Hello crispy, saucy, delicious skillet chicken!
You guys, I’ve got to be honest with you. I’ve had some ups and downs with chicken over the last decade – okay fine, maybe it’s been mostly downs. But the good news today is that things are finally taking a beautifully crispy turn upwards. Cheers and applause! Maybe I do like chicken after all (read: bacon, white wine, shallots)?
This skillet chicken recipe is my new IT recipe — starting with the fact that it’s made entirely in one pan with small bite-sized pieces of salty bacon and sweet caramelized shallots, and ending with the fact that it’s going to have that golden, crispy chicken skin after the chicken is pan-fried a little bit before taking a nice oven-bath in the white wine pan sauce.
And will there be warm, crusty bread dipped in the white wine pan sauce in between bites of chicken? Yes.
That is all, the end, goodnight.
- 3 slices bacon
- ½ cup Schar All purpose-flour
- salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoon herbes de provence
- 1½ - 2 lbs. chicken thighs with skin**
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- BACON: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat a large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium high heat. Cut the bacon into small pieces and fry for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving the hot bacon grease in the pan (turn down the heat while prepping the chicken).
- CHICKEN: Mix the flour with salt and pepper and the herbes de provence. Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour mixture and transfer to the hot pan. Pan-fry the chicken for a few minutes on each side, until golden brown (but not cooked through). Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside on plate.
- SHALLOTS: Add the shallots to the hot pan with the olive oil. Saute for 5-10 minutes, until softened and fragrant. Add the wine slowly, stirring to get all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the chicken stock and let everything cook until it reduces slightly, about 5-10 minutes.
- BAKE: Add the chicken and bacon back to the pan and bake for 40 minutes, stopping ever 10 or 15 minutes to baste the chicken with the pan sauce. Remove from oven when the chicken skin is crispy and the chicken is fully cooked. Skim the oil off the top of the sauce if you want (see notes) and serve with bread to soak it all up.
Photo Credit: pinchofyum
