Apple Cider Smothered Hen. – Half Baked Harvest

Apple Cider Smothered Hen. Flippantly seasoned rooster seared till golden with nutty browned butter, garlic, recent thyme, and sage. The rooster is completed in a yummy apple cider pan sauce with caramelized buttered onions and melted Gruyère cheese. The rooster is “smothered” in sauce after which topped with crispy prosciutto and recent thyme simply earlier than serving. It’s scrumptious, particularly when served with just a few slices of recent bread, mashed potatoes, or a facet of rice. Such a comfy one-pot dinner with scrumptious, comforting flavors.

I suppose I’ve been saying this loads currently, however this may simply be one in every of my favourite recipes this fall. I’m undecided what’s happening with me, however my days have both been actually nice or actually unhealthy. The unhealthy days are not any enjoyable, and I find yourself not utilizing no matter recipe I’d been engaged on, however the good days are SO GOOD.

Each recipe developing is a favourite. I suppose I simply love my fall recipes most—effectively, fall and, after all, all of the particular vacation recipes.

That is the perfect time of yr!

I made this the opposite week, and I’m glad to lastly share the recipe. The cider pan sauce that this rooster is smothered in is so scrumptious.

With caramelized onions and creamy, melty Gruyère cheese, it nearly resembles French onion soup. However the slight sweetness from the cider makes it even higher.

And the crispy prosciutto solely makes this dish that rather more scrumptious!

Listed here are the Particulars

Substances 

• thinly sliced rooster breast or small rooster thighs
• all function flour
• paprika
• cayenne pepper
• prosciutto
• salted butter
• yellow onions
• garlic
• recent thyme and sage
• Honeycrisp apples
• apple cider (not apple cider vinegar)
• heavy cream
• Gruyère cheese

Instruments 

• oven-safe skillet – extremely advocate forged iron

That’s all!

Step 1: season the rooster

Earlier than you start cooking, season and flour the rooster. Begin with salt and pepper, then combine paprika, a pinch of cayenne pepper, and a scoop of flour.

If you must be gluten-free, make sure you use gluten-free flour or an all-purpose gluten-free flour mix.

Take the rooster cutlets and toss them within the flour to coat them totally. The flour creates a crispy rooster with a coating that can enable the sauce to essentially stick with it.

Step 2: prepare dinner the prosciutto and sear the rooster

Discover a massive skillet. I at all times use forged iron. Cook dinner the prosciutto till additional crispy, then take away it from the pan and set it apart.

Now add a sliver of butter and pan-sear the rooster till the crust is golden and the butter browns round it. Take away the rooster from the skillet. I normally put it on the identical plate because the prosciutto.

Step 3: make the apple cider pan gravy

Now, add the onions. I exploit two skinny slices, however you should utilize one or two, relying in your choice. I believe apples and onions collectively are scrumptious.

Get the onions golden and caramelized. Then add the apple cider. Bonus factors in the event you make your individual cider or decide up a recent batch from an area farm.

Let the cider simmer for five minutes, stir within the cream, and slide the rooster proper in. Now add the apple wedges and let it simmer. The subsequent step is vital. Sprinkle over some Gruyère cheese and permit it to soften over the rooster and into the sauce—like French onion-style rooster!

Step 4: bake and end

Take the skillet off the burners and put it within the oven to complete cooking and soften the cheese much more. When the cheese has melted, take away the dish from the oven.

Add the prosciutto to the highest, then end with recent thyme. It’s going to look delish and odor even higher.

Because of the onions, apples, and, after all, all of the creamy sauce, I’ve been loving this with mashed potatoes. It’s so cozy and delicious on a fall night time.

Additionally, an enormous fall salad like my harvest salad is the proper remaining contact. If you happen to’re on the lookout for one thing on the lighter facet, spaghetti squash is at all times a favourite of mine within the fall. It could go so effectively with this smothered rooster.

You may’t go unsuitable both means. The sauce makes absolutely anything you serve alongside it nice. One factor that’s a should? A number of slices of recent bread are wanted to mop up the additional sauce. You simply need to do it! In fact, I really like my beer bread, shock, shock!

In search of different easy dinners? Listed here are my favorites: 

Crockpot Thai Quick Ribs with Coconut Rice

Baked Chipotle Cheddar Candy Potato Chowder

One Skillet Creamy Solar-Dried Tomato Hen and Orzo

Herby Buttered Balsamic Mushroom Ravioli

Spicy Pesto Pasta Alla Vodka

Smothered Hen in Mushroom Wine Pan Sauce

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