Braised Chicken Thighs with Apples, Bacon Chutney, and Roasted Red Potatoes recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
½ pound bacon, cut into 1/4-inch pieces, or more to taste
6 dashes liquid smoke flavoring, or to taste
4 red potatoes, quartered
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
salt and ground black pepper to taste
3 Red Delicious apples - peeled, cored, and chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
¼ cup water

Nutrition Info

785.2 calories
carbohydrate: 107.7 g
cholesterol: 89 mg
fat: 27.3 g
fiber: 6.2 g
protein: 30.5 g
saturatedFat: 6.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 553.7 mg
sugar: 66.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

  2. Combine red wine vinegar and brown sugar in a saucepan, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sugar is dissolved and mixture is slightly thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.

  3. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir bacon until crisp, adding 3 dashes liquid smoke while cooking, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and drain bacon grease.

  4. Place potatoes, skin-side down, in a baking dish. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over potatoes and season with salt and pepper.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 20 minutes.

  6. Mix apples and bacon into vinegar-brown sugar mixture, bring to a boil. Add garlic, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes.

  7. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in the hot oil, cook for 7 minutes. Flip chicken,add water and a few shakes liquid smoke. Cover skillet and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

  8. Place chicken on a serving plate and top with apple mixture. Arrange potatoes alongside chicken.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This was a recipe I thought of while trying to figure out what to do with some apples that were getting too ripe. I love this recipe and I hope you do too!

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