Cheap chicken thigh recipes
44 recipes
Every chicken thigh dinner here costs $2.50 or less a serving at typical US grocery prices, cheapest first. The cheapest is Crispy salt and pepper chicken thighs at $1.52 a serving, and the average here is $2.08.

Crispy salt and pepper chicken thighs
$1.52 a serving
55 min

Air fryer bone-in chicken thighs
$1.55 a serving
35 min

Oven fried chicken
$1.63 a serving
85 min

Chicken plov
$1.64 a serving
95 min

Honey mustard chicken thighs
$1.65 a serving
55 min

Chicken bog
$1.72 a serving
80 min

Chicken alla diavola
$1.73 a serving
70 min

Crispy chicken thighs with lentils
$1.74 a serving
55 min

Chipotle chicken thighs
$1.79 a serving
45 min

Lemon garlic chicken thighs
$1.83 a serving
35 min

Chicken tamales
$1.88 a serving
165 min

Sheet pan chicken thighs and cabbage
$1.89 a serving
55 min

Air fryer chicken thighs
$1.93 a serving
25 min

Baked boneless chicken thighs
$1.93 a serving
35 min

Arroz caldo (Filipino chicken rice soup)
$1.95 a serving
55 min

No-peek chicken and rice
$1.95 a serving
115 min

Chkmeruli (Georgian garlic chicken)
$1.97 a serving
50 min

Pollo a la diabla
$1.98 a serving
65 min

Gai yang (Thai grilled chicken)
$2.00 a serving
80 min

Chicken tocino
$2.09 a serving
65 min

Filipino chicken sopas
$2.13 a serving
40 min

Bang bang chicken salad
$2.16 a serving
45 min

Pollo asado
$2.17 a serving
100 min

Caldo de pollo (Mexican chicken soup)
$2.18 a serving
70 min

Chicken sisig
$2.20 a serving
45 min

Garlic butter chicken thighs
$2.21 a serving
30 min

Chicken sancocho
$2.25 a serving
80 min

Grilled chicken thighs
$2.26 a serving
50 min

Crockpot Mississippi chicken
$2.28 a serving
320 min

Microwave char siu chicken with rice and bok choy
$2.28 a serving
35 min

Instant Pot chicken thighs and rice
$2.29 a serving
50 min

Smoky chicken and sweet potato sheet pan
$2.31 a serving
50 min

Chicken suya
$2.34 a serving
40 min

Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic
$2.34 a serving
75 min

Chicken yakisoba
$2.35 a serving
30 min

Thai peanut chicken wraps
$2.35 a serving
30 min

Brunswick stew
$2.37 a serving
75 min

Chicken thighs with collard greens
$2.37 a serving
65 min

Air fryer Korean fried chicken sandwiches
$2.38 a serving
50 min

Poulet au vinaigre (French vinegar chicken)
$2.39 a serving
60 min

Microwave chimichurri chicken and rice
$2.40 a serving
20 min

Chicken ragu
$2.40 a serving
105 min

Vietnamese chicken salad (gỏi gà)
$2.42 a serving
45 min

Honey thyme chicken thighs with root vegetables
$2.45 a serving
60 min
Costs and nutrition are estimates for one serving, worked out from typical US grocery prices and standard nutrition values for what each recipe uses.
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