Family Night Chicken with Winter Squash

Serves 4
Time 1 hr 5 min

With the arrival of autumn, this delicious, yet simple, chicken dish provides an ideal use for one fall favorite — winter squash. The underlying sweetness in butternut squash is enhanced by cooking along with apple juice, slightly tangy paprika and savory roasted garlic.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
Gluten FreeGluten Free

Ingredients

    Olive oil cooking spray
    4 cupsdiced butternut squash
    1 cupapple juice
    1 teaspoondried thyme, divided
    4 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
    1/2 teaspoonfine sea salt, divided
    1/4 cuptomato paste
    2 teaspoonspaprika
    1 poundskinless chicken drumsticks
    1 poundskinless chicken thighs
    1/4 teaspoonground black pepper

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Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F.


Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.


Add squash, apple juice, 1/2 teaspoon of the thyme, garlic, and 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper to pan and toss gently to combine. Set aside.


In a small bowl, stir together tomato paste, paprika, remaining 1/2 teaspoon thyme and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.


Rub chicken drumsticks and thighs all over with tomato paste mixture, then arrange on top of squash in a single layer.


Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.


Remove foil and continue baking for an additional 20 minutes.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

490

Total Fat

17g

Saturated Fat

4.5g

Cholesterol

195mg

Sodium

510mg

Total Carbohydrate

28g

Dietary Fiber

4g

Total Sugars

11g

Protein

56g

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