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Gator Dust Chicken

This Gator Dust Chicken is a simple Dutch oven dinner packed with big Southern flavor. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs are seared in bacon fat until golden and caramelized, then baked over buttery red potatoes, onions, garlic, and shallots. Serve it over jasmine rice for the perfect cozy meal.
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Ingredients
  

  • 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • Gator Dust seasoning to taste
  • Bacon fat or bacon grease enough to coat the bottom of the Dutch oven
  • 1 small bag red potatoes quartered
  • 2 large onions sliced or roughly chopped
  • 8 cloves garlic minced or smashed
  • 1 shallot chopped, optional
  • 1 stick butter
  • Cooked jasmine rice for serving

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. Season the chicken. Generously season both sides of the boneless, skinless chicken thighs with Gator Dust seasoning.
  3. Heat the bacon fat. In a Dutch oven, heat the bacon grease over medium-high heat until hot.
  4. Sear the chicken. Add the chicken thighs to the hot bacon grease and sear on both sides until they have a deep golden, caramelized color. You are not cooking them all the way through yet, just building flavor. Remove the chicken from the Dutch oven and set aside.
  5. Sauté the aromatics. Add the onions, garlic, and optional shallot to the same Dutch oven. Stir well, scraping up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
  6. Add the potatoes. Add the quartered red potatoes and stir to coat them in all that flavor.
  7. Add the butter. Place one stick of butter into the Dutch oven and toss everything together as it begins to melt.
  8. Add the chicken back. Place the seared chicken thighs back on top of the potatoes.
  9. Bake. Cover the Dutch oven and bake at 375°F for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender and the chicken is cooked through.
  10. Serve. Spoon the chicken, potatoes, onions, and buttery pan juices over jasmine rice. Serve and enjoy.