Chicken Thighs with Roasted Apples and Garlic

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. Look for bone-in chicken thighs that are already skinned.

Ingredients:

• 5 cups chopped peeled braeburn apple (about 1 1/2 pounds)
• 1 tsp. chopped fresh sage
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 tsp. salt, divided
• cooking spray
• 8 bone-in chicken thighs (about 2 pounds), skinned
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• chopped fresh parsley (optional)

Preparation:

• preheat oven to 475
  
• combine first 5 ingredients
• add 1/4 tsp. salt; toss well to coat
• spread apple mixture on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray
• sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp. salt and pepper, and arrange on top of apple mixture
• bake 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 parsley, if desired.

Prepared: 2010-10-15

Categories: Chicken

Makes: 4 servings (2 thighs with 2/3 cup of the apple mixture)

Calories: 257 per serving

Recipe Source: cookbook: cooking through the seasons