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Glazed Sheet Pan Chicken with Butternut Squash, Apples & Kale

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This tender and flavorful sheet pan chicken is packed with sweet & savory fall vegetables. It’s a delicious, healthy, easy meal your whole family will love.

Ingredients

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Chicken and Vegetables

  • 4 bone-in, skin on, humanely raised chicken thighs
  • Celtic sea salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 cups butternut squash cubed (about 3/4”)
  • 1 large organic apple cut into 1/2” cubes, peel if not organic
  • 5 ounces baby kale torn into bite size pieces*

 

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Sprinkle chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Cut off any extra skin or fat.
  3. In a large bowl, toss butternut with 1 tablespoon olive oil and sprinkle with salt, toss again to evenly coat.
  4. Put an empty sheet pan into the oven. When oven reaches 450°, carefully remove sheet pan and place chicken thighs on it, skin side up.
  5. Arrange butternut squash all around chicken in a single layer.
  6. Roast for 20 minutes.
  7. While the chicken is cooking make the glaze. Mix maple syrup, mustard, lemon, and tamari together in a measuring cup or small bowl.
  8. After 20 minutes remove chicken from the oven and brush about 1/3 cup glaze all over the chicken, using tongs to turn and coat both sides. Mix the butternut squash.
  9. Roast for another 15 minutes. If the chicken is browning too much, turn it over so it doesn’t burn.
  10. Brush remaining glaze over chicken.
  11. Add the apples to the pan, stirring to coat with pan juices and glaze.
  12. Roast for another 10 minutes or until butternut is caramelized, apples are fork tender and chicken is nicely brown and cooked through to 165°.
  13. Add kale and stir to coat with sauce. Return to oven for 2-5 minutes until kale is just wilted.
  14. Serve and enjoy!

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Notes

For Whole30, blend 3 medjool dates with 1/4 cup water and use instead of maple syrup.

If using a bunch of kale, remove stems, cut into bite size pieces, 6 cups.

Find it online: https://eatwellenjoylife.com/sheet-pan-chicken-with-butternut-apples-kale-paleo/