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Marry me chicken with pancetta

SAM THE COOKING GUY · ♥ 20.3K likes · 575K views · 7 min video

Read about thighs in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
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  • 1½ lb chicken thighs
  • our BFF
  • flour
Season each piece of chicken thigh and dredge in flour.
  • pancetta
Cook the pancetta a couple of minutes until it starts to crisp, rendering its fat; remove, leaving the grease.
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
Add about a tablespoon each of butter and olive oil and brown the chicken in batches, a few minutes a side until golden; remove.
  • butter
  • olive oil
  • 1 whole small onion
Add more butter and olive oil and the sliced onion; cook three to four minutes until softened and slightly translucent.
  • 3 cloves garlic
Add three cloves of garlic until fragrant.
  • tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp Dijon
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • ½–1 tsp red pepper flakes
Stir in the tomato paste and Dijon, then the chicken broth, heavy cream, dried thyme and red pepper flakes.
Building the cream sauce
  • ⅓–½ cup Parmesan
Stir in the Parmesan and return the pancetta; let bubble.
  • 3 oz sun-dried tomatoes
  • sun-dried tomato oil
Add the halved sun-dried tomatoes and a little of their oil; simmer three to four minutes.
  • basil
Stir in chopped basil, nestle the chicken back in, spoon sauce over and heat through a couple of minutes.
Basil and returning the chicken