Saucy one pan French Onion Chicken with juicy pan-seared chicken smothered in caramelized onion gravy and three kinds of melty Italian cheese. This 30 minute meal will be a staple in your house!
After you fall in love with this French Onion Chicken, try One Pan Garlic Herb Chicken and Asparagus, Slow Cooker Creamy Beef Stroganoff, and Baked Cilantro Salmon in Foil.
And then there are times when I make a dish and with just one bite I am completely wowed and all of my expectations are exceeded. This is one of those times! I fully expected this French onion chicken would be delicious. I didn’t think for a minute I’d be fixing this for dinner three times in one week and reheating leftovers for lunch on the in-between days because it was that good.
Sometimes a home-run recipe just sneaks up on you like that.
Honest to goodness, this French onion chicken thing we’ve got going on here is straight-up life changing goodness. All those classic flavors of French onion soup, in a one pan skillet meal the whole family will beg you to fix again and again. And the recipe is so straight forward and simple you won’t mind one bit.
You start out by sauteing thinly sliced yellow onions in a bit of butter and beef broth til browned and very tender, just like you would with classic French onion soup. Then you move those onions over to a separate dish to keep warm while you brown the chicken in the same pan.
Move the onions back to the pan and add flour and beef broth to make the most delicious caramelized onion gravy EVERRRRR and then top your chicken with three kinds of Italian cheese. Bake for about 10 minutes and viola! The sauciest, tastiest 30-ish minute chicken dish you’ve ever made.
This is Fall comfort food at its finest. And I just want to point out that I even though this dish is inspired by soup, it is not a soup, unlike the past four recipes I’ve posted which are all actual real live soup. #soupbsessed #sorrynotsorry #longlivesoupseason
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French Onion Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 medium yellow onions - thinly sliced into rings
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup + 3 tablespoons beef broth - divided
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts - pounded to even thickness
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon Italian blend herbs/Italian seasoning - (OR ¼ teaspoon dried basil + ¼ teaspoon dried thyme + ½ teaspoon dried oregano)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 4 slices provolone cheese
- 4 slices swiss cheese
- ¾ cup parmesan cheese
- fresh thyme or parsley and cracked black pepper for topping - (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to bake at 400 degrees OR broil on low. In a large oven-safe skillet (see note) over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add onions and 3 tablespoons beef broth and saute onions for 3-4 minutes until translucent. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally so the onions don’t burn, for about 15 minutes longer until browned and very tender. Use tongs or a fork to transfer to a bowl and cover to keep warm.
- While onions are cooking, prepare the chicken by drizzling with oil, then seasoning with salt and pepper (to taste) and Italian herbs. Once onions have finished cooking and are removed from the pan, cook chicken for 4-5 minutes on each side (don’t clean out the pan between the onions and chicken) until browned on both sides. (Chicken may not be fully cooked through yet, that is okay).
- Transfer chicken to a plate and cover to keep warm and return the onions to the pan. Sprinkle flour over the onions and stir for 1 minute over medium-high heat. Add beef broth and continue to cook, stirring throughout, until mixture comes to a boil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Return chicken to pan and spoon some of the sauce over each piece of chicken.
- Top chicken with one slice of provolone each, then one slice of swiss, then 1/4 of the parmesan cheese. Transfer skillet to your preheated oven and cook for about 10 minutes until chicken is cooked through completely and cheeses are melted.
- Spoon some of the onions and gravy over the top of the chicken, garnish with thyme or parsley and cracked black pepper, and serve.
Any idea on sugars and carbs. Type 2 DIABETIC and going low carb and suga.It looks delic
I do not know why this is a 30 minute recipe. It has taken an hour. It took quite a while for the onions to cook. Then the chicken to brown. I halved this recipe for just my hubby and I. The chicken needed way more time than 8 minutes on the stove and 10 in the oven.. I browned it well on both sides, and I’m not sure how long in the oven to get it cooked through. SMELLS amazing though. Not using the cheese as I am allergic, very sad.. But still I am excited to eat dinner tonight.
My sister prepared this dishat a family dinner and i lived it. I asked for the recipe and made it tinight for my family. The only thing i changed is i used just one slice of pRovel chees instead of all the listed cheeses. Trying to cut the fat. It was good even eithout all of the yummy cheese. Thsnk you for the recipe it is a keeper.
This was so yummy! Will be making it again
I made this last night and it was great! i also used the shredded cheese blend in the dairy section that includes prov, swiss, parm, etc.. and made that part alot easier. Will definitely be making again!