Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, smothered chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Smothered Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Smothered Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
This smothered chicken recipe is easy and delicious. Smothered chicken goes great with mashed potatoes or white rice. Smothered chicken is basically semi-fried chicken and pan gravy.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have smothered chicken using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Smothered Chicken:
- Make ready 3 lb Chicken, cut up
- Get 1 Onion chopped
- Prepare 2 Stalks celery chopped
- Take 1 bunch Green onions sliced, including green tops
- Take 3 tbsp Flour
- Get 1/4 cup Oil for browning chicken
- Make ready 1 as needed Salt pepper onion and garlic powders and paprika
A soul food that looks delicious and has a unique, excellent flavor. Pat the chicken dry and place in the flour-spice mixture, turning to dust on both sides. Try my Smothered Chicken and Gravy recipe! Don't forget the rice or mashed potatoes!
Steps to make Smothered Chicken:
- Season chicken well and brown in large pot. When brown, remove from pan. Continue browning chicken in batches and remove to a plate.
- In the fat in the pan sauté onions, bell pepper, and celery til translucent. Add in 2-3 tablespoons flour into vegetables and cook til it starts turning a light brown. That’s a roux. The darker the roux the less thickening power it has. Return chicken to pot and add just enough water to almost cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer til done, about an hour.
- In the meantime slice whole bunch of green onions. When chicken is done, turn off heat and toss green onions in pot and let them wilt with the lid on for a few minutes. Serve with rice.
I only used boneless, skinless chicken because that's all I had. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add the chicken and sear both sides until browned. Transfer to a plate and set. Smothered chicken is a real-deal Southern staple.
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