Please enjoy this Cider Glazed Chicken Thighs recipe that was recently featured on my YouTube series. As mentioned in the video, it is one of the best chicken dinners I have ever tasted. The chicken cooks alongside diced carrots (or sweet potato) and apple slices in a single skillet, and is draped in a savory-sweet, rosemary-infused glaze. Delicious!
Skillet Dinner: Cider-Glazed Chicken Thighs
Chicken, carrots, and apples cooked in cider-based sauce, or glaze. Perfect for an autumn dinner party!
Servings: 6
Equipment
- A large, oven-safe skillet (cast iron works well here)
Ingredients
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 2 apples, sliced
- 2 tablespoons (or slightly more) avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped, fresh rosemary
- Salt and pepper -- a sprinkling of each
- 2 or up to 6 chicken thighs, skin-on, bone-in
- 2/3 cup apple cider
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 generous tablespoon grainy mustard
- 1 tablespoon butter
- optional for the skillet: 3 sprigs of rosemary
Instructions
- Center the oven rack; preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Put the carrots, apples, and chopped rosemary in a medium bowl. Add a tablespoon of the oil (use more oil if necessary) and salt and pepper to taste. Toss to coat. Set aside.
- Add the remaining oil to the oven-proof skillet. When the oil is hot, add the chicken thighs skin-side down. Cook until the skin has richly browned -- about 2 minutes. Remove chicken to plate.
- Put the apple cider, honey, and mustard in the same skillet. Boil until the cider reduces slightly -- about 1 minute. Add the butter, and stir until the butter melts. Then return the chicken the chicken to the skillet, skin-side up. Strew on the carrot and apple mixture to the skillet, arranging it, as much as possible, between the chicken pieces. Top with the optional sprigs of fresh rosemary.
- Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven. Bake until the chicken is done and the carrots are tender -- 25-30 minutes. Serve with the pan drippings.
Kathleen Gould says
Hi Kevin, my 92-year-old mother turned me onto your YouTube channel and we are both obsessed! We absolutely love the show and we bought the cookbook and we talk about you all the time like you’re part of our family. I was wondering if there was a way I could figure out how to watch old episodes on the YouTube channel? Is there a list someplace? Anyway, have a great day me and my mom Elaine love you.
Sincerely,
Kathy Gould
Stormville, NY