Steps to Make Baked Onion En Croute

Mom's Chicken En Cocotte

This baked blooming onion is a healthier version of a favorite restaurant appetizer.

Recipe Summary Mom's Chicken En Cocotte

This is a farm-style French dish that my Mom's German grandmother taught her to make as a young girl. It's easy and similar to our pot roast meals and very tasty as well. Mom updated the one she had to make it even easier for us to make years later. She made enough to make a different meal with her leftovers as well.

Ingredients | Baked Onion En Croute

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 (3 1/2) pound whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces

salt and ground black pepper to taste

8 carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces

8 potatoes, quartered

4 stalks celery, cut into 1-inch pieces

½ large onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

2 chicken bouillon cubes

2 ½ cups water

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Pour the olive oil into the bottom of a heavy Dutch oven, and place over medium heat. Sprinkle the chicken pieces with salt and black pepper, and cook in the hot oil until browned on both sides, 5 to 8 minutes per side. Add the carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, garlic, chicken bouillon cubes, and water, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, and cover the Dutch oven.

Place the Dutch oven into the preheated oven, and simmer, covered, until the vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.

I use leg quarters and fix 2 more than I need for future use. 1 cube bouillon and 1 package of dry onion soup (2 green onion if your want the color); we started using an oven bag and prepared the bag as directed on the box instead of frying the chicken as before. Mom also had us place all items in bag, plus dry onion soup and one cube of bouillon instead. With the leftovers, we made chicken vegetable soup.

Info | Baked Onion En Croute

prep: 20 mins cook: 55 mins total: 1 hr 15 mins Servings: 6 Yield: 6 servings

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