Chicken Thighs & Spinach With Lemon Butter Cream Sauce

20-22m
Prep Time
35m
Cook Time
55m
Ready In


"A one-skillet skillet dinner for two served with a light salad and possibly a bottle of your favourite wine"

Original is 2 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (366.3 g)
  • Calories 918.2
  • Total Fat - 77.4 g
  • Saturated Fat - 34.7 g
  • Cholesterol - 384.8 mg
  • Sodium - 528.3 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 6.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
  • Sugars - 0.7 g
  • Protein - 49.6 g
  • Calcium - 348.6 mg
  • Iron - 3.1 mg
  • Vitamin C - 6.5 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 400°F.

Step 2

Season the thighs on all sides generously with salt, pepper, then season with smoked paprika.

Step 3

Add butter to a large oven proof skillet. Heat until sizzling. Place chicken pieces skin side down into the hot butter and fry until skin is golden brown.

Step 4

Add the thyme to skillet, then turn chicken thighs over and brown other side. Approx 3 to 4 minutes per side. Set chicken aside in a bowl to catch juices.

Step 5

Add the crushed garlic to the same skillet with heat on low and mix in well.

Step 6

Add the chicken stock, then the juice of one whole lemon.

Step 7

Add the cream and grated Parmesan cheese.

Step 8

Add all the spinach leaves in, mix well.

Step 9

Return the chicken skin side up including all the juices by placing them on top of spinach.

Step 10

Once the sauce simmers, place the dish in a 400°F oven for 25 minutes.

Step 11

Remove from oven, leave to rest 10 minutes before serving. Place chicken pieces on top of spinach with sauce around it.

Tips


  • Oven proof skillet

3 Reviews

breezermom

5 plus star! This is a delicious chicken dish. It smells so great while cooking, and although the sauce is thin it is very flavorful. Loved the thyme and smoked paprika in this. Also loved that the skin was still crispy!

5.0

review by:
(4 Feb 2025)

ImPat

I did a half recipe though next time I will halve it again but still use two thighs and add more spinach (I added a 60 gram packet of baby spinach leaves) and the only issue I had was getting the cream and cheese to emulsify for the sauce but that I think was my fault as out of habit I added oil with the butter to cook the chicken in the first instance before being returned and into a 175C fan forced oven for 25 minutes for a delicious dinner of moist chicken and a flavoursome sauce which I managed to whisk together to look presentable though there was far more than I needed hence halving the sauce to 1 serve but still having two thigh. Thank you NYThaddeus made for What's on The Menu tag game at FF&F.

5.0

review by:
(27 Jan 2024)

Luvcookn

Delicious! The combination of smoked paprika and thyme make this dish. The sauce is awesome. I could just eat that. Did use dried thyme and two maryland cuts of chicken. Will see repeats here for sure. Thank you for sharing!

5.0

review by:
(21 Nov 2020)

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