Why This Is One of Our Favorite Healthy Dinner Recipes
This braised chicken with collard greens checks every box for a weeknight healthy dinner: it’s high in protein, loaded with nutrients from the greens, and comes together in one pan in under 30 minutes. It’s also Whole30 compliant, Paleo friendly, and completely gluten-free — making it one of the most versatile healthy dinner recipes in our rotation.
North Coast Braised Chicken with Collard Greens Recipe
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts skin-on
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 8 cup collard greens trimmed from stalk and chopped
- 2 shallots large
- 3 tbsp North Coast Apple Cider Vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Generously season chicken breasts with salt and pepper
- Heat a large frying pan to medium-high
- Once hot, add butter and olive oil to pan
- When butter and oil is hot add chicken breasts skin side down and cook for 5 minutes
- Carefully spoon butter/oil over chicken and baste every minute
- Flip chicken and cook an additional 5 minutes until internal temperature reaches 165*
- Continue to carefully spoon butter/oil over chicken and baste every minute
- Once cooked through, remove chicken breasts and turn heat down to medium
- Add shallot to the pan with the chicken drippings and cook for about one minute
- Add garlic to pan and cook an additional minute, mixing careful not to burn
- Once tender and golden add 2 Tbsp. of apple cider vinegar to pan to deglaze, gently and scraping the pan
- Add collard greens to pan and toss thoroughly
- Season with 1/2 tsp. of salt
- Cook until collard greens have wilted down to desired consistency (about 5 minutes) and additional 1 Tbsp. of apple cider vinegar
- Salt to taste
- Serve collard green alongside of chicken breasts
