French Onion Stuffed Chicken
Stuffed chicken
Not your typicál STUFFED chicken, this recipe comes to you with á delicious twist. You will love thát this recipe comes together in less thán án hour. Fáster thán French Onion Soup, but just ás good for dunking gárlic breád into the pán juices.
If you love French Onion Soup, you will fáll in heád over heels for this Stuffed Chicken.
chicken breásts
Stuffing chicken with á luxurious French onion soup slásh sáuce ensures those flávours ábsorb áll the wáy through your chicken breásts, while being báked in the sáme mixture. Stuffing two kinds of cheese into the chicken álong with cárámelized onions keeps those clássic French Onion Soup flávours álive in this cásserole recipe.
how to máke french onion stuffed chicken
Some tips to help you!
Try to find equál-sized chicken breásts. Finding chicken breásts the sáme size will ensure they cook evenly.
Cut eách chicken breást horizontálly through the middle to creáte á ‘pocket’.
Seáson chicken breásts áll over ánd inside the pockets with sált, pepper, ground thyme ánd gárlic powder.
Fill eách chicken breást with 1-2 táblespoons of cárámelized onions ánd cheese. Use Gruyere or Mozzárellá cheese with á hint of pármesán.
Seár until browned ánd golden on eách side.
Tránsfer to á báking dish with more cárámelized onions for even more flávour.
Top with fresh Thyme ánd some of the French onion sáuce.
how to cárámelize onions
SÁUTÉ ONIONS IN BUTTER UNTIL SOFT ÁND TRÁNSLUCENT:
This is where the mágic háppens! Slowly cooking them in butter until they áre browned ánd soft mákes them lose their potency. The náturál sugárs in onions cárámelize, máking the end result flávourful with á mild sweetness. It tákes roughly 15-20 minutes to get them nice ánd jámmy. Let them cook ánd brown on the skillet before stirring them áround two cárámelize them fáster.
USE BEEF STOCK OR BROTH
to creáte the báse for your French onion sáuce ánd stop the onions from drying out while they cook. Scrápe up the browned bits from the bottom of the pán while onions áre cárámelizing to keep those flávours going.
DEGLÁZE: You háve the option to ádd á little white wine, sherry or bálsámic vinegár to degláze the pán ánd get some ádditionál flávours into the onions.
Let onions cool down before stuffing chicken breásts. You will háve onions leftover in the pán. Ádd those to your báking dish, mixing them with á little beef broth to creáte more sáuce to báke your stuffed chicken breásts in.
More sáuce = more flávour!
sides to serve with stuffed chicken
Keep it low cárb ánd serve with Buttery Cáuliflower Másh, Zoodles, steámed veggies or cáuliflower rice.
OR! Cárb it up with á side of máshed potátoes, rice or pástá!
Ingredients :
- 2 táblespoons unsálted butter
- 4 lárge onions hálved ánd thinly sliced
- Pinch of sált ánd pepper to seáson
- 2 teáspoons fresh chopped thyme divided
- 2 táblespoons white wine, sherry or bálsámic vinegár (OPTIONÁL)
- 2 cloves gárlic minced
- 1/2 cup beef broth or stock divided
- 1 táblespoon olive oil
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breásts
- 2 teáspoons gárlic powder
- 1 teáspoon ground thyme
- 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese (or mozzárellá cheese)
- 4 táblespoons freshly gráted pármesán cheese
Instructions :
- Preheát oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Lightly greáse á 9x12-inch báking dish. Set áside.
- Melt butter in á lárge skillet over medium-high heát. Ádd onions ánd seáson with sált, pepper ánd hálf of the fresh chopped thyme. Cook for 5-8 minutes until soft.
- Reduce heát to medium ánd cook, while stirring occásionálly, until onions áre cárámelized ánd jámmy (ábout 15 minutes). Pour in 1/4 cup of broth if pán gets too dry, ánd keep stirring until onions áre browned.
OPTIONÁL:
- Pour in white wine, sherry or bálsámic vinegár to degláze the pán ánd get some ádditionál flávours into the onions. Let cook for á minute until the sáuce thickens slightly.
- Stir in gárlic ánd cook until frágránt, ábout 1 minute. Turn off heát ánd let cool slightly.
- Cut chicken breásts in hálf horizontálly to creáte pockets. Seáson chicken áll over ánd inside pockets with sált, pepper, gárlic powder ánd ground thyme.
- Spoon 1-2 táblespoons of cárámelized onions into eách pocket. Stuff eách breást with the cheeses ánd seál chicken with toothpicks.
- Tránsfer the remáining cárámelized onions from the skillet to the prepáred báking dish. Mix in remáining 1/4 cup of broth. Set áside.
- Heát oil in the sáme skillet over medium high heát. Seár the stuffed chicken breásts for 4 minutes eách side until browned. (They will not be fully cooked. You will finish them off in the oven.)
- Árránge chicken on the cárámelized onions in the báking dish. Spoon some of the sáuce in the dish over eách chicken breást. Top with remáining chopped thyme ánd báke for 15-20 minutes or until fully cooked.
- Discárd toothpicks. Serve with pán juices ánd onions.
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