Braised Chicken and Apples

Submitted by Barb G.

"This dish is a hit with my family and friends. Easy and quick to prepare. Kids love it."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 -3 golden delicious apple, cored,peeled and sliced
• 2 shallots, thinly sliced
• 1⁄8 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1⁄2 cup apple cider
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Heat a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat; season chicken breast with salt and pepper; brown chicken on both sides, about 3 minutes per side; remove chicken to plate and keep warm.
2. Add apples and shallots to the skillet; cook until apples begin to soften, about 2 minutes; add thyme, salt and a generous grinding of pepper, cook 1 minute; Pour in chicken broth and cider and cook over high heat until the liquid has reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
3. Return chicken breast to the skillet, nestling them in among the apples; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the middle, about 8 minutes.

Reviews

[yogiclarebear]

Lovely dish! I used sweet onions and diced my chicken into fairly large pieces. I also left my apples un-peeled, and doubled the sauce to thicken into a gravy, which served nicely over rice.

 

[kmm0630]

I made this with pork chops and it was DELISH! The only thing - I cut it in half since I'm only one person and when all was said and done there was no sauce left to speak of. A shame since I'd planned to put it on mashed potatoes.

 

[Bergy]

Delightful recipe - The chicken was moist and loaded with flavor. I took the liberty of adding a few prunes (I love prunes & apples together) and they went well with the chicken Thanks Barb for giving me a very enjoyable dinner.

 

[LizP5885]

We really, really enjoyed this. Kids plowed through it....no complaints! I used a bit of cold butter to finish the sauce for a nice gloss and mouth feel.

 

[Primetime021]

THANK YOU MRS. GERTZ FOR THIS RECIPE!!!!! This is the best chicken dish I have ever tasted. I am a 20 year old male that doesn't know too much about cooking, but I made this dish for my girlfriend, and she loved it. It was very easy to make. The apples and sauce made the chicken very tasty. The only thing I changed was that I cut up the chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces.