Chicken with Apricots is a delicious Mediterranean-style one-pan 30-minute restaurant-quality dinner to make in the Summer! This quick and easy family-friendly weeknight meal features savory chicken and sweet fresh apricots, with honey lime sauce. It's dairy-free, gluten-free, and high in protein.
Season chicken thighs with paprika, chili powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
Heat a large, high-sided, 12-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes. This allows the cast-iron skillet to heat through.
Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add chicken thighs. Cook the chicken on medium heat for 5 minutes, without moving it. This allows the chicken to sear.
Flip the chicken thighs over, reduce heat to low-medium, and cook for about 5 more minutes or longer until it's completely cooked through. Remove from heat. Remove chicken from skillet.
How to cook apricots
To the same, now empty, skillet, on medium heat, add sliced apricots and slightly cook them in chicken juices, without overcooking, - about 3 or 5 minutes. They should not get mushy.
At the very end, add honey and lime juice. Add more honey and more lime juice to taste, if you like.
Assembly
Add back the cooked chicken nestled in between the apricots. Reheat briefly. Remove from heat.
Top with fresh thyme. Garnish with fresh lime slices.