The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed: May 14, 2012
Hmmm, trying to think how I can help those that didn't quite get this recipe. 1.Unless you're used to cooking "soul" food, this aint no weeknight dish! I can whip it up quickly and have shortcuts, but don't attempt this on hump day if its your first time. 2. Smothered chicken is basically semi-fried chicken and pan gravy. If you can make decent fried chicken and a good pan gravy, put the two together and that's the gist of this dish. 3.To solve the soupy gravy problem, start with the rioux first: add the flour to the pan drippings and cook/stir constantly for about 5 minutes or so, then add the veggies to that for another 5 minutes. It will look a mess, but when you add the liquid and stir it good; your gravy will appear. Add about a cup of liquid at a time and stir between so its not too soupy. Then TASTE IT before you add the chicken. If it's bland, add more salt/pepper/garlic powder/dried thyme/cayenne or whatever till it tastes the way you want. THEN add the chicken. Hope this helps!!!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed: May 9, 2012
No doubt I would pay a pretty penny in a restaurant for this. To make at home is so cheap and easy. I was really excited to make my own gravy as I never had before. It turned out so easy and fun! Can't wait to make this for my hubby.
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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012
I absolutely LOVED this recipe. I couldn't stop eating it and the crowd loved it too. Kind of a mix between a stew and a soup. The broth is delicious and the chicken was tender. A fantastic cold-weather meal that you will want to repeat over and over again.
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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012
AMAZING....cooked just as written and it was delicious. I did opt to serve it over mashed potatoes...
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Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2012
Love this. Buy a whole chicken and cut it up myself, reserving wings for different meal, and cutting breasts into 4 pieces instead of typical 2. Sometimes I add 1/2 tsp of ground rosemary to initial flour for dredging. I use all the butter and cook it in a non-stick dutch oven until I get a nice dark brown on the chicken - just that itself tastes good. When I drain the butter, I catch all the browned bits in a strainer and toss them back into the pot with the vegs. I add the salt and pepper to the vegs now to help release their liquids. I also remove skin from chicken while it's resting because otherwise, it gets flabby. Love this with mashed potatoes. I always have enough veg/broth stew to save and freeze, and the NEXT time I have boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I cook them and add the soul smothered sauce to them. I would never make the original recipe with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, however - no soul.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.6 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2012
I used boneless chicken breast and used cajun seasoning instead of just salt and pepper, added a really nice zing!
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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2012
Delicious recipe, esp after some alteration: added 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp dried garlic flakes, 1 tsp garlic salt, bay leaves. Cooking the chicken in the gravy for another 15 min would have made it fall off the bone, which I will do next time. I also substituted olive oil for the butter as my healthier California alternative. Otherwise I followed the recipe very closely. Really yummy over jasmine rice.
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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2012
Tastes like a homemade stew! I had a whole chicken and am tired of always making beer can chicken with them, so found this recipe, happened to have all the ingredients, and WOW! Great, down home meal with a little kick. We loved it and have enough leftovers for 2 more meals. This is worth cooking up again or sharing the recipe with friends. Next time I will use less carrots and add small, quartered butter potatoes.
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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2012
What a treat! Simple, delicious flavors, moist and tender chicken... Thank you Veronica for sharing this!
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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2012
so delicious! I was expecting this to be a bit bland but it was so full of flavor and the right amount of heat. , I'm one of those people who insists on using skinless chicken breast (also i cut the amount of butter in half) and this still turned out fantastically.
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