Paprika Chicken

How many ways can you bake chicken?

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I love bone-in chicken and I really love the dark meat pieces such as the thigh and drumstick! My luck this week is that these were the pieces on sale. I picked up enough to get two meals out of the $5 purhcase.

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These cuts have much more flavor than a boneless breast. However, if the breasts are more your thing, I do suspect this seasoning mix will work great on any cut or even a whole chicken!

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This version of baked chicken is one I've done a couple times now and is a great hit with Hubs. It's so easy that it's PERFECT for a weeknight meal.

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Inspired by something I saw in my Martha Stewart cookbook, I made up some crispy goat cheese disks for our salad.

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We still have a couple logs of honey goat cheese that I picked during the post holiday cheese sale, so I used some of that. Begin by molding some of the cheese into a patty, dip in a salt/pepper seasoned egg wash and coat in panko bread crumbs. Brush with a bit of olive oil and broil until browned.
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A quick, simple and delicious way to change up your salad routine!

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After my success with homemade salad dressing on V-Day, I decided to go for it again! This one consisted of olive oil, rice vinegar, coarse grain mustard, salt and pepper.

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Just before serving dress the salad and place disk on top.

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This Paprika Chicken is super simple - On both sides of the chicken pieces sprinkle a combination of salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne and garlic powder. Bake skin side up.
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Our sides were brown rice and spinach.

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This was actually my first time using brown rice, so I kept it simple with a 50/50 of chicken broth to water mix. Once nearly all of the liquid was I absorbed I seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and dried parsley flakes...better (and healthier) than boxed!

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We also had one of my favorite no fuss sides, which is fresh spinach sauteed in olive oil and garlic.

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A quick and easy no fuss meal!
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The highlights for this meal are new crispy goat cheese disks and brown rice side.

We'll be having both again, that is for sure!