Spread 1/4 T dijon over one side of each chicken thigh. Season it with salt and pepper. Sprinkle it with flour.
Heat skillet. Add olive oil. When hot, shake excess flour from chicken and place in pan, mustard side down.
Top each thigh with remaining mustard, salt, pepper, flour, and 1 T butter. Place lid on pan and cook over low heat for 8-10 minutes. Flip and cook 8-10 minutes more, or until chicken reaches 180F.
Hearty and warm, this Borscht is a family favorite of ours.
Ingredients
2 T olive oil
1 lb. chuck roast, cut into smallish cubes
4 carrots, chopped
1 onion, chopped
4 small beets, peeled and chopped
4-6 celery stalks, chopped
1 daikon radish, chopped
3 potatoes, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1-2 T fresh lemon juice
10-12 C chicken or vegetable stock (or mixture of both) (use more or less depending on how thick you want the soup)
2 t salt (or to taste)
pepper (to taste)
Greek yogurt or sour cream (for topping)
Instructions
Pat each piece of beef dry with a paper towel (this helps it to brown better – this step can be skipped if you’re short on time). Heat large soup pot. Add olive oil. When oil is hot, add beef, being sure not to over-crowd the pan. Cook, over medium heat, until beef is browned, about 10 minutes or so. Remove beef from pan with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Add veggies and salt and pepper to soup pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until they are getting tender.
Add beef and stock and bring up to a boil. Once it’s boiling, reduce to a low boil or a simmer, and cook 1-2 hours (until veggies are tender), adding more stock or water if it gets too thick.
Add lemon juice. Taste and add more salt if desired.
Serve topped with a dolup of yogurt.
Notes
I serve this with warm rolls or bread, with butter. Perfect for dipping into the soup.
Chicken cooks low and slow in sweet and tangy BBQ sauce for a delicious and easy dinner.
Ingredients
1 pack chicken breasts (mine had 2)
1 pack bone-in chicken thighs (mine had 2)
1 C BBQ sauce
1/4 C water
1/2 C apple cider
1 t apple cider vinegar
olive oil
1 red onion, roughly chopped in large pieces
1 sweet pepper (or bell pepper), roughly chopped in large pieces
1 tomato, roughly chopped in large pieces
Instructions
Drizzle olive oil in a Crock Pot.
Mix sauce, water, vinegar, and cider. Pour 1/4 of the mixture into the bottom of the Crock Pot. Place chicken on the sauce and pour remaining sauce over top. Arrange veggies over top of chicken.
Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours (mine took about 4), or low heat for 5-6 hours, or until the chicken breast’s internal temperature comes to 170F, and the thighs come to 180F.
Notes
Cooking time depends on how cold chicken is when it goes into the Crock Pot. Mine was still slightly frozen, so it took a little bit longer. The most important thing is that it comes to a safe internal temperature.