Crispy Salt and Vinegar Chicken

Salt and Vinegar Chicken is a perfectly crispy oven-baked dinner with the flavor of your favorite salt and vinegar potato chips. Cooked in just 40 minutes!

When it comes to simple weeknight meals, theres nothing like an easy Chicken Recipe. Just like Oven Baked BBQ Chicken this dish is perfect for a family dinner or to serve at your next game day party.

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CRISPY SALT AND VINEGAR CHICKEN

These delicious, crispy chicken thighs are marinated in vinegar, oil, salt, and pepper so they absorb all the salty, tangy flavor you’d get from salt and vinegar chips. Except in this case it’s baked into chicken, so unlike a bag of chips it can be considered dinner!

Even though the chicken is baked in the oven, the skin comes out just as flavorful and crisp as if you’d fried the chicken. Plus, you get all that taste without any breading. This gluten free baked chicken recipe is essentially a healthier take on fried chicken wings, and it’s perfect to serve for dinner with simple sides like Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes.

HOW TO MAKE SALT AND VINEGAR CHICKEN

  • Marinade: Add the chicken thighs, vegetable oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper to a bowl and cover it. Leave the chicken to marinate for at least 4 hours. For the most flavorful results let it marinate in the fridge overnight.
  • Cook: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Once the oven is ready add the chicken in a single layer to your baking sheet. Make sure to put the chicken in skin-side up. This will help make sure the skin gets nice and crisp in the oven. Bake the chicken for 40-45 minutes.

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DIPPING SAUCE

This great recipe is even better with an easy sauce to dip your chicken in. You can use your favorite store bought dipping sauce or make your own. Here’s an easy recipe for a homemade vinegar sauce.

  • Combine 1/2 cup plain yogurt (you can also exchange this for sour cream), 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar, 1 minced garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon granulated sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  • Once you’ve whisked the ingredients together, fold in 1/4 cup of goat cheese, blue cheese, or feta cheese depending on your preference.
  • Store the dipping sauce in the fridge until ready to serve with the chicken.

Crispy Salt and Vinegar Chicken in baking dish

VARIATIONS ON SALT AND VINEGAR CHICKEN

  • Baked Chicken Wings: If you’d prefer Vinegar Wings you can use the same basic recipe to bake chicken wings, instead of thighs. To make Vinegar Chicken Wings marinate the wings in salt and vinegar as usual, but only use half of the marinade recipe for this part. After the chicken wings have been marinated toss them in baking powder before putting them on a baking dish and cooking them. After baking, toss the chicken wings in the remaining vinegar and salt marinade before serving Vinegar Chicken Wings. These easy vinegar wings make a great game day appetizer.
  • Marinade: You can slightly alter the flavor of this dish depending on what kind of vinegar you use. Try white vinegar, malt vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or red wine vinegar. You could also add other ingredients to your marinade like chicken broth or BBQ sauce.
  • Seasoning: For even more flavor in your Vinegar Chicken dish try adding some extra seasoning. Toss some garlic powder, parsley, or finely chopped shallots in with the vinegar sauce. You could also sprinkle some sea salt over the top of the chicken once it’s on the baking sheet. If you want to add some sweet seasoning to the salty flavors, try adding a little bit of brown sugar over the top before baking.

WHAT TO SERVE WITH SALT AND VINEGAR CHICKEN

HOW TO STORE SALT AND VINEGAR CHICKEN

  • Serve: After baking, don’t leave this chicken recipe at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
  • Store: Once the dish has cooled, put it in a freezer bag or airtight container in the fridge. It will keep well for 3-4 days.
  • Freeze: You can keep this recipe for up to 6 months in the freezer. The next time you’re ready to eat them let the the Vinegar Chicken defrost in the fridge before reheating it.

Crispy Salt and Vinegar Chicken in baking dish

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Salt and Vinegar Chicken

Salt and Vinegar Chicken is a perfectly crispy oven-baked dinner with the flavor of your favorite salt and vinegar potato chips. Cooked in just 40 minutes!
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword Salt and Vinegar Chicken
Prep Time 4 hours
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 40 minutes
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 382 kcal
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken thighs , skin-on and bone-in
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon Kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Add chicken, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper to a large bowl and cover.
  2. Marinate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.

  3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  4. Add chicken, skin side up to a baking dish.
  5. Bake for 40-45 minutes until skin is crispy and chicken is cooked through.

Nutrition Facts
Salt and Vinegar Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 382 Calories from Fat 279
% Daily Value*
Fat 31g48%
Saturated Fat 12g75%
Cholesterol 142mg47%
Sodium 985mg43%
Potassium 318mg9%
Carbohydrates 1g0%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 23g46%
Vitamin A 113IU2%
Calcium 14mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

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  1. Hello Sabrina
    I enjoy many of your recipes. DO you cook the chicken thighs in the marinade?

    Regards and thanks,
    James

    1. You’ll want to discard the marinade and just cook the chicken to allow it to crisp up. I hope you enjoy it.

  2. Well, my chicken is marinated now. Was hoping to see other comments about how sour or salty this will be. Hope honey likes it.

  3. Sabrina,
    For the salt and vinegar chicken thighs, do you add the marinade to the baking dish along with the thighs or just the chicken?