An Easy Recipe for Oven Baked Chicken Thighs with Sausages + Grapes

Alison Needham

Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs with Sausages and Grapes served with wine

This recipe is perfect for cool fall days. Crispy succulent chicken thighs, spicy Italian sausage, garlic, and sweet, flavorful grapes are all baked together on a sheet pan (read, easy clean up!). I’ve tossed in some cubes of stale gluten free sourdough bread. The bread cubes are “optional” but they soak up the pan juices and become like crispy crouton flavor bombs. Grapes when roasted become so rich, with a wonderful concentrated flavor. They are a perfect compliment to the spicy sausage and herbed chicken.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings servings

Calories 823 kcal

Equipment

Sheet Pan

Ingredients

9 small chicken thighs about 2 1/2 pounds
4 links of uncooked spicy Italian sausage 1 1/2 pounds
1 large bunch of purple grapes divided into smaller clusters(about 1 1/2 pounds)
10 cloves of garlic peeled
1 tablespoon each of fresh thyme leaves minced fresh rosemary, and dried marjoram
generous sprinkle of salt & pepper
3 tablespoons of olive oil
4 slices of stale sourdough bread I used Cooks Gluten Free, cut into cubes
Fresh parsley for garnish

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 °F. Place the chicken thighs skin side up on evenly around a half sheet pan. Generously salt both sides of the thighs.
Slice the sausages into thirds and scatter around the thighs. Place the grape clusters and peeled garlic evenly around the thighs and sausages. Scatter the bread cubes around the pan.
Sprinkle the thighs with the dried marjoram, and sprinkle the fresh thyme and rosemary evenly over everything. Drizzle olive oil evenly over the thighs, sausages, and grapes.
Place pan in the oven and bake for 45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked though and the skin is nicely browned. Remove everything to a large platter and sprinkle with fresh parsley if desired. Serve immediately with mashed potatoes or polenta.

Notes

In California, where I live, grapes are in season through January. Use purple grapes if you can find them, but red grapes would work equally well.

Nutrition

Serving: 1portionCalories: 823kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 44gFat: 59gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 28gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 223mgSodium: 896mgPotassium: 613mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 133IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 55mgIron: 4mg

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