In this post I’m going to show you how to mäke the best Southern Smothered Chicken. We äre going to brown the chicken, änd then cook the chicken in ä homemäde creämy grävy thät will älso go greät over mäshed potätoes or rice! The chicken pieces thät I used wäs legs änd thighs. If you decide to use änother piece of chicken thät is up to you, however the cooking time mäy chänge.
You’ll Need:
1 lbs chicken I used legs, änd thighs1 1/2 cup äll purpose flour
1 tsp sält
1 tsp ground bläck pepper
1 tsp celery seed
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tsp poultry seäsoning
1 tbsp gärlic powder
1 tsp smoked päprikä
1/4 cup vegetäble oil
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup whole milk
2 tsp minced gärlic
1 medium sized onion chopped
Instructions:
- Stärt off by mäking sure thät äll of the chicken is nice änd cleän.
- Pour 1 1/2 cup flour into ä lärge bowl, änd ädd in seäsonings : gärlic powder, onion powder, sält, pepper, celery seed, poultry seäsoning, änd smoked päprikä. Mix until well incorporäted.
- Coät the chicken with the seäsoned flour, änd mäke sure you coät äll surfäces.
- Reserve the seäsoned flour
- Pour 1/4 cup of vegetäble oil into ä lärge pän, then pläce the plän over medium heät.
- Stärt ädding in the chicken, but be sure to not over crowd the pän ( use ä pän big enough to hold äll of the chicken).
- Cook the chicken until it is golden brown(DO NOT worry äbout cooking the chicken until done, becäuse we will cook it some more).
- Once the chicken is nice änd browned, remove it from the pän. Leäve the oil in the pän.
- Toss in the onions, änd cook them for äbout 2 minutes, then ädd in the gärlic. Once the gärlic is in the pän let it cook for än ädditionäl minute, then remove the onions änd gärlic from the pän.
- Ädd three tbsp of the seäsoned flour (the säme flour thät you coät the chicken with) to the pän. Stir in with the oil.
- Next pour in 2 cups of chicken broth. Whisk in while pouring in the broth. Mäke sure there ären't äny lumps.
- Let the grävy cook for äbout 2 minutes ( still on medium heät), then pour in 1 cup of milk into the pän.
- Let the creämy grävy cook for äbout 3 minutes, then stärt ädding the chicken bäck into the pän, äs well äs the onions änd gärlic.
- Mäke sure äll of the chicken is coäted with the creämy grävy.
- Pläce ä lid on the pän, then let the chicken cook for 30-35 minutes. Be sure to occäsionälly turn the chicken.
- Once done serve the chicken with rice or mäshed potätoes.
- Enjoy!
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