Chicken Thigh, Chicken Thigh

Have you ever heard the chicken wing song? No, I hadn't either until a friend's little brother sang it constantly one day that I went to visit. It goes something like this:

Chicken wing, chicken wing,
Hot dog and Baloney
Chicken and macaroni
Chillin with my homie!

It seems there might be more verses, but I'll spare us all. It's one of those songs that are ridiculously simple, and get stuck in your head on repeat All. Day. And for some reason, it's all I could think of when I was trying to come up with a title for this post.

And now it's stuck in my head again. And probably yours, too. I'm sorry.

To make up for it, I do have two recipes for chicken thighs, because sometimes plain ole chicken breasts get boring.

This first recipe reminds me of Australia. Why, you ask? Because the week that I made this, my dinner-time entertainment was a show called The Koala Brothers (yes, I watch kids shows; don't judge). So, whenever I think of this single-skillet chicken thighs with bacon, brussell sprouts, and apple jus, I think of the hot outback desert and small, adorable animals.

That randomness aside, this really was an easy, delicious meal. And it truly was "single-skillet", unlike some other "one-pan" meals which combine all your ingredients into one pan at the end, but in reality have used every single dish in your kitchen. But, if you're cooking for more than two people, you probably want to do this in more than one skillet. I over-crowded my skillet, and my bacon ended up soft and squishy, not the crispy, crunchy bacon we all know and love so well. Also, make sure to defrost your brussell sprouts before cooking, if you decide to use frozen. =P

My second recipe is for paleo pizza chicken. Now, before you get too excited, let me burst your bubble - this doesn't taste as much like pizza as the recipe claims it does. Trust me, I just had a little pizza at a friends birthday party last week, and this aint it! But, it's still a new and yummy way to cook chicken, so don't stop reading now.

The sauce, pepperoni, and seasonings were reminiscent of pizza, and paired well with the chicken. The skin really did get nice and crispy and yummy! I think next time, I'd add a little more pepperoni, since it kind of got lost after baking under the skin, and I might serve it with extra pizza sauce for dipping. My other problem, what side dish do you put with this? I mean, with normal pizza, you get a side of chicken wings (we've already got chicken) or breadsticks (I could make paleo ones, but I need a veggie!!), or potato chips. What are your favorite more-nutritious-includes-a-veggie side dishes for pizza?