prep time
10 min
cook time
35 min
serves
4
difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- 4 bone-in chicken thighs
- 3 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into large chunks
- 1 medium yellow onion, sliced
- 6 cloves elephant garlic, smashed
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper
- cooked basmati rice and peas, to serve
Method
- 01 Season both sides of the chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper.
Season both sides of the chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper.
- 02 Heat a large skillet over medium. Add olive oil. When the oil is hot, add all the chicken pieces and cook undisturbed until golden, 4–5 minutes. Flip and brown the other side.
Heat a large skillet over medium. Add olive oil. When the oil is hot, add all the chicken pieces and cook undisturbed until golden, 4–5 minutes. Flip and brown the other side.
- 03 Add the onion, potato chunks, and garlic. Toss so everything is coated in the pan drippings and begins to cook down.
Add the onion, potato chunks, and garlic. Toss so everything is coated in the pan drippings and begins to cook down.
- 04 Pour in the white wine and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook until the wine has reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
Pour in the white wine and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook until the wine has reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
- 05 Add the stock. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook 20–25 minutes until the potatoes are tender and the chicken is cooked through.
Add the stock. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook 20–25 minutes until the potatoes are tender and the chicken is cooked through.
- 06 Uncover and let the sauce reduce another 5 minutes. Serve over rice with peas.
Uncover and let the sauce reduce another 5 minutes. Serve over rice with peas.
Notes
- ✦ Bone-in thighs only. Boneless will dry out. The bone is doing flavor work.
Bone-in thighs only. Boneless will dry out. The bone is doing flavor work.
- ✦ Elephant garlic is milder and sweeter than regular garlic. Either works. The garlic gets very soft and almost melts into the sauce, so don’t worry about it being too strong.
Elephant garlic is milder and sweeter than regular garlic. Either works. The garlic gets very soft and almost melts into the sauce, so don’t worry about it being too strong.
- ✦ The smashed potato trick is the whole move. Don’t skip it.
The smashed potato trick is the whole move. Don’t skip it.