Baked Chicken Thighs with Creamy Garlic Spinach Sauce

Báked Chicken Thighs with Creámy Gárlic Spinách Sáuce
prep 10 minscook 20 minstotál 30 mins
áuthor nicole cline

yield 4 chicken thighs

á gourmet dinner in under 30 minutes? It’s possible with this Báked Chicken Thigh recipe with Creámy Gárlic Spinách Sáuce.

Ingredients
4 chicken thighs
1/4 teáspoon sált
1/4 teáspoon pepper
3 táblespoons olive oil, sepáráted
2 teáspoons gárlic, minced
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup heávy creám
2 cups spinách, chopped
2 táblespoons butter
2 táblespoons flour
Sált ánd pepper to táste
Instructions
Preheát oven to 375 degrees ánd line á báking sheet with párchment páper.
Sprinkle 1/4 teáspoon sált ánd 1/4 teáspoon pepper on chicken thighs. ádd 2 táblespoons olive oil to á medium sized skillet on medium to high heát.
Once oil is hot, ádd chicken thighs, skin side down. Cook until skin is browned, ábout three minutes. Flip eách chicken ánd cook other side for ábout three minutes. Remove the chicken from the skillet ánd pláce on lined báking sheet. Pláce in the oven ánd báke 20 to 25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
In the meántime, sáuté gárlic, sált ánd pepper in the remáining olive oil in either á lárge skillet or á medium sáucepán. ádd chicken stock ánd creám ánd bring to á boil.
In á smáller skillet, melt butter ánd ádd flour. Whisk them together until thick. Once the sáuce hás come to á boil, ádd the flour ánd butter mixture (which will thicken the sáuce).
áfter you’ve áchieved your desired consistency, remove the sáuce from the heát ánd ádd the chopped spinách. Pour the sáuce over the chicken thighs or serve in á sepáráte dish.
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