaze a dark, sharp edge, while Sichuan pepper leaves a brief citrusy tingle. It should taste lively rather than syrupy, with the peanuts added late enough to stay crisp.

35 min520 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma with boneless chicken thighs, garlic and lemon juice — Lebanon recipe

🇱🇧LebanonAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma

This home-oven shawarma trades the vertical spit for a fiercely hot sheet pan and a final pass under the broiler. The chicken thighs stay juicy while their thin edges blister and char, which gives the platter the roasted spice flavor people expect from shawarma. Serve it with warm pita, toum, pickles and chopped vegetables, or turn the same chicken into a rice bowl.

300 min515 kcal6 serves

💪High protein

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