Chicken Smothered With Onions Recipes

SUNNY'S EASY SMOTHERED FRENCH ONION CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• For the chicken: Add the flour, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, a nice pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper to a medium bowl. Stir to distribute. Add the chicken thighs and toss to coat. Let sit in the bowl.
• For the gravy: Add the butter and flour to a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir together with a wooden spoon and cook, stirring, until a deep brown color but not burning, about 6 minutes. Add the onions, Dijon, thyme, paprika and garlic and stir to coat. Slowly add the stock and stir. Raise the heat to a simmer and cook until thickened like gravy. Season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
• Add the oil to a large pan over medium-high heat. When it begins to swirl, shake the excess flour off the chicken and add to the pan. Sear on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes per side, then place in the gravy and simmer, covered, to complete cooking, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.
• Cover potatoes and garlic with water by 1 inch in a large pot. Bring to a boil, add salt and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain well.
• Put the potatoes and garlic back in the pot and cook over low heat to evaporate the rest of the water. Mash in the butter with a potato masher. Add the heavy cream in stages until the desired consistency is reached. Season with salt and pepper.

CHICKEN SMOTHERED WITH ONIONS

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of chicken with salt, pepper and generous amount of paprika. Add to skillet and cook until beginning to color, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate. Add onions to skillet, stir to coat with butter and scrape up any browned bits. Reduce heat, cover and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Set chicken atop onions. Add wine and bay leaves to skillet. Increase heat and boil until most of wine evaporates and mixture is syrupy, about 8 minutes. Add broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, turning occasionally, about 30 minutes. Using tongs, transfer chicken to platter. Tent with foil.
• Mix flour and 3 tablespoons water in small bowl until smooth. Add to broth in skillet and mix until smooth. Add cream and mace. Boil until thickened to sauce consistency, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Return chicken and simmer until heated through. Taste sauce and adjust seasonings.
• Spoon potatoes onto plates. Place chicken on plates. Spoon sauce over; sprinkle with parsley and serve.

CHICKEN SMOTHERED IN ONIONS

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, toss the chicken with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne and flour.
• In large heavy pot heat oil over medium high heat.
• When hot, but not smoking, add the chicken and brown, cooking for about 6 to 8 minutes on each side.
• Remove and set aside.
• Add the onions and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon cayenne.
• Stirring constantly, wilt and brown the onions, scraping the bottom of the pan to loosen any browned particles, about 10 minutes.
• Add the bell pepper and bay leaf.
• Continue stirring, again scraping the bottom of the pot to loosen any browned particles for about 15 minutes.
• Add the water and the chicken, cover and reduce heat to medium.
• Stir occasionally and cook for about 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
• Add the corn, peas and mushrooms, cover and cook for 15 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
• Add the parsley.
• Remove the bay leaf and serve immediately.

SMOTHERED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Brown chicken: Dry chicken thighs thoroughly using paper towels. In a large, heavy-bottomed pot, heat the oil over high heat. When the oil is rippling, carefully lay the chicken, skin side down in an even layer, into the hot oil. (You may need to do this in batches to avoid crowding.) Allow the chicken to brown for 5 minutes on each side, adjusting the heat from high to medium-high as needed to prevent burning. When the chicken has been browned, return all of the pieces to the pot, lower heat to medium-low, and continue to cook the meat through, turning occasionally, 15 more minutes.
• Caramelize onions: Remove chicken from the pot and set aside. There should be caramelized bits of meat and skin, or "fond," stuck to the bottom of the pot. Turn the heat back to medium and add onions to the accumulated chicken fat. Sweat the onions until they start to caramelize and stick to the bottom, stirring often, 10 minutes. Deglaze the bottom of the pot by scraping with a wooden spoon to release the fond. Add celery, garlic, poblano and jalapeño peppers; stir to combine. Allow the onion mixture to sit undisturbed for long enough to create more fond, then stir to deglaze; repeat this process for about 45 minutes.As the water cooks out, the onions will begin to darken and caramelize, and as the caramelization progresses, it will take less time to stir and deglaze the pan. You will be done when most of the liquid is cooked out, and you see only clear fat at the edges of the pot. (It may be challenging to keep up with the speed of the fond sticking to the bottom-it's a labor of love, but worth it!)
• Sauce: When the onion mixture has reduced in volume by ⅔ to a paste-like consistency and no liquid is left in the pot, add the chicken back in. Begin building the sauce by adding water, a ½ cup at a time. Continue the same process of creating a fond on the bottom of the pot then deglazing, allowing the chicken and onion mixture to go through the caramelizing process again. Repeat this step until the onion mixture is a dark brown paste and the chicken is starting to fall apart, 10 minutes. Add remaining water to cover (adding more water if necessary), and salt to taste. Stir, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, 1 hour.
• When the dish is ready, chicken thighs will be very tender and falling off the bone in a rich brown gravy. Season with more salt to taste and about 16 cranks of black pepper. Fold in scallions. Serve over hot rice. It's a "rib-sticking, sloppy dish," and it's meant to be eaten that way.

SMOTHERED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and lemon-pepper.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the chicken breasts in hot oil until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 13 to 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove and keep warm.
• Place bacon in large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels; reserve 2 tablespoons drippings. Cook and stir onion and brown sugar in reserved drippings until onion is golden, about 5 minutes.
• Place two bacon strips on each chicken breast half; top with caramelized onions and sprinkle with Colby-Monterey Jack cheese.

CHICKEN SMOTHERED WITH APPLES & ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat a sauce pan to medium.
• Peel and slice the apples into small chunks.
• Slice the onion.
• Add the margarine to sauce pan.
• Add the onions when margarine has melted.
• Cook until softened - about 5 minutes on medium heat.
• Add the water, apples and cinnamon and cook until soft - about 10 minutes.
• If the apples are tart, add 1 tbsp brown sugar.
• While the apple mixture is cooking, heat a frying pan to medium.
• Add the margarine.
• Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste.
• Add the chicken to the frying pan and brown on both sides - about 10 minutes.
• Mix cornstarch and wine together in a bowl.
• When the chicken has browned on both sides but is not fully cooked, add the cornstarch and wine mixture to the frying pan.
• Stir to loosen any bits from the pan.
• Add the apple mixture to the frying pan and stir until wine and apple mixtures are combined.
• Cover the chicken with some of the apple mixture and lower the heat a bit until chicken is fully cooked - about 10 more minutes.
• Serve with apple mixture spooned over chicken.

CHICKEN SMOTHERED IN ONIONS

Steps:

• In a shallow dish mix together the flour with seasoning salt, cayenne and garlic powder.
• Toss/coat the chicken pieces well on all sides with flour mixture.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven (I use my large electric frypan for this).
• Add in the coated chicken pieces and brown on both sides (about 6-8 minutes per side).
• Add in sliced onions (leave the chicken pieces in the Dutch oven do not remove to a plate) stirring constantly until wilted and browned.
• Scrape the bottom of the pan to loosen any browned bits; saute the onions for about 10 minutes, adding in the minced garlic the last 3 minutes of sauteeing.
• Season with salt and more cayenne pepper or black pepper.
• Add in bell pepper and bay leaf; continue stirring for another 10 minutes.
• Add in chicken broth; cover and reduce heat to medium.
• Cook for about 30 minutes more or until the chicken pieces are cooked and tender.
• Add in corn, peas and mushrooms; cover and cook for another 10-15 minutes, or until the veggies are heated through completely.