Creamy Garlic Chicken Thighs
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5.0
21 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
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Servings
6 servings
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Calories
467 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Creamy Garlic Chicken Thighs
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Creamy Garlic Sauce over delectable, tender chicken thighs is the BEST taste you'll taste this year! Easy to do and an EYE and TASTE popping recipe for creamy garlic chicken thighs is perfect to serve your family, guests or a crowd!
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Ingredients
- 2 Tbs olive oil
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of pepper
- 8 chicken thighs no skin
- 40 cloves of garlic - whole peeled
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
- ¼ cup dry white whine
- ¼ Cup chicken stock
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme – tied in a bundle
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 3 Tbs corn starch
- 3 Tbs cool water
- 1 Tbs fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350
- If your chicken thighs have skin, remove that and discard or save for another use. Salt and pepper the chicken thighs and set them aside until ready for the next step.
- On the stove top, on medium high heat, place olive oil in a dutch oven. Brown the chicken thighs over the medium high heat 2 at a time – allow about 2 minutes per side. Set the chicken aside in a separate dish.
- Add the garlic cloves to the pan and heat until slightly browned – about 2-3 minutes.
- Deglaze the pan by adding the wine all at once – allow to cook for 2 minutes then add the chicken stock.
- Turn off the stove top heat. Add the dried and fresh herbs. Replace chicken back into the dutch oven and replace the lid. Put dutch oven into the oven on rack so that the dutch oven is positioned into the middle of the oven.
- Cook x 35 mins. Remove from the oven and allow to rest x 10 minutes. Do not remove the lid.
- After 10 minutes, remove the chicken to a plate and cover with an aluminum foil tent and replace the dutch oven onto the stove top on medium low heat
- Add the heavy cream and allow to cook until the sauce in the pan has thickened slightly – about 5 minutes. Remove the fresh thyme and rosemary sprigs.
- In a small bowl, add 3 Tbs Cornstarch and 3 Tbs cool water, mix well until resembles milk and has no lumps. Pour this into the gravy, stir and allow to cook over medium low heat for 5 minutes. This will thicken the sauce. Add the chicken back to the sauce and heat for another 3-5 minutes.
- Taste for salt and pepper and add as needed. If the dish doesn't have enough flavor, you probably need to add salt. Serve with sauce over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles. Garnish with chopped parsley or a few thyme leaves.
Notes
- PRO TIP: As the garlic cooks, the flavor softens and isn't nearly as strong as what you think it might be. In fact, it becomes a little sweet. To give a more garlicky taste, feel free to add another 1-2 teaspoon of garlic powder to the gravy as you make it, but only if you truly love garlic flavors.
- When browning the chicken, do not worry if some of it sticks. That creates tasty bits on the bottom of the pan that will deglaze with the wine and chicken stock creating a more tasty sauce!
- You can skip the wine and just use all chicken stock instead, but you will be denying yourself some of the flavor. The wine cooks off and you don't taste it, but it does leave a little tang that is quite delicious.
- Feel free to substitute milk, almond milk or whatever milk substitute you like for the cream BUT I can't promise about the results. Cream gives this dish a creamy and delicious gravy at the end. It's entirely up to you.
- If you are averse to using corn starch to make a gravy, leave that off, but the resulting sauce will be much thinner and not as enjoyable to spoon over mashed potatoes.
- I have substituted melted cream cheese thinned with a little milk for the cream in the past, and that worked out quite well.
- Remember that this is a very brown dish and you'll need to serve something that offers a pop of color (any green vegetable works or roasted carrots are yummy too!).
- Watch the video in the recipe card and I show you how to easily remove the peel from the garlic.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
467kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
26g
(52%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Cholesterol
162mg
(54%)
Sodium
139mg
(6%)
Potassium
425mg
(12%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
314IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
7mg
(8%)
Calcium
83mg
(8%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 467 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 467kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 26g | 52% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 162mg | 54% |
| Sodium | 139mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 425mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 314IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 7mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 83mg | 8% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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5.0
21 reviews
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