Butternut Squash Chicken Street Tacos

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 120 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Chicken thighs and butternut squash are baked together until meltingly tender in this family-pleasing recipe for flavorful street tacos.

Ingredients

1 pound skinless chicken thighs
1 pound butternut squash, cubed
1 yellow onion, sliced
1/2 cup chicken stock
2 tablespoons ground paprika
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
3 sprigs fresh marjoram, chopped, or more to taste
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes in juice

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2 Combine chicken thighs, butternut squash, onion, chicken stock, paprika, garlic, salt, marjoram, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, and pepper in an enameled cast iron Dutch oven. Pour tomatoes on top.
3 Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until chicken is tender, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking until most of the butternut squash has melted into the sauce, about 30 minutes more. Shred chicken with 2 forks.