Chicken Thighs With Roasted Apples and Garlic
"From Cooking Light
The apples create a flavorful chunky sauce. Feel free to leave bits of peel on the apples to make this rustic dish even more colorful."
photo by rpgaymer
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 5 cups apples, chopped peeled (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 8 skinless chicken thighs (about 2 pounds)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- chopped parsley (optional)
- cooking spray
directions
- Preheat oven to 475°.
- Combine first 5 ingredients. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss well to coat. Spread apple mixture on a jelly roll pan coated with cooking spray.
- Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper, and arrange on top of the apple mixture. Bake at 475° for 25 minutes or until chicken is done and apple is tender. Remove chicken from pan; keep warm.
- Partially mash apple mixture with a potato masher, and serve with chicken. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired.
- Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 thighs and about 2/3 cup apple mixture).
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Awesome recipe. I added a tablespoon of brown sugar to the apple mixture, and it tasted perfect. Thanks for sharing! -
I LOVE THIS RECIPE!!! I used McIntosh apples and left the skins on, and I didn't even have to mash them! They were the PERFECT balance of sweet and tart, too. I was super skeptical that this was going to bake in the amount of time given, and in the right way, but it did indeed. Leave it uncovered -- it works! So easy, so fast, and so GOOD! I had faith this was going to be good and invited friends to share this with us and they were equally as impressed. I think this will be making an appearance at dinner time quite often throughout the fall and winter. -
Wonderful! Based on other reviews I modified the cooking time and temp - 425 for 35 minutes, and I also added an onion as suggested. I also switched out fresh garlic and sage for dried as I didn't have any on hand. Super yummy and will definitely make this again! -
This was a great meal for guests! I did use pork chops instead of the thighs because that's what I had on hand. I used a mix of gala and golden delicious apples, and added about 1/4 of an onion (chopped) into the apple/garlic mixture. Everyone really seemed to like it. I left out the nutmeg and cinnamon as a personal preference, and I'm glad I did. The sweet and tart from the apples & garlic was plenty flavorful. I also cooked this on the stove-top rather than baking in the oven. Served with roasted potatoes and broccoli.
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lovely flavour! We enjoyed this chicken very much, but I was disappointed in the apples, they got burned all around the edges, any that were not under the chicken were unedible. When i saw this was happening I turned the oven temp down to 400f degrees and cooked them a littel longer, about 45 minutes. I will make them again, but at the lower temp. Thanks for posting.
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Apple with garlic seems to be a weird combination, but I actually liked it! I tried this with chicken breasts instead of thights, so the chicken turned out a bit dry and bland. The apple mixture was great, though! I'd like to try it again, next time with chicken layered in between the apple slices. Thanks for the unique idea!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Phil Franco
holland, PA
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