Oven-Roasted Chicken Thighs

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

For chicken thighs with crispy skin and succulent meat, we flipped the whole cooking process upside down. Literally.

SERVES 4

TIME 55 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

More flavorful and less prone to overcooking than lean breasts, chicken thighs are a perfect weeknight dinner. The only problem is that the layer of fat underneath the skin that helps keep them moist during cooking often leads to flabby ski...

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