Fried onions are the star of the show here. These fried onions give you the crunch you expect of fried chicken whether it be grandma’s Sunday dinner or the good old colonel in a pinch on a week night, but leaving you with a healthy, juicy piece of chicken you can eat with a knife and fork. And then the creamy rich mushroom sauce round you right back towards grandma’s Sunday dinner with the comfort food feel of home.
CRISPY ONION CHICKEN with CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE – serves 2
6 oz. Cremini button mushrooms washed
1/2 pound green beans, washed, dried and trimmed
Crispy Fried Onions (I use French’s but you could make your own crispy shallots)
2-6 ounce boneless, skinless chicken breasts, flattened to less than 1/2 inch
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup light cream
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon avocado oil
Fresh Ground salt and pepper, to taste
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Cover baking sheet in foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Dice 2 of the larger mushrooms into 1/4 inch pieces.
- Cut remaining mushrooms into 1/4 inch slices.
- Chop crispy onions into small pieces.
- Pat chicken breasts dry.
- Generously season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Coat chicken breasts in sour cream.
- Place the chicken breasts on your baking tray.
- Sprinkle the crispy onion pieces evenly over the sour cream on the top of the chicken breasts.
- Gently press the onion pieces down into the sour cream.
- Place baking tray in hot oven and roast chicken 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- In a medium skillet pan melt butter and avocado oil over medium high heat.
- Add sliced mushrooms, stirring occasionally until browned and caramelized.
- Add green beans, seasoning to taste and stirring 5-8 minutes until green beans are tender.
- Remove vegetables to platter with a slotted spoon.
- Add 1 tablespoon avocado oil and diced mushrooms, cooking until mushrooms are slightly brown (3-5 minutes).
- Add cream and bring to a SLOW boil, stirring frequently and cook until thick enough to coat spoon.
- Adjust seasoning.
- Remove from heat and plate immediately.