My Onion "Fried" Chicken

Name: My Onion "Fried" Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 lbs chicken; 1 1/2 ounces cans French-fried onions, coarsely crushed (1/2 cup); 1/4 cup dried breadcrumbs; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons sour cream

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Submitted by riffraff

"This is from a 1990 Good Housekeeping magazine. I love the taste of the onions. I serve with macaroni salad or potato salad."

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 6
Serves:: 4

ingredients

3 lbs chicken
1 ¹⁄₂ ounces cans French-fried onions, coarsely crushed (1/2 cup)
¹⁄₄ cup dried breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons paprika
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sour cream

directions

Remove skin from chicken.
On wax paper, combine onions and next three ingredients.
Brush chicken pieces with sour cream.
Coat with onion mixture.
In a 9 X 13 baking dish arrange chicken.
Bake in 350 degree oven till chicken is no longer pink in the center and coating is nicely browned.

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Reviews

Wow...this is a great recipe. The chicken was very moist and juicy. I used fat-free sour cream and hot paprika. It was an easy meal to prepare with great results. Thanks, riff, for sharing your secret. The crunch onions were a brilliant idea.

Miss Annie
I loved this recipe & used the 6oz can of French's Fried onions with 2 slices of white bread (crumbled in a food processor first.) The tip about the onion dip as the base is a very good one. I used Friend's toasted onion & got fabulous results. Be careful about the salt...the onions have quite a bit so taste your dry mixture before covering the chicken. I used bonless breasts & boneless thighs & had a hotter oven...375 & cooked this dish for approximately one hour. No one could guess what I used to make this dish, & being a bit of a food snob...I didn't tell them!!!! I did share this recipe with my co-worker (a chef) who plans to make this for her husband. As we like to say, this recipe is a "keeper". A FOODIE

Liz Rosensaft
This is 5+ stars for us. I used onion garlic croutons that I crushed and instead of the sour cream I used french onion dip. It was sooooooo good and very easy and fast to put together. I will be making this again on a regular basis. Thanks riffraff for such a wonderful recipe.

PA Cindy
I thought this chicken was amazing! I am so proud of myself that I actually saved enough of the onions out of the can to complete the recipe! I also added a little cayenne but other than that followed the recipe exactly, well I turned the chicken half way through too, excellent! I served it with my potato salad that I made into macaroni salad instead, a really good meal! Thanks :)

Donna
Great! Thanks!

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Yum........I made this tonight using boneless chicken breasts, and french onion dip instead of plain sour cream. DD#2 ate her whole meal! ---total shocker, lol

Elissa
This is 5+ stars for us. I used onion garlic croutons that I crushed and instead of the sour cream I used french onion dip. It was sooooooo good and very easy and fast to put together. I will be making this again on a regular basis. Thanks riffraff for such a wonderful recipe.

PA Cindy
Delicious and easy meal! The onions really give this a punchg of flavor. I used chicken tenders, so I needed double the amount of topping (more surface area), and I used plain yogurt instead of sour cream. The chicken was so moist and had a great little crunch.

moxie