Name: Paprika Chicken With Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American

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This paprika chicken is a delicious and easy chicken thighs recipe that's perfect for a sunday dinner, but impressive enough to serve for a holiday meal. 

How to make Paprika Chicken With Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe

Chrissie

Crawler

American

<p>This paprika chicken is a delicious and easy chicken thighs recipe that's perfect for a sunday dinner, but impressive enough to serve for a holiday meal. </p>

Non Vegetarian

Olive oil

Boneless skinless chicken thighs all visible fat trimmed

Beets

Potatoes

Carrots

Sweet potatoes

Large onion

Kale

A splash wo of white wine use chicken broth instead,  if you wish

Smoked paprika

Salt and pepper

Wash, peel, and chop the root vegetables into pieces as uniform in size as possible. Remove the stems from the kale and chop into small pieces. Set aside the chopped kale and onions for now.

step 1

Add the potatoes, sweet potatoes and carrots to a pot and add water until they're almost covered.

step 2

Set the pot over medium-high heat and cook the vegetables for about 8 minutes or until they're only slightly under-cooked and still on the firm side (you can check the doneness with a fork).

step 3

Add the beets to a separate pot and cook them for the same length of time. This may seem like an unnecessary step, however if you add the beets to the pot with the other vegetables, everything will be a big purple mess.

step 4

While the vegetables are cooking, preheat your oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.

step 5

Place a heavy-bottomed saucepan (preferably one that's oven-safe) over medium-high heat and add some olive oil to the pan.

step 6

While the pan is heating, season the chicken thighs with salt, pepper and 1 tbsp of paprika on the top-sides only. Add the chicken thighs to your saucepan, seasoned side down.

step 7

Once the chicken hits the pan, don't move it for several minutes. This allows it to brown deeply and evenly, developing lots and lots of flavour. If you're worried about it burning, turn the heat down to medium, but be aware that turning the heat down too low can prevent browning.

step 8

While the thighs are browning, season the other side with more salt and pepper and sprinkle on the remaining 1 tbsp paprika.

step 9

Once the chicken thighs have browned on one side, turn them over to brown on the other side. The goal here is not to cook the chicken thighs through completely, but to achieve a nice brown colour on both sides before they go in the oven to finish cooking.

step 10

While the chicken thighs are browning it will likely be time to remove the root vegetables from the heat. Use a colander to drain the water and set the vegetables aside for a moment.

step 11

Once the other sides of the chicken thighs have browned, remove them to a plate using a set of tongs, leaving the pan on the heat with all the chicken juices left behind.

step 12

Add a few splashes of white wine to the pan and stir up all the little brown bits left behind from cooking the chicken. Continue stirring until you can see that about half of the liquid has evaporated.

step 13

Add the kale and the onion and stir them around in the pan, allowing them to pick up all the flavour of the chicken bits, the paprika, and the wine. When the kale begins to wilt and the onion begins to soften, remove the pan from the heat.

step 14

Add the root vegetables to the pan and sprinkle some more salt and pepper on them before tossing them with the kale, the onion and the leftover sauce you've just created as you've deglazed the pan. (if your pan isn't oven-proof, now is the time to transfer the mixture to a casserole dish with a little olive oil drizzled into it.).

step 15

Lay the chicken thighs on top and nestle them into the root vegetables.

step 16

Transfer the pan to your oven that's preheated to 375 degrees and let it roast for about 25 minutes or until the chicken thighs reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

step 17

Remove the pan from the oven and let the chicken and vegetables rest in the pan for a few minutes before serving. You'll notice the brown colour on the chicken will deepen as it roasts in the oven and the vegetables will soften in the middle and may turn a little crispy on one side (especially the potatoes).

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