Here's a real southern specialty. Just add some warm-from-the-oven biscuits and smother your family with a large platter of seconds.
Smothered Chicken and Gravy
- Prep Time 55 min
- Total 1 hr 55 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3- to 3 1/2-pound cut-up broiler-fryer chicken
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 3 green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3/4 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 3 1/2 cups hot water
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In deep 12-inch skillet, heat oil over low heat 5 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; place in hot skillet. Cover chicken with yellow and green onions. Increase heat to medium. Cook 10 minutes; turn chicken. Cook 10 minutes longer or until golden. Reduce heat to low; cook 5 minutes longer. Turn; cook 5 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet. Place in large pot or Dutch oven; set aside.
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Step2Continue heating skillet over low heat. In medium bowl, stir flour, soy sauce, 2 cups of the hot water and the onion powder with wire whisk or fork until smooth.
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Step3In hot skillet, cook flour mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly with wire whisk or fork, until mixture boils and thickens. Gradually stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups hot water until smooth.
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Step4Pour gravy over chicken in large pot. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally. (Gravy may stick to pot.)
Nutrition
505
Calories
27g
Total Fat
44g
Protein
22g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 505
- Calories from Fat
- 245
- Total Fat
- 27g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 0%
- Cholesterol
- 130mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 1780mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 22g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 44g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 6 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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