Southern Smothered Chicken

It's soul food Friday and yes....I've got yet another chicken recipe.This recipe for smothered chicken that follows requires some preparation work and cooking time, but you'll thoroughly enjoy this chicken dinner.


INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

3 to 3-1/2 pounds broiler chicken (cut into 8 pieces)

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 clove minced garlic

1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced (about 3/4 cup)

3 green onions cut into 1-inch pieces

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/3 cup soy sauce

2 to 3-1/2 cups hot chicken broth

DIRECTIONS:

1. Clean chicken by rinsing under cold running water. Pat chicken pieces dry with paper towels. Season your chicken by lightly sprinkling each piece with salt and pepper. Set aside.

2. In a large deep skillet heat vegetable oil over low heat until hot, about 4 to 5 minutes. Place chicken in hot vegetable oil and over medium low heat, fry chicken until golden brown turning frequently. Remove chicken from skillet.

3. Next add vegetables consisting of garlic, yellow and green onions to skillet, cook and stir until thoroughly browned. Remove skillet from heat.

4. In a medium bowl, combine flour, soy sauce and chicken broth. Using a wire whisk stir until flour mixture is smooth.

5. Return skillet with vegetables to stove and add flour mixture. Over medium heat, cook and stir with wire whisk until gravy begins to boil and thicken. If necessary add more broth if gravy is too thick.

6. Return browned chicken to skillet, reduce heat to low, cover skillet with lid and simmer for 35-40 minutes, stirring gravy and turning chicken until done.

As a serving suggestion, serve your smothered chicken over a bed of white rice with vegetable medley and corn bread.

Enjoy!