Apple Chicken Recipe with Bacon and Potatoes
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This Apple Chicken Recipe is so delicious. It's made in one pan with bacon, potatoes, spinach, and a simple honey and grainy mustard sauce. It's an easy to make and healthy recipe perfect for apple season!
Want an easy and healthy dinner recipe that's packed full of flavor? I thought you might! This apple chicken recipe has become one of our favorite new chicken recipes, and I think it's about to become your fav, too.
Apples add just the right hint of sweetness which goes so well with chicken.
Why you'll love this apple chicken recipe
- Sweet, crisp, BC Ambrosia Apples. ā these are my personal favorite apples.
- Bacon. Because bacon makes everything better.
- One pan easy. Love simple dinner recipes!
- A light honey mustard sauce that becomes creamy from the potatoes.
- It's a healthy, gluten-free + paleo + dairy-free recipe that is so delicious you'll never notice it's any of those things.
How to make this chicken and apple recipe:
- Start by crisping the bacon. Then try not eat all the crispy bacon before dinner is ready. Good luck!
- Then add the chopped apples to the pan to caramelize them and give them some color.
- Now it's the chicken's turn. Give it a quick sear so it has some color, too.
- Now add the simple sauce ingredients and the potatoes and pop the pan into the oven. Easy!
- When the potatoes are soft and the chicken has cooked through, scatter the bacon, apples, and spinach around the pan then pop it back into the heat for a few minutes to wilt the spinach.
And dinner is ready!
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Apple Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 strips bacon (cut into Ā½ inch slices)
- 2 large crispy apples (diced)
- 8 bone-in chicken thighs (skin on or off ā your choice)
- Ā½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons EACH: dijon mustard, grainy mustard, and honey
- 1 lb nugget potatoes (quartered)
- 2 cups spinach
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook the bacon in a large, ovenproof frying pan over medium heat until it's crispy, about 10 minutes. Remove it from the pan with a slotted spoon.4 strips bacon
- Turn the heat up to medium-high. Add the apples to the pan and let them cook until they turn golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove them from the pan and put them with the bacon.2 large crispy apples
- Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper and add them to the pan side side down. When they are golden brown, remove them from the pan.8 bone-in chicken thighs, Ā½ teaspoon EACH: salt and pepper
- Add the chicken stock, dijon mustard, grainy mustard, and honey to the pan and whisk well. Add the potatoes and stir them through the sauce. Nestle the chicken thighs into the potatoes, browned side up.1 cup chicken stock, 2 tablespoons EACH: dijon mustard, grainy mustard, and honey, 1 lb nugget potatoes
- Cover the pot and put it into your oven to cook for 30 minutes. Remove the cover from the pot and let it cook for 15 minutes more.
- Remove the pot from the oven and add the bacon, apples, and spinach. Pop it back in your oven for 5 minutes to wilt the spinach.2 cups spinach
Nutrition
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