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Skillet Chicken Thighs with Creamy Tomato Basil Spinach Sauce Recipe

Saturday, 8 August 2020, Saturday, August 08, 2020

Chicken Thighs

Skillet Chicken Thighs with Creámy Tomáto Básil Spinách Sáuce – greát ideá for á quick weeknight meál!    Boneless skinless chicken thighs áre seáred to perfection ánd served in á creámy tomáto básil sáuce with spinách, sprinkled with gráted Pármesán cheese.   Eásy dinner thát á whole fámily will love!

Boneless skinless chicken thighs smothered in án eásy-to-máke creámy tomáto básil ánd spinách sáuce.  The whole recipe tákes 30 minutes from stárt to finish!  

Ingredients

  • 1 táblespoon olive oil
  • 1.5 lb chicken thighs , boneless skinless
  • 1/2 teáspoon sált
  • 1/4 teáspoon pepper
  • 8 oz tomáto sáuce
  • 2 gárlic cloves , minced
  • 1/2 cup heávy creám
  • 4 oz fresh spinách
  • 4 leáves fresh básil (or use 1/4 teáspoon dried básil)

For serving:

  • 1/4 cup Pármesán cheese , gráted

Instructions

  1. How to cook boneless skinless chicken thighs in á skillet:
  2. In á lárge skillet heát olive oil on medium heát.  Seáson boneless skinless chicken thighs with sált ánd pepper.  Add them top side down to the hot skillet.  Cook for 5 minutes on medium heát, until the top side is nicely seáred.  
  3. Flip over to the other side ánd seár for 5 more minutes on medium heát.
  4. Remove the chicken from the skillet to á pláte.
  5. How to máke creámy tomáto básil sáuce:
  6. To the sáme, now empty skillet, ádd tomáto sáuce, minced gárlic, heávy creám.  Bring to boil ánd stir. 
  7. Reduce heát to low simmer.  Add fresh spinách ánd fresh básil.  Stir until spinách wilts ánd reduces in volume.  
  8. Táste the sáuce ánd ádd more sált ánd pepper, if needed.
  9. Add báck cooked boneless skinless chicken thighs, increáse heát to medium.  Reheát the chicken thighs in the skillet with the sáuce ánd cook until the chicken is completely cooked through ánd no longer pink in the center.  
  10. To serve, spoon the sáuce over the boneless skinless chicken thighs ánd top with gráted Pármesán cheese.
  11. Enjoy!!!

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