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    Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce

    Published: Mar 08, 2016 / 323 Comments

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    Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce - this is one of the best chicken thigh recipes I ever made. Easy, delicious, and perfect for bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs! This is KETO friendly, high-fat, low-carb, gluten free chicken recipe.

    Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce (close-up) in a stainless steel skillet

    Chicken thighs are baked to perfection and then complemented with flavorful creamy mushroom and bacon sauce with lots of fresh thyme. Pure comfort food - chicken dark meat is always delicious in a creamy sauce!

    What makes this chicken recipe KETO friendly

    • This meal contains high amount of fat from heavy creamy, chicken thighs, and bacon. All these ingredients have high fat, low sugar content.
    • Mushrooms are extremely low-carb and a great way to add flavor to keto recipe.
    • This recipe contains foods that are high in protein but low in carb, such as chicken thighs.

    4 Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce in a stainless steel skillet

    Fresh thyme is key in this recipe. I used about 5 sprigs of snipped fresh thyme, and also a couple of sprigs more for garnish, on top of chicken thighs and mushrooms:

    2 Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce in a stainless steel skillet

    How to cook bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs:

    Start by browning the chicken thighs in a large skillet, then bake them in the oven, for about 20 minutes until completely cooked through.

    cooking chicken thighs in a large skillet

    How to make Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce:

    In the mean time, while the chicken thighs bake, start making the sauce by cooking the mushrooms and combining them with the chopped cooked bacon:

    cooking bacon and mushrooms in a large skillet

    Add the cream and snipped fresh thyme to bacon and mushrooms, and make the delicious sauce:

    add cream to mushrooms and bacon to make cream sauce

    Spoon the sauce over the cooked chicken thighs, and your dinner is ready!

    best baked chicken, how to bake chicken, chicken thighs with bacon and mushrooms

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    Low Carb Creamy Pork Chops in Parmesan Sauce

    creamy chicken thighs with mushrooms and bacon
    4.85 from 259 votes

    Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce

    One of the best recipes to cook chicken thighs is to smother them in a creamy bacon mushroom and thyme sauce.  So easy and yummy!  KETO friendly, high-fat, low-carb, gluten free chicken recipe.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 40 mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 servings
    Calories per serving 609 kcal
    Author: Julia

    Ingredients

    Chicken thighs

    • 4 chicken thighs , skin-on, bone-in
    • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
    • salt and pepper
    • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning dried thyme, oregano

    Mushroom sauce

    • 6 oz white mushrooms
    • 5 slices bacon cooked, chopped
    • 1 cup heavy cream
    • ⅛ teaspoon salt
    • 5 sprigs fresh thyme

    Instructions 

    • Preheat oven to 350 F.
    • Season both sides of chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper and Italian herb seasoning mix (usually a combination of dried thyme, oregano and other herbs). Heat vegetable oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add chicken thighs skin-side down. Cook for about 5 minutes, on the skin side until nicely browned.
    • Transfer chicken thighs, skin side up, to the foil-lined baking sheet and bake at 350 F for about 20 minutes or until chicken thighs are completely cooked through and no longer pink in the center.
    • In the mean time, make the mushrooms sauce:
    • Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms (without salting - to ensure the mushrooms get caramelized) and cook on medium heat for about 3 minutes flipping once.
    • Add chopped cooked bacon to the skillet.
    • Add heavy creamy, ⅛ teaspoon salt and snipped fresh thyme, bring to boil, stir, immediately reduce to simmer and simmer for about 2 minutes on very low heat for flavors to blend and sauce to reduce a bit. Taste and add more salt if needed.
    • When chicken is done baking and chicken thighs are completely cooked through, add cooked chicken thighs to the skillet and spoon the sauce and the mushrooms on top of chicken thighs.

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    Nutrition

    Nutrition Information
    Chicken Thighs with Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Sauce
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    609
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    55
    g
    85
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    25
    g
    156
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    210
    mg
    70
    %
    Sodium
     
    366
    mg
    16
    %
    Potassium
     
    465
    mg
    13
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    4
    g
    1
    %
    Protein
     
    24
    g
    48
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    1020
    IU
    20
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    3.2
    mg
    4
    %
    Calcium
     
    61
    mg
    6
    %
    Iron
     
    1.5
    mg
    8
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

    Keyword creamy chicken thighs, keto chicken recipes, keto chicken thighs
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    Comments

    1. Amanda

      February 23, 2023 at 6:53 pm

      This was so good! Thank you for the recipe. I always find a recipe and then do my own twist on it. Makes me feel like a good cook rather than just following recipes lol. I browned the chicken thighs and removed from the skillet. Then browned my mushrooms and removed. I also lightly browned some onions and garlic and tossed the thyme in. I had some fresh sage so I threw a sprig of that in as well. Left them in the pan and added about 1/2 cup of white wine to deglaze the pan and added about a tsp of better than bouillon chicken base and whisked it in then added the mushrooms, bacon and chicken back in and let the chicken simmer and finish cooking and braising in the sauce on the stove. My house smelled amazing!

      Reply
      • Julia

        March 18, 2023 at 8:51 pm

        Amanda, I love your twist on this recipe, especially adding onions and using white wine to deglaze the pan! Thank you for taking the time to share your changes - that's very helpful to everyone who wants to try this recipe with similar twists! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Cathy

      February 22, 2023 at 2:50 pm

      My go to recipe. Love it. The only change I made was using fat coconut cream and fresh rosemary. I

      Reply
      • Julia

        March 18, 2023 at 9:04 pm

        Cathy, thank you for this helpful feedback about using full-fat coconut milk to make this dairy-free! So helpful to others who might want to make a similar change.

        Reply
    3. Nancy

      February 09, 2023 at 9:54 pm

      Soooo good!! My husband loved it!

      Reply
      • Julia

        February 13, 2023 at 6:31 pm

        Nancy, thank you! 🙂

        Reply
    4. Holly

      November 30, 2022 at 9:37 pm

      I made this tonight and HOLY COW get out of here it’s so good!! Served with a side of green beans. 100/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

      Reply
      • Julia

        December 05, 2022 at 10:46 pm

        Holly, I am so happy you enjoyed the recipe! Thank you for such an enthusiastic comment - love it! 🙂

        Reply
    5. Margie

      November 16, 2022 at 12:51 pm

      Love this recipe! Great flavor. I might add a splash of sherry next time. Quick, but impressive meal for guests.

      Reply
      • Julia

        November 18, 2022 at 3:20 pm

        Margie, I am so glad you loved this recipe! A splash of sherry would be great in the sauce!

        Reply
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