Boneless chicken breasts topped with gooey Swiss cheese on a bed of thinly sliced onions thanks to your crock-pot.
Slow-Cooker French Onion Chicken
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Boneless chicken breasts are topped with gooey Swiss cheese on a bed of thinly sliced onions in this crock-pot French onion chicken recipe.
Author: Reeni
Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: American
Serves: 3 - 4 servings
Ingredients
- 6 cups sliced (about ⅓-inch wide) yellow onions (about 1 pound)
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 rounded teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves or ¼ teaspoon dried
- sea or kosher salt and fresh black pepper
- 3 - 4 boneless chicken breasts
- 1 + ⅓ cups shredded Swiss cheese or 3 - 4 thick slices
Instructions
- Spray a 4 or
5 quart crock-pot with non-stick spray. Add the onions. - In a small bowl whisk together the butter, Worcestershire, Dijon, flour, sugar, thyme and ½ teaspoon salt plus ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
- Pour it over the onions and toss to coat.
- Place the chicken breasts on top of the onions. Season well with salt and pepper.
- Cook on low 5 - 7 hours or high 3 - 4.
- Top the chicken with the cheese and put the lid on to melt.
- To serve place the chicken breasts on a platter and top with the onions. Ladle the juice over them.
Notes
©Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice by Reeni Pisano All Rights Reserved
The crock-pot does all the work of coaxing the onions into a caramelized state, a task that would take at least 30 minutes on the stove top while you babysit them the entire time, maybe longer.
If you never had a caramelized onion before then you are sincerely missing out on something special and you absolutely have to make this.
Thinly-sliced yellow onions are mixed with melted butter, Dijon, Worcestershire, a touch of sugar, salt, and pepper plus a little flour to help thicken the flavorful juices that come out of them as they cook so you can spoon it over the chicken.
Slow-cooking the chicken causes it to be so tender you can slice through it with a fork. Just like butter.
Get this in your crock-pot in the morning and sit down later to one of the easiest, most comforting and delicious meals ever.
Good day Reeni!
How did I almostI miss this one I will never know. What a fab dish , so effortless to make! I may put a splash of sherry wine in too. Hope you are feeling good and I guess spring is starting where you are. Take care sweet friend and hugs to you and the Moon person. XOXO
Hi Doris!! So good to hear from you sweet friend! Hope all is well with you! Big HUGS XOXO
Can’t wait to give this a try! Crockpot chicken is a favorite at my house and this recipe looks irresistible! The smell of caramelizing onions is going to make me hungry all day!
Caramelized onions rock! They’re one of my favorite things. The crock-pot makes it so easy and the small IS wonderful. Enjoy! 🙂
Oh my, I think I know what I’m making for dinner over the weekend.
I’m absolutely crazy for caramelized onions. What a great combination to make chicken tasty 🙂 I must try this. Thanks for the suggestion dear, have a good day 🙂
Thanks you too!! 🙂
Thank you for the nice recipe Reeni.
You’re welcome! Have a great day! 🙂
I love the caramelized onions with the chicken. Sounds really delicious!!
Thanks Dawn! Have a wonderful day! 🙂
Easy peasy and super tasty! I am going to make this too, but first I need to get some ONIONS!
Thanks Angie! Enjoy! 🙂