Cooking Steps

• In a large, heavy pan, cook and crisp bacon until well browned.
• Remove bacon from pan, do not drain grease, and set aside and crumble when cool (while chicken is cooking).
• Add chicken thighs to pan (I like to lay them flat to crisp up more and let the fat render).
• Let brown on each side, about 4-6 minutes.
• Remove from pan when browned and set aside (chicken may not be fully cooked, we're just trying to get it well browned at this point.)
• Add 2 tablespoon stock to pan, scrape any bits of chicken that stuck to pan with stock with a rubber spatula (don't scrub with metal on a cast iron pan, if using something else metal is ok)
• Add butter to pan, let melt.
• Add garlic to pan, let brown, about 4 minutes. Make sure garlic does not burn.
• Add stock to pan, and then add chicken thighs back in.
• Cook until stock has reduced into a thicker sauce and chicken has reached internal temperature of 165 degrees – about 5 minutes.