Chicken Thighs with Cherry Sauce

Chicken Thighs with Cherry Sauce
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken Thighs with Cherry Sauce a try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 51g of protein, 61g of fat, and a total of 1048 calories. Head to the store and pick up chicken broth, flour, butter, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cherry preserves you could follow this main course with the Basque Cake with Cherry Preserves as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350F. Trim excess fat from chicken and season on all sides with salt and pepper. Melt butter with oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
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Place flour in a bowl; add chicken, turning to coat. Shake off excess and place chicken, skin side down, in skillet. Discard leftover flour. Cook chicken until golden brown, about 7 minutes. (If skillet is too small, cook in batches.)
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3
Transfer to a large baking dish, skin side up.
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Bake until meat near bone shows no traces of pink, about 25 minutes.
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5
Pour off fat from skillet and return skillet to medium-high heat.
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Add wine and cook, stirring to pick up any browned bits on bottom, until liquid is reduced by half, about 2 minutes.
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Add broth, increase heat to high and boil rapidly until reduced and thickened, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-high; stir in preserves. Cook, stirring often, until thickened and glossy, about 5 minutes. Stir in cherries and cook until warmed through, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
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Arrange chicken on plates or a platter. Spoon cherry sauce on top and serve warm.
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Ready In45 m.
Servings4
Health Score16
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