Description
Chicken Thighs with White Beans and Greens is a healthy family meal you can whip up in 30 minutes!
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
- Salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper
- Red chili flakes
- Olive oil
- 1 medium onion, peeled, halved, and thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced or thinly sliced
- 2 tsp minced fresh rosemary
- 2 cups chicken stock (or 1 cup stock and 1 cup alcohol-free white wine alternative)
- 30 ounces canned white beans, drained and well rinsed
- 1 bunch kale, stems removed and chopped
- 1 bunch watercress, stems trimmed
- 1 lb baby spinach
- Shavings of Parmesan-Reggiano cheese
Instructions
- Step: Set oven to 375F.
- Step: Season both sides of the chicken with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, to taste.
- Step: Lightly coat the bottom of a large braising casserole or Dutch oven with olive oil and heat over medium high heat; brown the chicken, skin side down and in batches, for 3 minutes, then flip and cook for another minute.
- Step: Remove chicken to a baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until a thermometer reads 155F; cover loosely with foil.
- Step: Saute the garlic, onion, and rosemary in the same pan the chicken was browned in for 5-7 minutes, until soft and golden.
- Step: Add the stock (or stock and alcohol-free white wine alternative) to the pan and bring up to a bubble, then add the beans and simmer for a few minutes.
- Step: Add the greens to the pan, a few handfuls at a time, stirring to wilt them.
- Step: Smash some of the beans to thicken the sauce, and taste to adjust the salt, pepper, or red chili flakes.
- Step: Nestle the chicken thighs back into the pan and heat through.
- Step: Serve topped with shavings of Parmesan.
Notes
Pork-free sausage would be wonderful in place of the chicken thighs. Leave out the meat and make this vegan or vegetarian using alcohol-free flavorings or vegetable stock in place of the chicken stock.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: dinner
- Method: Braising
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 648 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 342 mg
- Fat: 34 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 21 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 10 g
- Protein: 47 g
- Cholesterol: 191 mg