Darina Allen: Three ways to cook chicken thighs, including an easy one-pot dinner

Drumsticks more flavourful than breast meat

A chicken thigh makes a perfect portion, it can be cooked whole, simply roasted with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.

This week, three of my favourite ways with chicken thighs and an excuse to encourage all diehard white meat lovers to try brown meat, my own personal favourite.

Of course, I’ll eat white meat when I’m served it, but I would never voluntarily choose it. Drumsticks and thighs are so much more flavourful than breast meat, but you won’t believe me until you actually taste the difference. Did you know that chicken breast outsells chicken thighs by about 50% – recent data shows that chicken breast remains the most popular meat in Ireland.