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Creamy Bacon Mushroom Chicken Thighs
Creamy Bacon Mushroom Chicken Thighs
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
 

These creamy bacon mushroom chicken thighs are such an incredible dinner. The sun-dried tomatoes, rosemary, and spiced creamy coconut milk sauce just send it over the top! 

Course: Main Course
Keyword: Bacon, Chicken, Chicken Thighs
Servings: 6
Calories: 678 kcal
Author: Jeanie and Lulu's Kitchen
Ingredients
  • 10 strips bacon diced small
  • 8 whole chicken thighs bone in and skin on
  • salt as needed
  • pepper as needed
  • 1 pound cremini mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 1 jar sun-dried tomatoes 7.5 ounce size
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • 3 sprigs rosemary
Instructions
  1. First, cook the diced bacon. Add it to a cold, large skillet with deep sides and then heat it up over medium high heat. Let it cook completely and render out the gorgeous liquid gold fat until it is crispy. While the bacon cooks, season the chicken generously with salt and pepper and pre-heat the oven to 375. Then remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and drain most of the fat out. Preferably, drain it into a heat proof container and save it to cook with later! Get the pan back on the heat and add 4 of the chicken thighs with the skin side down so that the pan doesn't get overcrowded. Brown them for 5 minutes or so, until they release easily and cook them for another 5 minutes on the other side. Transfer them to a plate and repeat with the remaining 4 chicken thighs. 

  2. Put the other chicken thighs back into the pan and transfer the pan to the oven to roast all of them for 15 minutes in order to cook them through. To be extra safe, you can use a thermometer to make sure they get to an internal temperature of 160F in the very center. Once they are cooked, remove them again to a plate and set them aside. Put the pan back on the stove over medium high heat and add the mushrooms. Let them start to soften and brown for 3-4 minutes, then add the sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Let them cook for just 30 seconds or so. While that cooks, season it all with the turmeric, paprika and saffron. Then pour in the coconut milk and add the bacon back to the pan, along with the rosemary sprigs. 

  3. Let the sauce simmer for about 3 minutes to let the flavors marry, stirring occasionally. It also will reduce and thicken a little. Finally, nestle the chicken back into the sauce and let it all cook together for another couple of minutes. Then just serve immediately with some kind of grain like brown rice or couscous and some leafy greens! Enjoy!! 

Nutrition Facts
Creamy Bacon Mushroom Chicken Thighs
Amount Per Serving (2 pieces)
Calories 678 Calories from Fat 487
% Daily Value*
Fat 54.1g83%
Saturated Fat 27.4g171%
Cholesterol 156mg52%
Sodium 1009mg44%
Potassium 754mg22%
Carbohydrates 8.9g3%
Fiber 2.6g11%
Sugar 4.1g5%
Protein 39.9g80%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 2.7mg15%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.