Apple Cinnamon Chicken is an easy chicken recipe for a weeknight dinner! The chicken is lightly coated in flour and pan-fried. The sauce is made of reduced apple juice and brown sugar, and it is amazing.
I served this Apple Cinnamon Chicken with a side of Cinnamon Roasted Cauliflower and farro. I love farro! Highly recommend!
Apple Cinnamon Chicken
Servings: 4
Calories: 345kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken
- ½ cup flour
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Apple Cinnamon Sauce
- 1½ cups apple juice
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Stir together the flour, ground ginger, black pepper in a shallow bowl. Set aside.
- Place the chicken on a cutting board and remove all visible fat with a sharp knife.
- Cover the chicken with a piece of plastic wrap and use a meat-tenderizing mallet to pound the chicken to a uniform thickness (about ½-inch thick). Cut that large piece of chicken into 4 smaller pieces.
- Dip each piece of chicken in the flour mixture, turning to coat. Shake off the excess.
- Lightly spray a skillet with nonstick spray. Heat the skillet over medium heat.
- Cook the chicken pieces in the hot skillet, about 4 to 5 minutes per side. The chicken is done with a thermometer register an internal temperature of 165 °F
- When the chicken is done, transfer to a plate and set aside.
Make the apple cinnamon sauce:
- Pour the apple juice into the hot skillet and try to scrape up as many browned chicken.
- Whisk in the rest of the sauce ingredients. Turn the heat up to "high" and allow the sauce to come to a full boil. Boil for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the apple juice becomes syrupy.
- Add the chicken back to the skillet to coat it with the sauce.
- To serve, spoon some sauce on top of each piece of chicken and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
