A bistro-style chicken dinner with crisp-skinned roasted thighs, spring asparagus, and a silky mushroom pan sauce. It feels polished and date-night worthy without using seafood or pork, and fits Washington’s late-March produce well.
Details
Ingredients
- Foster Farms Fresh & Natural Cage Free Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs Value Pack 1 lb 5.99
- Green Asparagus 1 lb 3.49
- Kroger® Whole Baby Bella Mushrooms 8 oz 3.19
- Jumbo Yellow Onions 1/2 lb 0.99
- Garlic 2 cloves 0.69
- Kroger® Fat Free Chicken Broth or Simple Truth Organic Chicken Broth 3/4 cup 1.79
- Fresh Organic Lemon - Each 1 1.29
- Simple Truth Organic® Thyme 1 teaspoon chopped 2.49
- butter 1 tablespoon
- olive oil 2 tablespoons
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425°F. Pat the chicken thighs dry and season well with salt and black pepper. Trim the asparagus, slice the mushrooms, thinly slice the onion, mince the garlic, and zest the lemon.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the chicken thighs 4 to 5 minutes on the first side until deeply browned. Flip and cook 2 minutes more, then transfer to a plate.
- Add the remaining olive oil to the skillet. Cook the onion 3 minutes, then add the mushrooms and cook 5 minutes until browned. Stir in the garlic and thyme for 30 seconds.
- Pour in the broth and scrape up the browned bits. Simmer 2 minutes, then nestle the chicken back into the pan. Scatter the asparagus around it.
- Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast 12 to 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the asparagus is just tender.
- Remove from the oven. Transfer chicken and asparagus to plates. Stir butter, lemon zest, and a squeeze of lemon juice into the mushroom sauce.
- Spoon the mushroom sauce under and around the chicken for a restaurant-style presentation, with the asparagus lined up alongside.
Cook time: 50 minutes
Estimated cost: $20-24
Health notes: High protein with a moderate amount of fat, plus fiber and vitamins from asparagus and mushrooms.
Drink pairing: Pinot Noir