Creamy Chicken Thighs with Wild Garlic

This delicious one pan chicken meal comes together in under an hour with minimal effort—but tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen. If you don’t have herbes de Provence, use Italian herbs or even just oregano or thyme. Feel free to use some other greens instead of wild garlic or add in some extra mushrooms. It makes a perfect midweek dinner for a family.


2 tsp Herbes de Provence 2 tbsp Olive oil 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar 1/3 tsp Sea salt 1 tsp Freshly milled black pepper 2-3 Garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced 6 Bone in skin on chicken thighs 2 tbsp Chicken schmaltz or butter 2 Shallots, finely chopped 120 ml Water 120 ml Heavy cream 200 g Wild garlic (or spinach)

Mix all the ingredients for the marinade (from the herbes de Provence to the minced garlic), using a wire whisk to emulsify the oil and vinegar together.
Add in chicken thighs and allow to marinate at room temperature 30 minutes. If you want to marinate for longer, put in the refrigerator.
When ready to cook, heat a heavy-bottomed pan. When it is hot, add the chicken schmaltz or butter and allow it to melt. Add chopped shallots and sauté 5 minutes. Add the chicken thighs, leaving behind as much of the marinade as you can. Reserve the mariande. Cook the chicken thighs until they are lovely golden brown, 5 minutes. Add in the marinade and water. Cover the pot and allow the thighs to cook 15 minutes, turning them halfway through, until they reach an internal temperature of 74C/165F.
Remove the chicken to a plate and add in cream into the pot, mixing well with the liquid. As soon as the sauce starts to thicken, gradually add in wild garlic and cook, stirring often, until the wild garlic is wilted. Return the chicken and any accumulated juices on the plate to the skillet. Cook for a couple of minutes until heated through completely.
Serve the chicken with plenty of the sauce, alongside rice, noodles, or potatoes, if you like.

25 comments:

Brian's Home Blog 3/4/26 00:13: Yum, creamy is darn good!
Linda's Relaxing Lair 3/4/26 00:45: This looks scrumptious 😋
Tom 3/4/26 00:54: ...and I have wild garlic growing in the garden!
J.P. Alexander 3/4/26 01:23: Gracias por la receta. Te mando un beso.
peppylady (Dora) 3/4/26 01:28: Should check out the price of Chicken thigh
Anonymous 3/4/26 03:37: Yummy-Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
Anonymous 3/4/26 06:50: I will wait for wild garlic to be in season here too meme this!
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Margaret D 3/4/26 07:43: Looking good there and I bet it tastes good too, Angie.
Ruby Rose and the Big Little Angels 3 3/4/26 08:05: Sorry, I can’t do garlic anymore
eileeninmd 3/4/26 11:53: Another delicious recipe, thanks for sharing Angie!
Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend!
Breathtaking 3/4/26 12:37: Hello Angie :)
This looks good. I can't write much because of my sore wrist, but I wanted to wish you a very Happy Easter.
Sonjia
David M. Gascoigne, 3/4/26 13:08: I‘ll eat one serving now and have one to go, please.
My name is Erika. 3/4/26 15:00: I haven't ever heard of anyone picking wild garlic around me, so maybe it's not here. It looks wonderful though. But I'm glad you mentioned spinach as that might be pretty similar. Either way, it looks delicious.
DEZMOND 3/4/26 15:27: I am surprised that this year you did not make anything Easterish, you usually have dozens of recipes with eggs this time of the year LOL Hope you have a nice holiday weekend.
Balvinder 3/4/26 16:52: I am not sure if I get wild garlic but I am craving to make this today. So simple and look and sounds so good.
Balvinder 3/4/26 17:11: Just saw that you have written spinach instead of wild garlic.
The Velvet Runway 3/4/26 18:05: This looks delicious and I love that it can all be cooked in one pot!
Julia x
Pam 3/4/26 18:07: It looks flavorful and delicious!
David Scott Allen 3/4/26 18:17: I love when ramps are in season -- it is the one type of garlic I can eat. So excited to have this recipe and will look in the store for the ramps!
Bill 3/4/26 20:36: Mouth watering, yummy!
Bill 3/4/26 20:36: Mouth watering, yummy!
DeniseinVA 3/4/26 20:59: Thank you Angie, sounds incredible!
Shashi Charles 4/4/26 11:26: I have some chicken thighs in the fridge nd I am going to make this recipe with them. This sounds so intoxicatingly delicious, Angie. Such a perfect meal for a busy weeknight.
Ananka 4/4/26 22:30: Looks good. Love wild Garlic :-D
Ben | Havocinthekitchen 4/4/26 23:15: This looks so good, Angie! I love creamy chicken thighs, and that wild garlic must add such a fresh, garlicky flavour.