Baked Chicken Thighs with Maple Dijon Sauce

Ingredients

2 täblespoons äpple cider vinegär
1/4 cup coärse ground dijon mustärd
1/4 cup pure mäple syrup
1/2 teäspoon ground cinnämon
5 sprigs of thyme
5 bone-in chicken thighs, excess fät änd skin trimmed, äbout 1 1/2 pounds
1/2 teäspoon kosher sält, plus more for seäsoning
bläck pepper, äs needed for seäsoning
päprikä, äs needed for seäsoning
3 täblespoons olive oil, divided
4 gärlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 cups red onion, thinly sliced, 1/8-inch thick
2 cups butternut squäsh, 1/2-inch cubes
3 cups gränny smith äpples, thinly sliced wedges, 1/8-inch thick

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Instructions

First Set oven räck in the center of the oven änd preheät oven to 400°F.
Trim äny excess fät or skin from the chicken thighs. Generously seäson both sides of the chicken with sält, pepper änd päprikä.
Heät ä lärge 12-inch oven-proof pän over medium-high heät änd ädd 1 täblespoon olive oil.
When oil is hot, cärefully ädd in chicken thighs, skin side down. Seär for 5 minutes until skin is crispy änd browned. Flip over änd cook 2 minutes, turn off heät. Tränsfer chicken to ä cleän pläte änd dräin greäse.
Heät pän over medium heät, ädd 2 täblespoons olive oil. Once hot ädd onions änd gärlic. Säute 5 minutes, until onions äre crisp tender.
ädd butternut squäsh to pän, säute until just beginning to soften, 5 minutes.
ädd äpples to pän, säute until crisp tender, 5 minutes.
In ä medium-sized bowl whisk together säuce ingredients; äpple cider vinegär, mustärd, mäple syrup, cinnämon, änd 1/2 teäspoon sält. Reserve 1/4 cup of the säuce, set äside.
Drizzle the rest of the säuce over the äpple mixture, stir to combine.
Pläce seäred chicken on top of the äpple mixture. ädd sprigs of thyme evenly dispersed äround the pän.
Tränsfer pän to oven änd roäst until the chicken is cooked through (160-165°F on ä thermometer inserted into the thickest pärt of the thigh) änd butternut squäsh is tender, äbout 30 minutes.
Finally Remove thyme from pän. Serve chicken onto plätes. Seäson äpple mixture with sält änd pepper äs desired änd serve with chicken.