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Active Time
30 minutes
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Total Time
45 minutes
While the chicken braises in the oven, the kale gets nice and crispy, making it the most irresistible part of this cozy one-pot dinner.
Ingredients
4 servings
Step 1
Place a rack in top of oven; preheat to 400°F. Season chicken on both sides with 1 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper. Pour oil into a large braising pan or deep-sided skillet. Arrange chicken skin side down in an even layer in cold pan, then place over medium heat and cook until skin is golden brown, 12–15 minutes. Transfer to a plate skin side up. Remove pan from heat, reserving fat.
Step 2
Meanwhile, combine apricots, vinegar, and 2 Tbsp. water in a small saucepan and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until liquid is boiling. Remove from heat.
Step 3
Stir garlic into hot fat remaining in pan. Working in batches, add kale and toss with tongs until all kale is coated and just beginning to wilt, about 3 minutes. (Make sure your kale is dry; otherwise, the fat will spatter.)
Step 4
Add apricot mixture, olives, red pepper, if using, and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt to kale mixture and toss to combine. Nestle chicken skin side up into kale mixture, fluffing kale up between chicken pieces so it has a chance to crisp in the oven. Pour wine around chicken. Roast until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
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Reviews (15)
Back to TopThis is delicious, but a little salty for my taste. Love the crisp chicken skin!
Kate
1/24/2022
good use of kale, with apricots and olives. crisp tender chicken.
jansan1
Orange County, CA.
2/22/2021
脆甘蓝是一个赢家,并提供gr结果eat flavour and texture. Next time I would add the chicken to an already heated pan. I also used a little more wine and deglazed the pan prior to adding everything back in. The red pepper flakes add a little cha-cha-cha and interest to the overall flavouring. I cut the salt without any loss in flavor as the olives provide alot.
Anonymous
Edmonton, Alberta
2/9/2021
This turned out great and will make it again. I took the chicken out when it looked ready and let the Kale stay in a few more minutes for a bit of crispiness, then returned the chicken to the pan. Wish I could get the calories and nutritional information
Sarellano
Detroit,Mi
9/23/2020
Sauce turned out really well, with a tasty rose wine. I wish we had some bread. Kale was nice and crispy. I do think I should have crisped the chicken a little more. Overall seemed much fancier than most one pot meals. Will make again!
M King
Louisiana
10/2/2019
This was delicious, even though I wasn’t sure until the first bite. Used 1/2 cup dry Marsala instead of wine, simply great!
wilsjl1
Seattle
4/28/2019
Fantastic! The kale came out nice a crispy while the wine wine and vinegar gave it a wonderful flavor. Excellent way as well to make the chicken nice a crispy while tenderly cooking through in the oven.
jasonasilver
Oakland, CA
12/21/2018
I love this recipe. It is so easy to make and excellent for entertaining and cooking in bulk and saving. I am not a huge fan of thigh meat so there is that, but everyone else usually loves it. I add garlic powder to the chicken skin because I have found the recipe as it is to be a bit bland.
theper
Gilbert, AZ
9/25/2018
Added more garlic and cooked in the oven for 40 min. Turned out amazing! Tender, succulent but crispy chicken. The garlic and apricots carmelized, and the kale was tender and crispy. Sweet, spicy, salty.. just delicious.
aynos
Vancouver Island, BC
3/22/2018
Not my favorite recipe. Like another reviewer, chicken was tough and somehow kale seemed a bit too oily. Flavors seemed a bit bland. I'm moving on to other culinary adventures.
krjsm
Portland, OR
2/25/2018
Very Good and easy. Made as written, didn't require extra time in the oven - chicken reached 165 within the given time frame. Will definitely make again.
bas614
Boston
1/26/2018
Well...no matter what I do chicken skin + my pans always seems to create a bond stronger than cement, but otherwise it's a great flavor combination.
trent880
Denver, CO
1/20/2018
Why was my chicken so tough?? Maybe cooking it first in the cold pan did that? Also, 12 min in the pan plus 15 in the oven is not enough to cook bone - in chicken. The kale mixture was excellent - that alone as a side dish would be fine. Check out Ina Garten's skillet - roasted lemon chicken for a great crispy chicken recipe.
jenbees
Maine
1/13/2018
This was delicious! I made it pretty much as written. The kale-olive-apricot mixture was very tasty, with some of the kale being crispy as the recipe says. I'll definitely make this again.
awshucks
Savannah, GA
1/12/2018
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