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Autumn Apple Chicken
A delicious fall inspired dish made with pan seared chicken thighs, warm spices, fresh sautéed apples, and a lightly sweet and tart apple pan sauce. A homestyle dinner that tastes like it came straight from an orchard!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 35 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- measuring cup
- pan
- skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In liquid measuring cup or mixing bowl whisk together 1 cup apple juice, the honey, apple cider vinegar, and dijon mustard. In a separate small bowl whisk together cornstarch and 1 Tbsp apple juice. Set both aside.
honey1 Tbspapple cider vinegar1 Tbspdijon mustard1 tsp
2
Heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Sprinkle chicken on both sides evenly with paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Drizzle olive oil into skillet (use hot pads to lift and tilt pan to coat bottom of pan evenly with oil).
olive oil1 Tbsp
3
Add chicken spacing evenly apart. Let sear until browned on bottom, about ⏱️ 6 minutes. Turn chicken, reduce heat to medium, and continue to cook until center of chicken pieces registers 165 degrees on an instant read thermometer, about 5 to ⏱️ 6 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to a plate.
4
If there are black bits (not just browned) on the skillet use metal tongs and wet balled up paper towels to scrape some of them off at this point. Return skillet to medium heat. Melt butter in skillet.
butter2 Tbsp
5
Add apples, red onions, cinnamon and nutmeg. Season lightly with salt, saute ⏱️ 3 minutes. Then add thyme, rosemary and sage and saute 1 more minute until apples are starting to soften.
6
Pour in apple juice/honey mixture. Let simmer ⏱️ 2 minutes to reduce, season with salt to taste. Whisk apple juice cornstarch mixture again then pour into skillet. Cook 30 to ⏱️ 60 seconds longer while stirring.
honey1 Tbsp
7
Return chicken to apple mixture and spoon apples and pan sauce over chicken.
Nutrition Facts
calories
389 kcal
fat Content
17 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
21 g
sodium Content
573 mg
protein Content
33 g
trans Fat Content
0.3 g
cholesterol Content
177 mg
carbohydrate Content
27 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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