Lemon butter rosemary and spinach chicken thighs. Juicy rosemary lemon chicken thighs is the kind of recipe that's perfect to make for a quick weeknight dinner. Serve with simple sides for a delicious meal. I love using bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs but any chicken pieces will work well here.
I have also add a little fresh chopped baby spinach to the creamy sauce. Spoon the sauce over the chicken. In addition to the lemon and fresh herbs, the chicken thighs are flavored with an emulsified mash of garlic, salt, and olive oil, called allioli. You can cook Lemon butter rosemary and spinach chicken thighs using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lemon butter rosemary and spinach chicken thighs
- Prepare 2 cups of loose packed rough chopped baby spinach.
- You need 1.75-2 pounds of (4) organic bone in chicken thighs.
- You need 3 of garlic cloves minced.
- You need 1 cup of heavy cream.
- You need 1 1/2 cup of chicken stock.
- You need Tbsp of minced fresh rosemary and 3 to 4 sprigs.
- It's 1 of large lemon.
- Prepare of White rice.
- Prepare of Smoke paprika.
- You need of Salt and pepper.
- It's 1/4 cup of freshly grated Parmesan.
- Prepare 1 tsp of crushed red pepper (optional).
- It's 1 1/2 cups of cherry tomatoes.
Top each slice with a piece of rosemary and thyme and a sage leaf. Set the chicken thighs, skin side up, on top; sprinkle them generously with salt and pepper. Rice and steamed fresh broccoli are equally economical sides that are great with the tender dark meat chicken. Roasted lemon chicken with rosemary and garlic is perfect for a weeknight dinner!
Lemon butter rosemary and spinach chicken thighs step by step
- Season chicken thighs and add to a room temp pan and bring to med high heat and sear to render fat and crisp the skin, flip and quickly sear the other side for about 5 minutes and remove, searing the thighs like this takes time but it’s worth it so be patient..
- Add 2 tbsp butter to the cast iron enamel and sauté garlic and minced rosemary for a few minutes or until soft and fragrant and then add the stock, cream, juice of 1 lemon, Parmesan, couple pinches of salt and bring to a boil and reduce for about 5 to 10 minutes, taste for seasoning..
- Turn the heat off and add the spinach until wilted.
- Add the chicken skin side up, rosemary sprigs and cherry tomatoes and add to the oven at 400 for about 30 minutes.
- Serve over white rice.
It comes together so quickly and insanely flavored with only few simple ingredients. If you try this Lemon Rosemary Chicken, please let me know in the comments below. I would love to know how it turned out for you! Pat chicken thighs dry and place, skin side up, in a single layer on a baking sheet. Scatter lemon on the onion-garlic mixture and strew with thyme and rosemary sprigs.