Squeeze out 2 or 3 roasted garlic cloves and add them to the sauce, smash with a fork.Place the skillet in the oven and roast until completely cooked through, about 30 minutes.Trim the top off the head of garlic to expose the tops and nestle between the chicken. Add cream, stir in chickpeas and parmesan. Add white wine, cook until reduced and no raw alcohol aroma remains, about 3 minutes.Peel as many garlic cloves as you prefer, and drop these into the pan. Reduce the heat to medium and add the butter. (You may need to do this in batches.) STEP 2. Heat butter, 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper and minced garlic in the same skillet over low heat, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted and foaming, but not browned, about 2 minutes. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the chicken, shaking off any excess flour first, for 1-2 mins until lightly golden all over.Add chicken thighs and sear both sides until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat.Rub the chicken thighs with the seasoning on all sides. Combine the ingredients for the seasoning.This recipe is flexible, it will still be amazing. You can add more veggies like spinach or cauliflower, or swap the chickpeas for butter beans. Let me guide you through the recipe with this step-by-step VIDEO.Ĭan you use boneless-skinless chicken thighs or breasts? Yes! Just scale the bake time back about 10 minutes, as they will cook through quicker. So let’s make the most delicious chicken dish, shall we? Hands down.
You can serve it with orzo, potato wedges, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes or some crusty bread, and a simple side salad. A crowd-pleasing dish, a true back-pocket recipe to have in your arsenal. The chicken is incredibly moist and infused with the most delicious flavors. This one skillet meal is absolutely amazing. Afterwards the cloves go perfectly on crusty bread and you can mop up all of that delicious sauce. We nestle unpeeled garlic between the chicken, so it can slowly roast in the butter sauce and become tender and sweet, adding an incredible extra flavor. The juicy thighs are baked together with chickpeas in a creamy sauce loaded with garlic, herbs and crushed black peppercorns. This one-skillet oven baked chicken could very well become your next favorite meal.