Cast-Iron Chicken Collard Peach Skillet with Sweet Potato Wedges and Buttered Cornbread

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Ingredients

Yard-bird chicken thighs, the kind that lived a good life scratchin in the dirt before meetin your skillet
Collard greens, big leafy bundles that taste like they been kissed by the garden hose at dawn
Sweet potatoes, orange-fleshed taters sweeter than a church picnic pie
Peaches, juicy yellow orbs that bring a little sweet sass to the savory party
Butter, golden churned goodness straight from the creamery that makes everything sing
Cornbread, golden squares of cornmeal magic that crumble just right for soppin

Directions

Fire up your cast-iron skillet hotter than a hound dog on a scent trail and drop in a big ol pat of butter till it sizzles like gossip at the beauty shop.
Season them yard-bird thighs with salt and pepper then slap em in the skillet skin-side down and let em get crispy and golden like a sunset over the holler.
While the chicken browns, chop them collard greens into ribbons and toss em in with the chicken to wilt down like they're takin a nap in the shade.
Peel and wedge them sweet potatoes then add em to the skillet so they start gettin tender and caramelized in all that chicken drippin goodness.
Slice up them peaches and throw em in last so they soften just enough to release their sweet juices without turnin to mush.
Flip the chicken once it's browned on one side and let the other side cook while everything bubbles together like a family reunion argument.
Bake the cornbread in a separate pan till the top is crackly and golden then cut it into big squares for soppin.
Pull the skillet off the heat and stir in another knob of butter so it melts into a glossy sauce that coats every bite.
Let the whole mess rest for five minutes so the flavors get to know each other better than cousins at a fish fry.
Plate it up with a big hunk of cornbread on the side and watch everybody fight over the peach pieces like they found buried treasure.

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