Catz in the Kitchen

Finding love around the table.

  • Home
  • About
  • Recipes
    • All Recipes
    • Healthy
    • Italian
    • Mexican / Latin
    • Gluten-Free
    • Vegetarian
    • Grilling
    • Desserts
  • Reviews
  • DIY
  • Featured
  • Contact
Yum
You are here: Home / Chicken Entrees / Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears

November 15, 2016 By Chelsia Rief 1 Comment

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears is a yummy, easy, reliable one pan meal that you’ll want to make over and over again!

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears is a yummy, easy, reliable one pan meal that you'll want to make over and over again!For some reason, I’ve decided that this was the season of apples for me. I’ve only made three pumpkin recipes this year (which is rather unlike me) and whole-heartedly embraced the apple. I guess this isn’t too surprising of a thing. I love apples. I eat a Granny Smith every day, but I think subconsciously, I knew I had an abundance of pumpkin recipes already on the blog, but not a lot of apple.

So I’m bringing you another apple recipe, and you could totally make this all year long if you wanted to. Since we had so many apples leftover from when we went apple picking I knew I wanted to do something that wasn’t breakfast or dessert.

The way I see it, we can always use one more chicken recipe in our arsenal to switch things up a bit and make that boring weeknight chicken dinner really a winner!

See what I did there? Haha! That’s what we call a play on words my friends. Or…something like that. Okay, moving on now.

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears is a yummy, easy, reliable one pan meal that you'll want to make over and over again!

I’ve made this dinner several times in the past using chicken tenders or boneless thighs. Sometimes, I use only apples and omit the pears or just pears and omit the apples! Regardless, it’s delicious and pretty impossible to screw it up. Unless you overcook the chicken.

Don’t overcook the chicken. 

Did I also mention that this is a one pan meal? Tee hee hee, I love those! One pan meals are made for the busy moms and dads of this world. It’s like a beautiful gift wrapped up that says, “Here’s an easy dinner to make, and one that won’t have you washing dishes for long afterwards either!”

Except, in my house, I rarely wash the dishes anymore. That’s what the minions kids are for. If I make dinner, chances are Josh or the kids will be taking care of all of those dishes. But don’t worry…this is not child labor. This is what I like to call earning their keep. This is my way of helping my children not turn into entitled humans who think they run the world (or my house). Sometimes it even works.

Also, it’s what I call parenting. And despite what you may hear, there are definite perks to being a parent!

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears is a yummy, easy, reliable one pan meal that you'll want to make over and over again!

To finish off the meal, I will sometimes ask Grace to make mashed potatoes. She makes really yummy mashed potatoes, using a recipe from my sister in love that Grace has tweaked to make it her own. Or…I’ll serve a baked sweet or regular russet potato on the side, making dinner easy, filling, and delicious. But…if I’m feeling really adventurous, I’ll make mashed sweet potatoes. It doesn’t happen often around these parts because it’s much easier to throw a sweet potato in the oven (because I’m, you know, busy parenting or whatever) than going through the process of mashing it, but sometimes I’ll surprise the fam bam with that little gem.

No matter what, though, the real stars of the dinner plate will be those sautéed apples and pears. I would say throw in an extra pear and apple to saute. You’ll be sorry if you don’t. Everyone is going to want more of that good stuff. You gotta give the masses what they want, otherwise you’ll have rioting and picketing on your hands (pitchforks, fire, etc). Just kidding, but go ahead and make them do the dishes. That’ll teach em!

Catz in the Kitchen

Yields Serves 6

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears

Pan Seared Chicken with Apples and Pears is a yummy, easy, reliable one pan meal that you'll want to make over and over again!

10 minPrep Time

20 minCook Time

30 minTotal Time

Save RecipeSave Recipe
Print Recipe
My Recipes My Lists My Calendar

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 5-6 boneless skinless chicken breast
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 4-5 tbsp butter
  • 2-3 apples, any variety you like - peeled, cored, and sliced (galas are delicious here, but so would honey crisp)
  • 3 Bosc pears peeled, cored, and sliced
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 2-3 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp chopped parsley

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high. Season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides and cook the chicken until golden and firm, about 12 minutes, turning once. Place the chicken on a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
  2. In the same skillet, melt the butter over medium heat; add the apples and pears and season with salt and nutmeg. Stir in the lemon juice and zest and cook for 5 minutes, or until tender crisp, then stir in the honey and cook for one more minute.
  3. Slice the chicken on an angle and serve with apples and pears and sprinkle the parsley over the chicken and apples.

Notes

Slightly adapted from Rachael Ray's Look + Cook Cookbook

7.8.1.2
242
http://www.catzinthekitchen.com/2016/11/pan-seared-chicken-with-apples-and-pears.html
Catz in the Kitchen

Filed Under: Chicken, Chicken Entrees, Fall, Featured, Fruits, One Pan Meal, Poultry, Rachael Ray, Skillet Dinners

« Weekly Menu For The Week Of Nov 14th
Weekly Menu For The Week Of Nov 21st »

Trackbacks

  1. One Pan Salmon, Asparagus, & Sweet Potato Dinner - Catz in the Kitchen says:
    November 30, 2016 at 10:18 am
    […] One Pan meals! I’ve talked before about how much I love these meals in this Chicken and Apples post. I just love the ease of throwing a few ingredients together to make a complete meal. No fuss, no […]
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

HI! We're Chels & Josh, and this is Catz in the Kitchen! Let's find love around the table, one recipe at a time! Read more

Categories

Feeling like you've outgrown your average hot cocoa? Make yourself some grown up hot chocolate from scratch with cocoa, vanilla, salt, milk, and cream!

Grown Up Hot Chocolate

Easy, fresh, bright, sweet, & creamy, this Strawberries & Cream Overnight French Toast features frozen Oregon berries so you can make it all year long!

Strawberries & Cream Overnight French Toast

These pork and peach street tacos are a bright, light fusion blend of flavors and ingredients in a recipe that is healthy, quick, and, actually, beautiful!

Pork and Peach Street Tacos

What happens when you cross queso dip and classic mac & cheese (with a little kielbasa for good measure)? You get queso mac and cheese!

Queso Mac and Cheese

myTaste.com

Connect with Catz

HI! We're Chels & Josh, lovers of (almost) all culinary combos, mommy and daddy to three wonderful kiddos (and two actual cats), and residents of the beautiful Pacific NW. Welcome! Read More…

Feeling like you've outgrown your average hot cocoa? Make yourself some grown up hot chocolate from scratch with cocoa, vanilla, salt, milk, and cream!
Craving a chocolate shake, but want to avoid the calories? We've got you covered with this healthy chocolate peanut butter shake. Try adding protein, too!
Our whole family has declared this recipe the best snickerdoodle cookies ever...or, at least, the best ones to ever enter our humble abode!
Whether you need cookies for a holiday party or just because, make this easy, "improved" recipe for peanut butter chip cookies together with your kids!
This easy pumpkin custard pie is flavored with cinnamon, cloves, and allspice - which gives it all kinds of warm, fall flavors.
The yummy apple crisp is simple enough for a family dessert or nice enough to serve for company, but easy enough to make for a potluck or holiday hoopla!
Catz in the Kitchen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Copyright © 2019 · Foodie Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Privacy