Peach-Smothered Collard Chicken Skillet with Sweet Tater Cornbread Heap

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Ingredients

A whole mess of chicken thighs, the kind that cluck with Southern attitude and fry up crispier than a screen door in July
A big ol' bunch of collards, greener than a frog in a pickle patch and tougher than a mule's hind leg till they wilt down sweet
Two fat sweet potatoes, orange as a sunset over the tobacco fields and sweeter than stolen honey
Three ripe peaches, fuzzy as a peach orchard in August and juicy enough to make you slap your knee
A whole stick of butter, yellow as corn and meltier than butter on a hot biscuit
A skillet full of cornbread, crumbly as red clay roads and golden like the morning sun on a hay bale

Directions

First off, fire up that cast-iron skillet hotter than a July asphalt road and drop in half that stick of butter till it sizzles like gossip at the beauty parlor.
Season them chicken thighs with salt and pepper like you're blessin' a Sunday sermon, then sear 'em till they're golden brown and smellin' like heaven's back porch.
Pull the chicken out for a spell and toss in them sweet potatoes, diced up nice, lettin' 'em roast in the butter till they're tender enough to make a grown man cry.
Chop them collards into ribbons finer than your auntie's Sunday dress and throw 'em in the skillet, stirrin' till they turn bright green and start smellin' like home.
Slice them peaches into wedges juicier than a watermelon at a Fourth of July picnic and add 'em with the rest of the butter, lettin' everything bubble into a sticky sweet mess.
Nestle the chicken back in the skillet like it's tuckin' into bed, cover it up and let it simmer low till the meat falls off the bone easier than a lie at a fishin' hole.
Meanwhile, whip up that cornbread batter with the last bit of butter and bake it till the top cracks like dry creek beds in a drought.
Break the hot cornbread into big chunks and pile it right on top of the skillet so every bite gets a little crunch with the saucy chicken.
Let the whole thing rest five minutes while you holler for the family, 'cause this skillet's too hot to handle and too good to rush.
Serve it straight from the cast iron with a wooden spoon, watchin' steam rise like prayers on a Sunday mornin'.

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