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Monday’s in August are made better with a dinner like this Rosemary Peach Chicken in a White Wine Pan Sauce.
For as much as I love Monday (yes I love Monday), they are made so much better with an easy dinner…one that’s delicious and satisfying of course. Monday’s for me are always busy, which I love, but come dinnertime (which is closer to nine or ten PM over here) the last thing I feel like doing is creating a giant meal. Anyone else feel the same? I feel like we’re all in the same boat, especially with summer coming to a close, school starting back up, and the busyness of a new season on the horizon (hello fall I am pretty excited for you).
This is why I’m so excited to share this late summer meal with you.
Today is a different Monday for me, as I am in Cleveland and spending time with my extended family. It’s been a strange couple of weeks for us all, but I think everyone is happy to be celebrating my grandma today and saying our final goodbyes. I am speaking at the service, so please say a little prayer that I can keep things together and not fumble too many words…I’ll be sure to update you guys on how that goes later this week.
Sadly, we also spent Saturday morning supporting my brother Trevor’s girlfriend, Lou, who lost her older brother to an unexpected heart attack at the age of thirty-two. My family and I did not personally know him, but it was incredibly sad and my heart breaks for Lou and her family. I think if there’s one thing you take away from this post today, it’s to hug someone you love and never take life for granted, it is a very precious thing. So as cheesy as this sounds, go give someone you love a hug today. Trust me, it’s gonna make you feel a million times happier and who knows, you might just make that person’s Monday a million times better!
Before we jump into today’s yummy dish, I want to lighten things a bit and ask how everyone’s weekend went? I feel like I haven’t asked this question in forever? As I mentioned, things have been go, go, GO, so let’s catch back up! What are you guys up to this summer? I cannot believe how quickly summer is coming to an end so I’m so curious as to what you guys have been up to. Are you taking vacations? Just soaking up the sun on the weekends? Picking fresh peaches. What’s happening?
I’m personally hoping you went peach picking because we all need to make this peach chicken. And tomorrow…there will be an even sweeter peach recipe.
Okay, so here’s the deal. I decided to make this recipe on a whim towards the end of last week. Fresh sweet peaches were sent to me from Frog Hollow Farms out in California, and oh my gosh, they were so delicious. I knew I needed to make a couple of recipes with them before we headed out of town and first up was this chicken.
Let me just explain it in five simple words…
Bacon. Chicken. Wine. Peaches. Mozzarella.
I mean, how good does that combo sound?
The chicken gets seasoned with rosemary and lemon zest, and then cooked up in the bacon fat from the crispy bacon. Thus adding an insane amount of flavor without adding extra ingredients. Love that.
From here we add in the wine, peaches and mozzarella. Next transfer the skillet to the oven and roast for a bit until the cheese gets all melty and gooey.
Then serve the meal up with the pan sauce drizzled overtop of the chicken, and add some fresh basil.
Seriously just perfection in a pan. The perfect easy dinner from now until October. I like to serve this with a side of roasted potatoes or rice, either are delicious. Then maybe a simple summer salad and your dinner is complete.
Bottom line here? If you have a lot peaches sitting on your counter at this very moment then you need to be cooking up some peach chicken for dinner tonight. <–do it.
Alright guys, sorry for the short and all over the place post today. I’m writing this with a lot of chaos around me, so forgive my all over the place thoughts and hang in there with me the next couple of days. Things will be a little more back to normal on Thursday, once I have returned home.
In the meantime, enjoy this chicken and have a great Monday!
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Rosemary Peach Chicken in White Wine Pan Sauce
Servings: 4 servings
Calories Per Serving: 648 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken breasts or thighs (of equal size)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped rosemary
- zest of 1 lemon
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 slices thick cut bacon, chopped
- 3/4 cup dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc
- 2 peaches, sliced
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella, torn
- fresh basil, for topping
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.2. Rub the chicken all over with olive oil, rosemary, lemon zest, and season generously with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the flour evenly over the chicken and toss to coat, adding more flour if needed to cover the chicken. 3. Heat a large oven safe skillet over medium high heat and cook the bacon until crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan and drain onto paper towels.4. Add the chicken to the pan and sear on both sides until golden, about 5 minutes per side. Reduce the heat to medium low and pour in the wine and 1/4 cup water. Simmer the chicken for 5 minutes, until cooked through. Add the bacon back to the skillet. Arrange the peaches and mozzarella evenly around the chicken and drizzle the honey over the peaches. Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast for 5 minutes, then broil until the peaches are just charred and the cheese has melted, about 1 minute.5. Serve the chicken topped with peaches and drizzle over any pan sauce and top with basil. EAT!
