Chicken with Apples and Maple-Lime Sauce

Chicken with Apples and Maple-Lime Sauce is a quick and easy one-pan, 30-minute restaurant-quality dinner that a whole family will love! This fast and easy, family-friendly weeknight meal features savory chicken

Ingredients

Chicken

1.5 lb chicken tenderloins or skinless, boneless chicken thighs or breasts

½ teaspoon paprika

½ teaspoon chili powder not spicy kind

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

¼ teaspoon salt

black pepper to taste

2 tablespoons olive oil

Apples

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 large red apples thoroughly washed, cored, and sliced (Gala, Fuji, or Honey Crisp)

¼ cup maple syrup

3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

1 medium lime sliced

Instructions

Cook chicken

Season chicken thighs with paprika, chili powder (not spicy kind), Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

Heat a large, high-sided, 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes. This allows the cast-iron skillet to heat through.

Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add seasoned chicken tenderloins. Cook the chicken on medium heat for 5 minutes on one side without moving it.

Flip the chicken thighs over, reduce heat to low-medium, and cook for about 5 more minutes or longer until thoroughly cooked. Remove chicken from the skillet to a plate or a bowl.

Cook apples

To the same, now empty, skillet, on medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sliced apples and cook them for 5 minutes per each side (10 minutes total). They should get soft and pliable. Remove from heat.

Add maple syrup and lime juice to the skillet with cooked apples and stir to combine.

Assembly

Add cooked chicken to the skillet with cooked apples and reheat on low heat, stirring everything together.

Add more maple syrup and lime juice to taste, if you like.

Top with fresh thyme. Garnish with fresh lime slices.