This is adapted from a recipe I found about a month ago, but never got around to making. The original recipe called for thawed and squeezed, frozen spinach. I thought using kale instead would give some texture to the final dish, as it doesn’t mush up like spinach does. I also added fresh herbs to my recipe and subbed in Japanese mayo, just because I had it around.
As a side dish, I peeled an enormous sweet potato and cut it into rounds. I laid the rounds on a sheet pan, drizzled them in garlic olive oil, and gave them a pinch of minced rosemary, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. I baked them in the oven with the chicken dish and they finished at the same time. Perfect.
Disclaimer. I did not measure my ingredients. Use your best judgement. Taste. Make enough sauce to coat the chicken and kale. Use equal parts mayo and yogurt. Make it your own!
Ingredients:
- Four boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- Kale–half of a bunch, sliced
- Artichoke hearts–marinated in oil, rinsed and diced
- Parmesan cheese–grated
- mayonnaise–I used Kewpie mayo
- Greek yogurt
- fresh sage, thyme, rosemary–finely minced
- salt and pepper
- garlic–minced
- onion–diced
- half of a red bell pepper–diced
Method:
Salt and pepper chicken. Brown it on both sides. Don’t worry about cooking it through. I did the entire dish in a cast iron frying pan, so it is a one pan dish–stove to oven.
Mix artichoke, cheese, mayo, yogurt, herbs, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Set aside.
After chicken is done, set aside on a plate. In the same pan, saute onions, peppers, garlic–then add kale and cook down.
Turn off the heat, add the cheese mixture.
Nestle chicken in the sauce. Bake until chicken is done and sauce is melty and gooey.
Happiness is a warm oven. 
I’m adding cream cheese instead of mayonnaise, hope that’s fine. Lemme know plz 🙂
I think that would be fine…I was actually thinking about that. I would actually maybe do 1/2 cup greek yogurt, 1/4 cup cream cheese, and 1/4 cup mayo. I was hesitant about the mayo, too, but when it’s cooked, it adds a great savoriness to the dish. Thank you for the comment! Tell me how it goes
Great then, I’ll be adding cream cheese instead of mayonnaise. Will let ya know the taste for sure 🙂
I’d only use a dash of mayo too – just love greek yogurt for all things creamy!
Greek yogurt is really something special. I love it. I think I am going to use the rest of these ingredients tonight, minus the chicken to make a dip in my crockpot.