Tomorrow…something sweet!
ps. don’t forget to hug everyone you love today! Promise, it will make your Monday a much happier day!
This post was originally published on August 21, 2017
I made this last night, and it was MIND BLOWING. Unlike anything I’ve eaten. I used European Cottage Bacon (it added some bulk, which was cool), and added some lemon juice and fresh Thyme as well. It was a beautiful dish, one of your best.
Thank you! I am thrilled this turned out perfect for you and you enjoyed it Cassie!
Can’t wait to cook this food…yummy
Awesome! I hope you love it!
All the best to you and your family. We loved this yesterday! I tried to find the answer to this question on Google and couldn’t. When halving a recipe (there are two of us) and a sauce is involved, should the sauce be halved too? There didn’t seem to be enough sauce so I kept adding more things and probably through the proportions waaaay out of balance.
Thank you so much, David!! I would leave the ingredients for the sauce the same and just halve the chicken. The more sauce the better! Hope that helps and thank you again! 🙂
I love this late summer meal and the combination of peaches and rosemary is perfection!
Thank you Laura!
I sent this recipe to my husband a few days ago. He made this for supper tonight. It was AMAZING!!!! The flavour combination is unreal. We definitely will be making this again. ?
Also my condolences on your loss. ?
That is great to hear! I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Brandi! Thank you so much ?
ROSEMARY & HONEY amounts?
Thank you!
Hope your service went ok and you are doing well.
Uh-oh….just saw your answer to someone else above.
Thank you and please forgive me!
Thank you Laura!
I made this dish last night for dinner and it was a great hit! I didn’t put in the cheese ( getting old and needing less cheese in my life) and it was delish over rice. Next time I will add another peach because if each chicken bite had a bit of yummy peach then it would be a sensation.
Thanks for your recipe inspiration.
I hope your heart heals well. Life is fragile so eat your peaches when you can!!
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe Nancy! Thank you!
Glad to hear you are spending time with the fam; nothing really fills the heart like time with your aunts and uncles and cousins 🙂 I’m currently finishing up a month long trip through the Balkans–Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia&Herzegovina! If you want some travel-food inspo, the best dishes I had were stuffed squid and pasta with truffles in Croatia; burek (a flaky pastry with meat, cheese, or spinach), and čevapi (lamb and beef minced sausages served in a pita with ajvar sauce, which is made from red pepper and eggplant and is TO DIE FOR) in Bosnia. Happy eating 🙂
Wow that sounds amazing and I hope you are having a great time! Thanks so much for those suggestions as well, they sound so good!
My heartfelt sympathies to you and your family. My prayers are with you as you speak and also for your brother’s girlfriends families. Life is sometimes hard and I hope you can all find some joy amidst the sorrow.
Making this for dinner tonight as I had one peach and stopped by Uncle John’s farmstand in Frisco to get one more. Fresh rosemary from my patio and ready to pop it in the oven soon!
Thoughts and prayers!
Thank you Ronda for the kind words and well wishes! They mean a lot! I LOVE Uncle John’s farmstand in Frisco and actually had my brother grab some things for me there the other day! I hope you love this recipe!
Two quick questions. The rosemary and honey amounts are not listed in the ingredient list-
Please advise-making this for dinner.
Thanks!
Hi Kim!! It’s 1 tablespoon rosemary and honey. Recipe is now fixed. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Hope you love this recipe!
How many does this serve?
this will serve 4-6.
This will serve 4-6. Hope you love this!
The chicken looks so yummy, and the addition of the fresh peach is perfect!
Thank yo Carlos! I hope you love this!
It doesn’t say anything in the ingredients about how much flour , honey or rosemary. Sounds delicious and want to make it. Thank you for helping band prayers for your family.
Hi Katherine, it’s 1/4 cup flour, 1 tablespoon recipe, and 1 tablespoon honey. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Hope you love this recipe!
PRAY all goes well at the memorial service and you can speak from your heart.
Peaches are number one in this family. YUM!
Thank you so much Charlotte! It really means a lot that you keep my family in your thoughts! I hope you love this recipe!
Deepest sympathies on the loss of your granmother. The ingredient list calls for thyme. I’m assuming this should be rosrmary. The directions mention honey, but it’s not listed in the ingredients. How much honey? Thank you for the clarification.
Thank you so much, Daniele! It is 1 tablespoon honey and recipe is now fixed. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Hope you love this recipe!