My Mom's " Red Chicken "

Submitted by Becky 7

"So delicious! So easy! So healthy! So... saucy! My mom has been cooking this for decades. It's a modified version of a recipe from a cookbook called "The No Willpower Diet". It's perfect comfort food--chicken in a yummy, tomato-y sauce. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 skinless chicken thighs
• 1 teaspoon olive oil (optional)
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• salt
• pepper
• 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped (optional)

directions

1. In a large pan (large enough to hold all the chicken in one layer, along with some sauce), brown the chicken in the oil. If you have a non-stick pan, you can omit the oil.
2. While the chicken is browning (or before), mix the tomato paste with the liquid from the canned mushrooms. Add more water if necessary -- the goal is to be able to pour the sauce, though it should still be pretty thick. (If you want to use fresh mushrooms, then you can just use water for this step.).
3. Sprinkle the chicken with the thyme, salt, and pepper.
4. Cover the chicken with the chopped onions.
5. Pour the tomato/liquid mixture on top of everything. Mix things together as well as you can. At this point it might seem like you won't have enough tomato sauce, but as the chicken and onions cook, they'll release their liquids and you'll have more sauce.
6. Cover and simmer for 40-45 minutes. Uncover occasionally to shift things around, flip the chicken over, and pour the sauce over the chicken. Add water as needed (but it might not be needed at all).
7. If you're using fresh mushrooms instead of canned, sauté them in a separate skillet.
8. When chicken is cooked, reduce the heat so that the sauce is no longer simmering. Add the yogurt, mushrooms, and parsley. Stir until everything is blended and warm.
9. Serve over rice (we use brown rice) -- you'll definitely want something to soak up all the yummy sauce!

Reviews

[clevergirl3]

As is, this is too bland for my taste. The sauce is nice and thick but definitely needs something.

 

[SheliaMcCraney]

My husband pretty much eats whatever I give him, and doesn't really complain or brag about any of it. However, I tried this recipe several months ago, and he can't get enough of it. He request it every week. It is yummy! I don't use the mushrooms (I don't like them), and I use chicken brith instead of water. I tried it once with chicken breast, and it took a lot from the flavor. I also use brown rice sometimes, but it's not as good as the white.

 

[Mandy032]

This was pretty good! I used a bit more thyme because I LOVE it. I found that the yogurt made it taste a little... yogurt-y. Next time I may try half yogurt and half low-fat sour cream. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Skylar]

This was great but I changed a few things. I used 2 breasts instead of thighs, only half an onion, 8oz tomato sauce instead of paste. I also seasoned the chicken and sauce with italian herbs, cajun spices, garlic and a little marsala wine. I added the yogurt but it would have been ok without it too. My chicken only took about 25 min to cook and it was so tender! Might try it with spaghetti sauce too and leave the mushrooms out since DH is not a fan.

 

[Teacher_01]

Really good! I used sour cream instead of yogurt...it made a ton of sauce, too!