FRENCH ONION CHICKEN RECIPE

Ingredients

• 8 pieces chicken thighs, with skin
• 2 + 1 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 pounds onions, peeled and sliced to 1/4" thick
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups chicken or beef broth
• 1/3 cup white wine
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 cups gruyere cheese (gouda also works well)
• salt and pepper to taste
• sliced and toasted French bread slices to sop up the sauce
  

   Instructions

  • Place two tablespoons oil in pan and warmth to medium-low. Add onions and cook till the onions ar a deep wealthy brown color. regarding forty five minutes. don't flip the warmth TO HIGH to cook it quicker. you will got to add a tablespoon of broth often if you see the onions protruding. The onions can cut back down loads. don't be concerned. Its what's alleged to happen.
  • whereas the onions ar change of state in another pan you'll cook the chicken. flip heat up to high. Add one tablespoon of oil. Season the chicken with salt and pepper than brown the aspect|all sides|both sides|either side} of the chicken for five minutes per side. do not overcrowd the pan. Its higher to try to to it in batches and provides the chicken area to brown. take away all chicken from the pan and wait till onions ar completed. you'll deglaze the pan with wine then add this mixture into onions after you add the remainder of the broth. (turn heat off pan once deglazing till you're prepared for it.) what's deglazing: (pour in wine, and scrape all the brunet tasteful bits)
  • Once the onions ar nice and brunet , add garlic, thyme and flour to onions and stir smartly to mix. still cook for three minutes. Then add 1/2 the broth and stir and cook for five minutes. Then scoop out 1/3 of the onions and place on a plate. Add the remainder of the broth, oleoresin vinegar, mustard and Worcestershire sauce and convey to a boil.(And the deglazed juices from change of state the chicken) The sauce ought to begin to thicken in a very couple of minutes.
  • Place chicken back to the pan with thickened onions/broth then divide the onions you have got put aside and place them atop of every piece of chicken. Place into a 350° kitchen appliance and bake for twenty minutes. Then take away from the kitchen appliance and switch the kitchen appliance to broil. Sprinkle the cheese over every of the chicken flat-topped with onions. Place pan back within the kitchen appliance and broil till cheese is molten and golden brown. (about five minutes reckoning on your oven)
  • Serve forthwith. Serving suggestions: serve over rice, pasta, gnocchi. Serve on light bread slices to absorb the sauce.