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Chicken, Cabbage, and Apples Sheet Pan Dinner

Name: Chicken, Cabbage, and Apples Sheet Pan Dinner
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 58 min
Ingredients: 1/3 cup Olive oil; 1/4 cup Apple cider vinegar; 1/4 cup Honey; 2 tbsp dijon mustard; 1 tsp Salt; 3-4 Chicken thighs, skin off, deboned; 1 large Gala apple; 1/2 head cabbage

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For a simple dinner that screams Fall, you have to try this delicious chicken, cabbage, and apples sheet pan dinner made in the air fryer.

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Dinner is something to look forward to at the end of the day, and this chicken, cabbage, and apples sheet pan dinner is such a great way to end the day. It is such a flavorful dish, and even better it is made quickly in the air fryer.

Just make sure that you give the chicken time to marinate in the delicious homemade honey mustard marinade then you will get the juiciest chicken ever. Talk about YUM! Make sure you save this one for when you’re craving it later.

Simple Ingredients Needed for Our Chicken, Cabbage, and Apples Sheet Pan Dinner in the Air Fryer:

Ingredients:

Olive oil
Apple cider vinegar
Honey
Dijon mustard
Salt
Chicken thighs
Gala apples
Cabbage

Supplies:

Air fryer
Small mixing bowl
Whisk or fork
Cutting board
Knife
Medium mixing bowls (2)

Have you tried working with the Cosori 5.8QT air fryer yet? It is my go-to air fryer, especially on those nights when I need to feed everyone. It can fit the most out of my other air fryers (yay for less batch cooking!), and it cooks everything perfectly.

What To Use the Marinade For

When you find a good marinate they are normally great for more than just the recipe you are using it for. If you love this honey mustard marinade as we do, try using it in other ways!

Different Ways to Use Honey Mustard Chicken:

With chicken breast
On steak for the grill
Marinate a whole chicken in it (you’ll probably have to at least double the marinade recipe for this)
Chicken wings (with extra for dipping sauce)

Do I Need to Use Chicken Thighs for this Recipe?

While it is not 100% necessary to use chicken thighs, they do give you some of the most tender and flavorful pieces of chicken, especially paired with this delicious homemade honey mustard marinade.

Try using either chicken breasts or chicken wings in place of the chicken thighs if you’d like. Just be sure to adjust the cooking time accordingly.

Air Fry Any time has a great printable sheet for cooking times to have handy.

What If I Don’t Like Cabbage?

The cabbage is a great vegetable that goes with the flavor of the dish, however, if you want you can always omit the cabbage or even replace it with your favorite vegetable.

How to Make Chicken, Cabbage, and Apples Sheet Pan Dinner:

Step 1: Make Up the Marinade

Start by putting the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, honey mustard, dijon mustard, and salt in a small mixing bowl. Then whisk them all together to create your homemade honey mustard marinade.

You can also prepare your chicken by making sure that the chicken is deboned and the skin has been removed.

Step 2: Chop and Marinate the Fruit and Veggies

After you are done with the marinade, take the apples and cut them into ½ inch slices, and chop the cabbage into 2-inch pieces.

Then place the apples and cabbage into a small bowl with half of the honey mustard marinade and mix it together.

Step 3: Marinate the Chicken Thighs

In another small bowl, place the chicken thighs and season the chicken with a little salt and pepper to taste. Then pour in the remaining honey mustard marinade, making sure that the chicken is covered in the marinade.

Now let everything marinate for at least 30 minutes.

Step 4: Preparer the Air Fryer

After the chicken is done marinating, place the chicken thighs in one half of the air fryer basket and then cabbage and apples in the other half.

As the cabbage cooks it will shrink down so feel free to leave a little out if it can’t fit and add more as it begins to cook.

If you do not have enough room in the basket for both the chicken and the cabbage and apples, cook them in batches.

Step 5: Cooking in the Air Fryer

Once the air fryer basket is prepped, place it in the air fryer and turn it on to 380F or 193C for 14-18 minutes or until the chicken reaches at least 165F or 75C for an internal temperature at its thickest point.

While the chicken is cooking, halfway through pull the air fryer basket out and flip the chicken and stir the cabbage and apples, and then do it again in the last 2-3 minutes.

Be sure to add time as it is needed, and then when the chicken is done all the way, simply remove it from the air fryer and enjoy!

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Final Thoughts

This chicken recipe with the apples and the cabbaged cooked right alongside is such a great recipe. You truly can taste the fall flavors colliding especially with the sweet addition of the tender apples. This recipe will be a simple recipe to make again and again.

I also love that by using a homemade marinade you know exactly what is in it!

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