Best Chicken Thighs With Apple Baconthyme Cream Sauce Recipes

BAKED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH APPLES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Season both sides of the chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a deep oven-proof skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken thighs to the hot oil and cook until browned on both sides, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm.
• Add sliced onions to the skillet and saute until they just start to brown, about 3 minutes. Pour in apple cider and chicken stock, scraping the bottom of the pan to loosen any browned bits. Stir in thyme and salt. Simmer until the onions are soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.
• Add chicken back to the skillet and spoon some sauce over the top. Arrange sliced apples around the chicken. Cover the skillet with a lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove skillet from the oven and carefully uncover. Transfer chicken from the skillet to a plate and keep warm. Whisk heavy cream and cornstarch together in a small bowl. Stir gently into the sauce in the skillet. Place chicken back into the skillet and spoon some of the sauce over the chicken.
• Return skillet to the oven and bake, uncovered, until the chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, and an instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 15 minutes more. Serve chicken and apples with the sauce.

BRAISED CHICKEN THIGHS AND APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degree F. Sprinkle the chicken generously with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large, deep ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Place the chicken in the skillet skin-side down and cook, flipping once, until golden on both sides. Transfer to a plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium, add the thyme and leeks to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 4 minutes. Pour in the wine and use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom. Cook until the skillet is nearly dry. Stir in the broth, apple cider and a pinch each of salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Use a fork to mash the butter and flour together in a small bowl until smooth. Whisk the butter-flour mixture into the skillet until dissolved. Stir in the apples and remove from the heat. Nestle the chicken skin-side up in the skillet along with any collected juices from the plate. Bake until the chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes.

CHICKEN THIGHS WITH APPLE BACONTHYME CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. cook the bacon and set aside
• 2. chop onion and saute in large nonstick fry pan with 2 Tbsp butter. add 2 tbsp apple juice or cider. Cook until slightly caramelized. add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Remove from heat. Put the onions aside on a plate
• 3. take the pan you cooked the onions in. Add 2 more tabla spoons of butter,and cook the chicken thighs. Salt and pepper them. flip over and salt and pepper again. Fry for about 15 or until no pink shows through. Remove from pan to plate.
• 4. put the sliced apples and cooked onions in the fry pan.cook over medium heat a 5 minutes.Add apple juice,or cider,and crushed bouillon cubes and stir all together.
• 5. Put the chicken back in the pan with the apples,and onions with it's juices. Sprinkle with the Thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Cover and simmer about 15-20 minutes until apples are cooked and chicken is cooked.
• 6. Remove chicken from pan of apples. Stir sour cream and corn starch together in a bowl,and add to apple mixture. cook on medium.Stir until thickened. Remove from heat.
• 7. Place your chicken on a plate. pour apple sauce mixture on chicken, sprinkle with black pepper,and sprinkle with crumbled bacon. serve!!

CHICKEN WITH APPLE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown the chicken in oil over medium heat for 4 minutes on each side. Combine the apple juice, lemon juice, rosemary, salt and pepper; pour over chicken. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°. Remove chicken and keep warm. , Combine cornstarch and cream until smooth; gradually stir into cooking liquid in skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Add parsley. Return chicken to skillet and heat through. Serve with rice.