Smothered Chicken

My grandmother gave me a cookbook way way wayyyyyy back when.  I decided to try some recipes from it.  The only change I did to the recipe was to add the cheese, to make it "smothered chicken."



My husband gives it a solid 6 out of 10.  I'm open to suggestions on making this better.



Ingredients:



Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breast

1 tbsp melted butter

1 tbsp Worcestershire (my husband said to decrease this amount)

1 onion, sliced

juice of 1 lemon (my husband suggested to increase to 2 lemons)

flour

garlic powder, salt, pepper, seasoning

Pepper jack cheese shredded









Slice onion and place slices in bottom of baking dish.







Salt and pepper and season chicken and coat with flour.  Place on top of onions.  Mix melted butter, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder.  Pour this sauce over the chicken.









Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours.  (If using a glass baking dish, bake at 325).  Baste with sauce every 20 minutes or until done.  Add shredded cheese and bake until melted







Not the prettiest dish in the world, but cheese, onions, chicken, it goes together.  I like the spice of the pepper jack, but the Worcestershire sauce is a bit on the sweet side and I didn't like that.  I also used sweet onions and I think that might have added to the sweetness too.  Plus, I think I had too much chicken for the "sauce"...  ah well, live and learn!  The chicken did come out tender though :)

Comments

Unknown said…
I don't know if they still make it, but try white wine Worcestershire. I find that it goes better with chicken. Also try skipping the garlic powder and put some real garlic in with the onions.
Cperz said…
That sounds really good. I am on a high protein/low carb diet and this would be perfect.
Aleta said…
Thanks, Laurel, I'll have to see if I can find white wine Worcestershire. Haven't seen it before though.

Hi Cheryl, my husband prefers the high protein/low carb diet too :)
What do you use for seasoning besides the salt, pepper and garlic? I'm a big fan of Lawry's season salt when a recipe is missing a little something. What about making the cheese into a cheese sauce do it's creamier?
Aleta said…
I used a chicken seasoning mixture, but I don't recall the name. I don't know if it's something I'd do again, but I'll look into Lawry's. I like the idea of a creamier cheese sauce!
Unknown said…
I once made chicken that had a nice cream cheese sauce. Or you could do a bechamel.