Golden, crispy skinned and juicy bone-in baked chicken thighs with tender cremini mushrooms and crispy fried bacon pieces, simmered in a garlic parmesan cream sauce? YES please! Another ripper chicken dinner… readers have been loving this recipe since forever! Accidentally gluten free and low carb with maximum deliciousness.
BAKED CHICKEN THIGHS
There’s nothing like a delicious bowl of Creamy Chicken and Mushroom! But throw in golden baked chicken thighs WITH crispy bacon and you’re onto a winner. Both heavy cream and half and half options have been included in this recipe. May the fats be ever in your favor.
HOW TO BAKE CHICKEN THIGHS
You want crispy skinned chicken for this. I can’t imagine anything worse than soggy, fatty skin swimming in a cream sauce. To get them nice and golden, you’re going to: RUB skin-on and bone-in chicken thighs with olive oil, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. SEAR thighs in a large oven proof pan or skillet, skin-side down first, to render the fat and get the skin a beautiful golden brown colour. Flip and sear the other side for about 2-3 minutes. TRANSFER chicken to your preheated oven and bake until completely cooked through, about 25-30 minutes. REMOVE chicken from the pan, keeping about half of the pan juices (chicken grease) in the skillet to start your sauce.
SAUCE FOR CHICKEN
Once your baked chicken thighs are nice and crispy, use the SAME PAN to prepare your sauce. SAUTÉ garlic in the reserved pan juices over medium heat until fragrant. This process only takes about 30 seconds to a minute. FRY bacon until crispy and add in the mushrooms. Cook until mushrooms begin to soften. POUR in the cream, some chicken broth and Parmesan cheese, simmering until slightly thickened. TASTE TEST before seasoning with additional salt as the bacon may add enough saltiness too the sauce. ADD chicken thighs back into the pan SKIN-SIDE UP! This keeps them nice and crunchy for when you’re ready to serve. SIMMER in the sauce to absorb all of those delicious flavours into the underside of the thighs.
PARMESAN AND GARLIC
These flavours are seen in most of our family recipes, from Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes to our reader favourite Mac and Cheese.
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