Here’s an easy way to marinate chicken thighs for as little as 15 minutes, or let sit in refrigerator for a couple of hours, or, a day, and…. it uses one of my favorite inventions of the 20th Century…. plastic storage Hefty or Ziploc bags! (I prefer Hefty with the sliding sealer or the blue strip). No mess!

If you buy the economy size of chicken thighs, you can double or triple the marinate and make-ahead and package up several portions in bags and freeze for later! All you will have to do, is take out of freezer, thaw in bag, put in ovenproof casserole and bake.

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