Skillet Chicken with Apples and Onions

A wonderful fall dish combining the sweet flavor of apples with the savory spices of chicken.  Unique and delicious for a great meal at the end of a day.

Skillet Chicken With Apples and Onions

Ingredients

2 boneless chicken breasts, with skin (you can also use chicken thighs or a combination of chicken breasts and thighs)

1 medium onion, diced

1 granny smith apple, peeled and cored and diced into 1/4 inch cubes

4 TBSP unsalted butter, softened

1/4 tsp thyme

1/4 tsp sage

1/4 tsp onion powder

1/4 tsp lemon zest

1/8 tsp rosemary 

1 garlic clove, chopped

salt and pepper

2 TBSP Canola Oil

1/2 cup chicken broth, heated (heat in microwave for 1 minute)

**Ingredient Note: for the thyme, sage, and rosemary it is ok to use dried herbs.

1.  Preheat oven to 475 degrees.

2.  Combine butter, thyme, sage, onion powder, lemon zest, rosemary, and garlic.  Pat chicken breasts dry with a paper towel.  Using your fingers lightly lift up skin from chicken and spread some of the herbed butter underneath the skin.  Lightly spread more of the herbed butter on top of the chicken/ skin.  Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken.

3.  Heat oil in a cast iron skillet over high heat until hot and barely smoking.  Gently lay chicken breasts, skin side down, in cast iron skillet.  Cook over high heat for 2 minutes.  Reduce heat to low-medium and cook for an addition 7 minutes skin side down.  Flip chicken over.  Add diced onions and apples to skillet.  Cook for 1 minute.  Add chicken broth to skillet.  Move skillet to oven and cook for an additional 13-15 minutes.

4.  Remove skillet from oven.  Transfer chicken to plate or cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.  Cook apples and onions in skillet over low heat for 3-5 minutes and let reduce.  (If you want more of a sauce add one packet of Swanson Chicken Flavor Boost packets to the apple and onions while they reduce).