Cheechako Chicken
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 2 medium onions, coarsley chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, divided
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 3⁄4 cup apple juice
directions
- In a large fry pan (I use a dutch oven), melt butter over medium heat.
- Add chicken and cook about 6 minutes or until brown on both sides.
- You want some good golden color here, so no skimping.
- Remove chicken to a plate and sprinkle with 1/4 tsp of the salt and 1/4 tsp of the pepper, and set aside for the moment.
- In a small bowl, mix remaining salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary, parsley and apple juice.
- Add the onion to the pan and stir to coat with the butter/meat juices left in the pan.
- Now add the apple juice-spice mixture to pan and scrap up those crusty bits at the bottom.
- Bring to a boil and return chicken to pan, just nestle it in there.
- Cover and cook over medium about 30 minutes, or until liquid has turned thick and mixture is a deep amber color.
- To serve, spoon onion mixture over or to the side of each piece.
- NOTE-I usually use 3 large onions for this dish, as we just love the end result, but the more onions you use can lengthen the cooking time.
- I usually will let the mixture boil for 3 to 5 minutes before returning the chicken to the pan and reducing the heat to medium.
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Reviews
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Very good recipe overall. The onion sauce is so delicious over mashed potatoes. I think that was my favorite part. I ended up using a few different spices that I thought would compliment this dish as this is what I had on hand. 1/8 tsp Ginger, 1 Tsp Onion Herb Seasoning by Mrs.Dash, 1/8 tsp Corriander, 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder ( I didn't have parsley & rosemary). I didn't taste the apple juice in this recipe (if it's there it's subtle) at all for those of you whom are wondering what taste this creates. I was looking for a different meal and I got that and I was happy. Thank you Deborah for sharing the recipe.
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My dear Deborah1 – lovely, savoury and the only change I made was the addition of unsweetened apple sauce to thicken the liquid which was very thin as my Dutch oven is quite large and required a good amount of liquid to accommodate the chicken and onions. I may try the addition of dried apple slices during the last 15 minutes of cooking! Lovely sweet/savoury flavour!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Deborah1
United States