Quick and Easy Chicken Thighs with Tomatoes & Zucchini
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These quick and easy Chicken Thighs with Tomatoes and Zucchini are a simple and delicious one-pot skillet chicken dinner—perfect for weeknight meals! Seasonal summer vegetables are paired with skinless, boneless chicken thighs and plenty of fresh herbs for a healthy skillet meal the whole family will love.
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What I Love About This Quick & Easy Chicken Thighs Recipe
No matter the season, quick and easy dinners are a weeknight mainstay—or even a lifesaver on hectic evenings. If it can be a 20-minute dinner with simple ingredients, life has just become a whole lot simpler.
These Chicken Thighs with Tomatoes and Zucchini in a garlic brown butter sauce is a convenient skillet meal that regularly finds a spot on my weekly meal rotation. It’s a super tasty and easy dish to meal plan with.
With a handful of ingredients, it’s a simple dinner to pull together at the last minute. And beautifully flavored with fresh herbs. Dishes like these are the reason I love to grow herbs all year long.
Here’s what you need:
These simple ingredients come together in minutes:
- Chicken: Look for boneless, skinless chicken. You can use thighs or thin-cut chicken breasts.
- Vegetables & Aromatics: Grape or cherry tomatoes and a zucchini that’s quartered and chopped, plus sliced garlic, salt, and pepper
- Seasoning: Salt and pepper
- Olive oil and Butter: This combination provides flavor and a higher smoke point for the butter.
- Fresh herbs: You can use any fresh herbs you prefer, such as parsley, oregano, thyme, or basil.
Frequently Asked Questions
A favorite way to serve this one-skillet dinner is over brown rice. While I absolutely love basmati brown rice, when I’m in a hurry, Minute Brown Rice is ready in 10 minutes. It’s a must-have pantry staple. Cauliflower rice would also be good, or even crusty bread!
Yes! Salmon would be delicious here, as would lamb chops. Just choose something that can cook completely and quickly in a skillet, and keep an eye on the cooking times.
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Chicken Thighs with Tomatoes and Zucchini Recipe
Ingredients
- 1.5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 garlic cloves sliced
- 2 cups grape tomatoes
- 1 medium-large zucchini quartered and chopped
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves
- 2 tablespoons fresh oregano
Equipment
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken thighs with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper and add to the skillet. Brown and cook 4-5 minutes per side or until cooked through or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees F. Remove from pan.
- Without wiping the skillet clean, add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper, butter, garlic and zucchini to pan. Cook 2 minutes or until the zucchini begins to brown and zucchini become fork tender. Stir in tomatoes and cook 2 minutes more or until tomatoes begin to soften.
- Return the chicken to the skillet and heat through. Sprinkle fresh herbs over the chicken and vegetables before serving.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
This is perfect for a summer dinner, fresh, easy and no fuss!
OK, the chicken came out of the pan at the end of the first paragraph. But it never went back into the pan. what’s going on here?
Three stars because recipe is incomplete.
Thank you for the comment. I’ve updated the instructions.
How many people does this recipe feed?