Baked Chicken with Tomatoes, Basil and Red Chillies (A.k.a. Maria’s Chicken)

Chicken thighs are baked up with grape tomatoes, red chiles, and fresh herbs, giving you a hearty, healthy, easy, and delicious dinner!

There’s nothing as easy as a big pan of baked chicken and veggies for a delicious weeknight dinner. And this recipe is so good you’ll be making it for all your guests too!

Author: cookthestory.com

Prep time 6 mins

Cook time 45 mins

Total time 51 mins

Serves: 4

It takes 6 minutes to toss everything into the pan for this dinner. If your oven isn’t done preheating in that time, no worries. Slam it in there anyhow. It’ll be ready in 45 minutes to an hour. Go relax for a bit and then put on some rice and toss some salad greens with dressing. Dinner is served!

Ingredients

♦3.5 lbs. skinless bone-in chicken thighs (about 8)

♦1 pint grape tomatoes

♦1-2 red chillies, sliced (don’t even bother to remove the seeds)

♦15 large basil leaves (torn up a bit) plus 10-12 smaller ones for garnish

♦1 Tbsp. olive oil

♦1 tsp. salt

♦½ tsp. coarse black pepper

Instructions

✖Preheat oven to 425F.

✖Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer in a large rimmed pan or baking dish (I use my 12″ cast iron skillet). Topple in the tomatoes. Skatter everything with the chillie slices and the 15 large basil leaves. Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

✖Bake until chicken is cooked through, about 45 minutes to an hour. The chillies and basil leaves will be blackened. But they taste good, don’t worry. Scatter the remaining 10-12 basil leaves over top before serving