This easy good One Pot Spicy Garlic Chicken Thighs Recipe is simple and quick for solid Nando's style garlic chicken thighs that are spicy and bursting with flavor in one pot with four easy ingredients!

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One Pot Spicy Garlic Chicken Thighs

Nandos is one of those restaurants we HAVE to stop at when traveling (its a fast-casual chicken joint across the globe that has a crazy cult following and known for soaking up long and crazy nights out.)

They have the most good peri-peri chicken – a Peruvian specialty that is spicy and full of ginger, shallot, and garlic flavor that you can't ever get enough of.

We might live far from a Nando's – but thanks to their recent expansion into grocery stores, we can get our spicy peri-peri fix whenever we want. We've been playing a lot with their sauces, and this -simple one pot spicy garlic chicken thigh recipe is so rich, indulgent, and easy – it's quickly become one of our all time new favorites!

Kitchen notes

Pat thighs dry.
- Patting chicken thighs with a paper towel before pan frying helps to take out any residual moisture in the thighs and fry better. Pat them dry before starting the recipe for crispy, crunchy thighs that taste good.
Season chicken thighs well.
- Adding salt and pepper to your chicken thighs before frying helps infuse them with flavor and also helps draw out extra moisture to help this chicken fry up beautifully in the pan – fast.
Give them room.
- Chicken thighs need room to crisp up – if they are too close together in the pan, they will release a lot of liquid and you'll end up boiling your
Crisp your chicken thighs.
- Chicken thighs are incredibly good when crunchy and crispy – let them develop a crunchy crust before adding the sauce to the pan for solid chicken thighs.
Let the sauce thicken.
- When the sauce mixes with butter from the pan frying, it develops a rich, buttery, thick sauce that is heavenly. Let the sauce thicken before plating, about 2-3 minutes.

To Make This One Pot Nandos Garlic Chicken Thighs Recipe You'll Need:

Frying Pan

Chicken Thighs

Nando's Peri Peri Sauce

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Ingredients

2 tbsp butter
t tsp celtic sea salt
1 tsp pepper
6 chicken thighs
¼ cup garlic, diced
2 tsp dried oregano
½ cup nando's sauce, hot or medium

Method

In a large, heavy pan, melt butter until foamy on high.
Generously season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
Add chicken to pan and cook 3-4 minutes until one side is golden brown and crunchy. Flip and repeat for other side. Reduce heat to medium.
Add diced garlic to pan, stirring quickly to prevent burning.
When garlic is soft and fragrant (not burned), add oregano and nandos sauce.
Cook until sauce has thickened and chicken thighs have reached 165 degrees internally.
Remove from pan and plate with grilled vegetables, topping with sauce. Also great to add to salads, wraps, tacos, or save for meal prep to reheat for lunch.