Effortless Chicken Thighs in a Creamy Sauce

Chicken thighs are more flavorful than the breast cut and covering the thighs with a creamy sauce makes them more delightful.

However, after making this incredible creamy sauce and nestling chicken thighs in the sauce,  I have started to change my tune.

This dish is very good for a weeknight easy meal.

I served it with simple yellow rice, mixed with some banana peppers that I froze back in the spring.

After thawing the peppers, between two paper towels, I chopped them up and put them in the rice, at the same time I placed the rice on simmer.

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Effortless Chicken Thighs in a Creamy Sauce

Chicken thighs are more flavorful than the breast cut and covering the thighs with a creamy sauce makes them more delightful.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword chicken, cooking for two, cream sauce

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 2 people

Author JoAnn

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs boneless and skinless
• Kosher salt
• pepper
• 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 4 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 1/2 whole onion, chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 2 cups baby spinach
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan

Instructions

• Seasoned both sides of chicken thighs with salt and pepper. [mv_img id="5716"]
  
• While chicken acclimates, prep the other ingredients.
• Heated EVOO in a cast-iron skillet, medium heat, swirling the oil to coat the entire skillet.
• Once oil was heated up (I tested by dropping in a piece of the chopped onion to make sure it would start cooking immediately),
• I placed all thighs in the skillet, skin side down (remember mine had no skin), in the skillet, cooking for 13 minutes.
• Turned the chicken and cooked the other side, 12 minutes.
• Removed the chicken from the pan and placed on a plate.

  Put the chicken in a preheated 200º oven.
• Skillet still hot and on medium heat, I dropped in all chopped onion. 

  Stirring occasionally till onions were translucent, approximately 7 minutes.
• Added chopped garlic.

   Stirring until I could smell the garlic really well, (about 30 seconds) then I added the tomatoes and stirred the mixture.
• Finally, add the spinach. 

  Using tongs, I mixed in the spinach, cooking until the spinach was wilted, approximately 5 minutes.
• Add the heavy cream, a dash of salt, and pinch of pepper.

   Stir the mixture and leave until it reaches a boil, it should take approximately 7-8 minutes. [mv_img id="5715"]
  
• Once at a light boil, add the Parmesan cheese, stirring till the sauce has thickened slightly.
• Add the chicken back to the pan, spooning sauce on top of the chicken.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and allow chicken to cook in the sauce for 10 minutes.
• Serve.

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