Mrs. O'Brien's Chicken

This is a recipe review for: "Mrs. O'Brien's Chicken recipe #38576 by SilentCricket", and not intended for any other version of this recipe.- posted 11-22-04. I must admit I was scared to death when I looked at this list of ingredients, but I thought, "Hey, I only live once!" This was quick and easy to put together, and I ended up taking the chicken out just about 1/2 an hour early, but it was done. You should call this dish "Butterfly Chicken" because it went in as who knows what (I didn't know what those flavors would end up as) and came out....DELICIOUS AND TENDER!!! The flavor is like, well almost like a "Thanksgiving BBQ". I used whole berry sauce and fat-free dressing; they worked out great! If I could give this more stars than 5 I would. I'll definitely make this again, and next time, I won't be scared!!! Thanks! Edited to add: I also have tried this as the crockpot version and I don't care for that quite as well as the oven version since the sauce gets a bit runny. But in the crockpot version the chicken does turn out tender. However I did think to say that when you use the oven version you might want to line your pan with foil so it cleans up easy (the sauce is really sticky in spots). I've prepared this recipe lots of times now and it's become a favorite with the family. — posted Mar 2, 2004.

Excellent! The Catalina dressing with its tart/sweet taste enhanced the cranberry sauce. I used whole berry sauce for texture. The onion soup mix gave the dish just the right savory punch. The skinless, boneless thigh meat was moist and tender. Thanks Martha for sharing this keeper.

I thought this was okay. The chicken was tender but a little sweet for me. I probably wouldn't make this again, too many other recipes to try.

My goodness, I really don't know how to say this, but we didn't like this at all. Instead of using Chicken, I used leftover Christmas turkey and fresh, homemade cranberry sauce. I was really excited to finally find a recipe that would help me use up the leftover cranberry sauce. I followed the recipe to a T and upon tasting the sauce before putting in the crockpot, found that it was very salty tasting, so I added more equal amounts of cranberry sauce and catalina dressing to douse the salty taste of the soup mix. I poured it over the turkey pieces in the crockpot on low for a couple hours til the sauce was bubbly. Maybe it was the combo of flavors, but we just didn't care for it at all. I really love cranberry sauce and thought this would be a winner, but unfortunately for our tastes, it just wasn't. Sorry, I won't make this again and I really apologize for the low rating. I guess everyone's tastes are different. On a positive note, it was very quick to make - took all of about 3 minutes to throw it all together in the crockpot. Edited to add: I noticed Sue L's edit to her review that she tried this in the crockpot and it didn't turn out as well and was runnier than in the oven. Perhaps that is why mine didn't turn out so great. I'm still a bit surprised about the taste since I used homemade cranberry sauce. Our sauce was not runny from the crockpot, probably because homemade cranberry sauce is thicker than canned, it was just the combo of flavors that didn't work for us. I'm glad that so many others like the recipe.

Delicious!! This recipe is so quick and easy to put together. I used chicken legs and cooked them in a crockpot. They were tender and very tasty. I didn't have Catalina French dressing (it's not available where I live) so I made Martha's recipe #36731, Mom's French Dressing. It was perfect! I'll definitely be making this recipe again!!