An easy, family-friendly chicken dish that features the sweetness of baked onions. Try it; this dish will become an all-time favorite.
My friend Malki told me all about her “easiest ever” family favorite: onion soup mix chicken. I just had to try it. She literally uses just onion soup mix, but I’ve added a few other steps and adapted it to indulge my baked onion cravings.
Make sure to make a big batch of my DIY Onion Soup Mix before making this recipe.
Baked Oniony Chicken
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoon onion soup mix divided
- 3 large onions thinly sliced
- 1 chicken about 3 1/2 pounds, cut into 8 pieces
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, mix olive oil and 1 tablespoon onion soup mix.
- Add onions and stir in olive oil and onion soup mixture.
- Place about a quarter of the onions on the bottom of prepared pan.
- Rinse chicken pieces, pat dry and place on top of onions in pan.
- Season chicken with remaining 2 tablespoons of onion soup mix, paprika and pepper.
- Scatter remaining onions and olive oil mixture on and around chicken, making sure to drizzle some of the remaining oil over chicken skin.
- Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 1 hour or until chicken is browned.
- If you have enough time, slice an additional onion and stuff a few slivers under the skin of each piece of chicken.
thank you. looks great
Oops, sorry, it was only on the promo image, so I added it to the main recipe now.
i wish you would have showed us how this chicken looks when it is done. I couldnt wait to see how it looked when it was done
It’s so hard in a live video, but the photo is here so you get the benefit of the video and the final result.
where is the final result . i only see the tupperware container with the onion soup mixture. I dont see the finished picture of the chicken
Thanks Rivka for letting us know – I am so so thrilled for you and your cutie pie! It’s funny how some recipes just resonate – I get lots of great feedback about this one.
Thanks so much for commenting, I love hearing things like this about anyones recipe.
My 2 year old is a self-decided vegetarian and it drives me nuts. We went to a friend for Pesach lunch and she made this chicken- my son couldn’t get enough!!! I look forward to making this as often as he will eat it and it sounds sooo easy.
Thanks Lynette for the feedback — so happy it’s a hit for you!
great and thanks for the tip
I make this often and all my guests love it! It’s super easy and incredibly tasty. It’s my go to recipe when I need to come up with a nice meal in a pinch.
i made this for shabbas and came out great. also instead of spraying the pan with non stick cooking spray, i used water.