Simple Baked Lemon Chicken Thighs

Here's a super easy recipe for Simple Baked Lemon Chicken Thighs perfect for a busy weeknight.

Boneless, skinless chicken thighs drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice and seasoned with a little oregano, paprika, salt and pepper and baked until done.

WW Low Carb Lemon Chicken Thighs

I like to keep things simple in the kitchen. When I saw this recipe for Chicken with Greek herb sauce in Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home (affiliate link) it caught my eye.

I liked that the chicken thighs are cooked in the oven rather than on the stove. I much prefer cooking most anything in the oven rather than on the stove. It's easier and a lot less messy.

Recipe Notes

The recipe calls for bone-in chicken thighs, but I used what I had - the boneless, skinless variety - with good results. And she suggests putting some potatoes in to bake about 30 to 45 minutes ahead of the chicken to keep things easy, which I did.

Simple Baked Lemon Chicken Thighs

As I was making the Greek herb sauce, Greek yogurt doctored with scallions, garlic, cucumber and fresh herbs, I decided this was more of a "dip" than a sauce. So we enjoyed some if it as part of a healthy afternoon snack with red pepper strips and cucumber slices.

During dinner everyone seemed to enjoy the "sauce" more as a topping for their baked potatoes than for the chicken, so I renamed it "Skinny Greek Herb Dip" with a page of it's own.

How Many Calories and WW Points in this Lemon Chicken?

According to my calculations, each chicken thigh has 142 calories and:

3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

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Simple Baked Lemon Chicken Thighs

Chicken thighs, seasoned simply with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, oregano and paprika and baked in the oven

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time55 minutes mins

Servings (adjustable): 6

Calories: 142

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

• ▢ 6 chicken boneless, skinless thighs (about 4 ounces each)
• ▢ Juice of 1 lemon
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ Dried oregano
• ▢ Sweet paprika
• ▢ Salt and pepper

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400F degrees.
• Lightly grease a roasting pan or ovenproof baking dish with cooking spray. Add the chicken thighs to the prepared pan.
• Drizzle over the lemon juice and olive oil and sprinkle with a little dried oregano, sweet paprika, salt and pepper.
• Roast in the preheated oven until done, 35 to 45 minutes.

Equipment

Baking Dish

Lemon Squeezer

Dinner Plates

Recipe Notes

Serving size: 1 chicken thigh

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3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

3 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Simple Baked Lemon Chicken Thighs

Amount Per Serving (1 chicken thigh)

Calories 142 Calories from Fat 76

% Daily Value*

Fat 8.4g13%

Carbohydrates 0g0%

Fiber 0g0%

Protein 19.2g38%

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

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: low carb lemon chicken, simple lemon chicken

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Source: Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home (affiliate link) by Nigella Lawson

*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

If you like baked lemon chicken thighs, you might also like:

• Weight Watchers Easy Healthy Baked Chicken Parmesan
• Slim & Saucy Healthy Chicken Marsala
• Weight Watchers Easy Arroz con Pollo
• Skinny Lemon Pepper Chicken Breasts

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