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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
Okay – WOW!
Made this for supper last night and it is hands-down the best recipe I’ve ever made.
So easy, so dang delicious. We enjoyed it with a side salad and your Honey Butter Beer Bread – also amazing!
Thank you, thank you so much!
Absolutely love love love this recipe. Have made it for lots of friends who love it too. It’s been described as “a hug on a plate”. The only tweak I’ve made is I’m not keen on peaches so I swapped them for white fleshed nectarines #bliss
Love your blog & am recommending it to all my friends ☺
That is so amazing! I am so glad you and your friends have been enjoying this recipe! Thank you Cat!
Would this recipe work with canned peach slices? I couldn’t find peaches in store since it’s only May!
I am sure canned or frozen peaches would work great. Please let me know if you have other questions. Hope you love this recipe! Thanks! 🙂
Que lindo prato,simplesmente maravilhoso!!
Obrigado!
I have to say this was amazing, really great flavors here, & surprising really simple to make. I had with french bread sliced on the diagonal on baking sheet, little olive oil & butter & sprinkled some dried basil on top, baked till toasty but not hard & that just took care of the juice from dish. I didn’t have peaches, used nectarines. For a complex tasting dish the kids loved it! However just saw your recipe up today for the cheaters no knead dutch oven sourdough bread, that would be perfect with this.
Me & the kids loved this dish, will make again.
Thank you!
I am so so glad you loved this recipe Karen! Thank you & the bread would go so well!
Sorry to hear about the unfortunate events. My condolences to you and your loved ones.
I would like to say how much I enjoyed cooking and eating this wonderful dish. I made it for my wife and me this week as a trial, and I’ll be cooking it for guests this weekend.
Thank you so much!
That means a lot Rob, thank you. I am really glad you both enjoyed this dish & I hope your guests do as well! Enjoy?
It went brilliantly when I cooked it for my friends.
In fact, we like it so much we are cooking it for my parents for a new year meal!
Great stuff!
I am so happy to hear that! Thank you Rob!
Great combo action with your ingredients Teighan – even better when you have the leftovers – we grow all the fresh herbs and boy do they make it. Added some arrowroot to the sauce in pan to thicken it up some as liquid did not reduce at the end. Worked great and boy what a great flavor combo…Again, a dish like this, wow…it is just gets enhanced overnight in fridge….munge action makes it rock yet again in round two!
So happy you loved the chicken too! THANK YOU!
This was delicious, husband and son were skeptical, but it was all gone, next time I will have to double the recipe for left overs. I don’t have a skillet that can go into the oven, but switched over to a glass pyrex pan, everything came out as it should. Glad my daughter was not home for dinner, there would not have been enough food, served with quinoa and green beans with butter and garlic.
Love your recipes,
Giovanna
So glad the recipe was such a hit. Thank you!
Made this recipe the other day. It was delicious. It made the best of the chicken and peaches. The taste was sublime. I shall be passing the recipe on to all my friends. I let the chicken marinate in the rosemary and lemon rind for 40 minutes at room temperature before adding the flour to get maximum flavour from the marinade. Next time I make it I’ll leave out the basil as I didn’t think it added to the dish; the dish didn’t need it at all. Thanks for creating such a delicious recipe
Ah yay so happy you liked it Deborah! Thank you for sharing!
Super tasty! One of the best recipes I’ve made in a while. I did use thyme instead of rosemary (oops!), but it turned out amazing.
I had some thicker thighs that took more like 35-40 minutes to cook, but since it was simmering in the broth + wine, it remained super juicy!
Thyme sounds yummy too! So happy you liked it!
Your family sure isn’t having the best time lately… I wish there was something I could do to help other than sending good thoughts your way. I love your photos in this recipe… such warm, gorgeous colors. This looks so comforting!
It means a lot Natasha, were doing okay!
SO happy you like everything (:
Oh friend, Sending you so much love and prayers. I’m so glad you get to be with family though. This dish is truly perfect for monday. I love monday too.
Here’s to good food and great family! <3
Thank you Lindsay! SO happy you like the dish!
Love using peaches in a savory way!! This dish looks amazing!
Thank you Leigh!
What a tough week for you and your extended family Tieghan. You are all in my prayers. This dish is the ultimate in summer comfort food. Can’t go wrong with that yummy list of ingredients!
Thanks Mary Ann, it means so much! comfort food is everything!
Amazing! My hubby and I don’t eat dairy so we left out the mozzarella and finished the pan sauce with some earthy balance. So delish!!
I am so happy you loved it! Thank you Caterina!