Apple Chicken

Derf's Note:

Nummy fall dish, be sure to use apples that keep their shape when cooked, such as golden delicious. adapted from Canadian Living mag.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 apples , unpeeled,cored and thickly sliced
• 1 onion , sliced
• ½ cup apple cider or ½ cup apple juice
• 1 ½ teaspoons cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Directions:

1. Sprinkle chicken with thyme, salt and pepper.
2. In large frypan, heat half of the oil over medium high heat; brown chicken all over.
3. Transfer to plate.
4. Add remaining oil to frypan.
5. Cook apples and onion, stirring occasionsally, until golden, about 5 minutes.
6. Add apple cider, bring to boil, stirring and scraping up brown bits from pan.
7. Return chicken to frypan.
8. Cover and cook over medium low heat, turning once, until no longer pink inside, about 7 minutes.
9. Transfer chicken to serving platter.
10. Whisk vinegar with cornstarch; whisk into frypan and cook, stirring, until glossy and thickened, about 1 minute.
11. Pour over chicken.

Reviews

[Mirj]

Absolutely yummy! I just added about 3 tablespoons of honey to the apple juice, and we had a great dinner. I served it with plain rice, and there was lots of gravy/juice for the rice to soak up! Unfortunately, there were no leftovers. I may have to treble the recipe next time...

[Sunflower]

My family and I loved this chicken dish. The sauce is bitchin'. The flavor of chicken and apples is a new discovery for me and one that I find extremely yummy.Thanks Dorothy. You are so right, this is a wonderful fall recipe.

[ellie_]

Excellent, easy and quick way to serve chicken. I followed the recipe exactly with good results and we all loved this dish.