Smothered Home-Style Chicken Recipe

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Billy likes to serve this fantastic family-style chicken over aromatic basmati rice sauteed in butter for about a minute, then cooked in chicken stock and water.—Billy Hensley, Temperance, Michigan

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Smothered Home-Style Chicken Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 5 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1 teaspoon pepper
5 boneless skinless chicken thighs (about 1-1/2 pounds)
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2 medium carrots, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup white wine or chicken broth
1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1/2 cup chicken broth
Hot cooked rice

Directions

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine flour, salt, garlic powder, Cajun seasoning and pepper. Add chicken thighs, one at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet, brown chicken in 2 tablespoons oil in batches. Remove and keep warm.
In same skillet, saute carrots, onion and green pepper in remaining oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in soup and broth.
Return chicken to skillet. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until a thermometer reads 165°. Serve with rice. Yield: 5 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 chicken thigh with 1/2 cup sauce (calculated without rice) equals 341 calories, 20 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 81 mg cholesterol, 905 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 24 g protein.

Originally published as Smothered Home-Style Chicken in Simple & Delicious October/November 2010, p37