Chicken with Apples and Maple-Lime Sauce is a quick and easy one-pan, 30-minute restaurant-quality dinner that a whole family will love! This fast and easy, family-friendly weeknight meal features savory chicken and sweet fresh apples. It's dairy-free, gluten-free, and high in protein.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Mediterranean
Keyword chicken with apples, maple chicken
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Author Julia
Ingredients
Chicken
1.5lbchicken tenderloinsor skinless, boneless chicken thighs or breasts
Season chicken thighs with paprika, chili powder (not spicy kind), 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 seasoned chicken tenderloins. Cook the chicken on medium heat for 5 minutes on one side without moving it.
Flip the chicken thighs over, reduce heat to low-medium, and cook for about 5 more minutes or longer until thoroughly cooked. Remove chicken from the skillet to a plate or a bowl.
Cook apples
To the same, now empty, skillet, on medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sliced apples and cook them for 5 minutes per each side (10 minutes total). They should get soft and pliable. Remove from heat.
Add maple syrup and lime juice to the skillet with cooked apples and stir to combine.
Assembly
Add cooked chicken to the skillet with cooked apples and reheat on low heat, stirring everything together.
Add more maple syrup and lime juice to taste, if you like.
Top with fresh thyme. Garnish with fresh lime slices.