Rosemary Chicken with Roasted Grapes and shallots, served over Whipped Ginger Sweet Potatoes – a simple, easy, fall-inspired skillet dinner that can be made in 30 minutes!
Here’s a simple recipe that bridges the gap between summer and fall. Rosemary Chicken with Roasted Grapes and Shallots. Chicken thighs are pan-seared in a skillet until golden and crispy, then roasted in the oven along with grapes and shallots. While it’s roasting, make the quick and easy Whipped Ginger Sweet Potatoes which becomes a silky delicious base for the chicken. Nestle the roasted chicken, grapes and shallots over the luscious sweet potatoes and spoon the flavorful pan juices over top… and voila! Dinner is ready!
Here I’ve used a seedless variety of grapes, called Thomcord grapes, which are a hybrid of Thompson and Concord grapes. They turned out amazing, their flavor intensifying after being roasted.
I love incorporating fruit into savory dishes like this.
Perhaps it’s because I once read that fruit is energetically the most “spiritual” food we can put into our bodies. I have no idea where this came from, or actually what this really means, but something feels true about this. When I eat fruit, it feels clean and light and energizing and joyful.
So I go with it. 😉
Once the chicken is seared, place the skillet in the oven, topped with the grapes and shallots and bake until the chicken is cooked through.
The delicious pan juices that accumulate in the bottom of the skillet after being baking are spooned over the crispy chicken and roasted grapes, and hopefully the Ginger Whipped Sweet Potatoes … and the whole thing turns out quite lovely.
Rosemary Chicken Thighs with Roasted Grapes and Shallots
A delicious recipe for Rosemary Chicken Thighs with Roasted Grapes! Chicken is pan seared in skillet, for crispy skin, then baked in the oven with grapes and shallots. A fast and simple weeknight dinner. #rosemarychicken #skilletchicken #bakedchicken #roastedgrapes #chicken #chickenthighs
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: main, chicken,
- Method: stove top, baked
- Cuisine: Northwest
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, smashed
- 4 chicken thighs, skin-on, bone-in
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 fat shallots, sliced lengthwise
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar ( sherry vinegar, or apple cider vinegar, or any flavorful complementary vinegar)
- 1 lb seedless grapes ( red), divided into small clusters
- 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary
Serve with Ginger Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F
If making the Ginger Whipped Sweet Potatoes, get them simmering in a pot.
Heat oil in an oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add smashed garlic clove and swirl, to season the oil. Season the skin side of the chicken generously, with salt and pepper, and place skin side down in hot skillet. Season the other side of chicken with salt and pepper, and remove the garlic. Sear skin side until golden and crispy, 6-7 minutes, turning heat to medium. Flip. Place the shallots between the chicken and drizzle with the vinegar. Top with the grape clusters, nestling between and around the chicken. Sprinkle with rosemary and place in the oven for 20 minutes or until internal temp reaches 170F.
While it’s baking, finish making the ginger whipped sweet potatoes.
When chicken seems done, place skillet back the stove and bring it to a quick simmer (just to make sure juices are cooked.) Spoon the whipped sweet potatoes onto plates, top with crispy chicken and divide shallots and grapes among the plates. Spoon some flavorful pan sauce over everything.
Enjoy!
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Carol says
October 14, 2018 at 5:58 pmI’ve never added grapes to roast chicken before and this is delicious! Thank you for the inspiration 🌹
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Diane Sweeney says
October 19, 2018 at 10:41 amSylvia – another home run! I made this and the chicken dish last night for dinner and my husband said, “Wow! This is a definite ‘do over’!” I couldn’t agree more. Not only pleasing to the palette, but to the eye as well! Thank You!
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Sylvia Fountaine says
October 19, 2018 at 2:26 pmAwwww, thank you so much Diane! Really appreciate your comment and feedback!
Will says
October 20, 2018 at 7:38 amI’ve cooked this twice in the last week. Absolutely loving the recipes and inspiration. We’ve never eaten so well and the weekly email is so eagerly anticipated in our house now. Thank you!
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Sylvia Fountaine says
October 20, 2018 at 2:01 pmIm so glad you are enjoying it Will! Thanks for the rating and comment!
Jenny Kendrick says
October 29, 2018 at 2:35 pmAnother success. Great fall meal. So much flavor. Amazing with the whipped potatoes.
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Sylvia Fountaine says
October 30, 2018 at 5:41 amSo happy you made this Jenny and liked it with the sweet potatoes!
Cait says
November 1, 2018 at 1:08 pmWhat a beautiful recipe; I can’t wait to try it! These flavors sound amazing and I’ve wanted to try a roasted grape recipe for a while now. I know chicken thighs are super flavorful, and so are sweet potatoes but do you think the recipe would still work with chicken breast and butternut squash in place of those 2 ingredients? Thank you in advance!
Sylvia Fountaine says
November 2, 2018 at 12:30 pmI think it would be totally fine!
maryg says
November 12, 2018 at 2:53 pmso good and easy to make. thank you!
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Jennifer Sells says
April 13, 2019 at 1:46 pmThis was amazing! So easy, quick and delicious. I want to make it again soon.
Sylvia Fountaine says
April 14, 2019 at 7:32 amThanks Jennifer, glad you enjoyed!
Jennifer Sells says
April 14, 2019 at 12:33 pmI forgot to rate this.
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Kristl says
May 20, 2019 at 7:55 amThis is by far one of the best chicken recipes I have ever made, let alone eaten. It is so flavorful, aromatic, juicy, crispy…simple wonderful!
The instructions are easy to follow as well and it is an excellent cooking method. Wish I knew about this recipe years ago.
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Sylvia Fountaine says
May 20, 2019 at 9:43 pmKristi, thanks so much, this means a lot to me. So happy you enjoyed the recipe and appreciate you taking the time to rate!