French Onion Chicken with Roasted Carrots & Mashed Potatoes
An United States dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 16 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 21 minPrep (about)
- 55 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 16 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 2 chicken breasts
Fresh & other
- 9 oz carrots
- 4 potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
- 1 ¼ cups mozzarella
- 1 ½ tbsp sour cream
- butter
- sugar
Sauces & oils
- vegetable oil
Spices & seasonings (2): salt, pepper
- salt
- pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Turn the oven on to 425 degrees.
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Wash and dry all produce, trim, peel.
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Cut carrots on a diagonal in ¼-inch-thick pieces.
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Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces.
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Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion.
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Toss carrots on a sheet pan with pepper, salt and a drizzle of oil.
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Roast till browned and tender, 15-20 minutes.
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While that cooks, place potatoes in a medium pot using enough salted water.
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Cover by 2 inches.
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Bring to a boil.
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Cook until soft, 12-15 minutes.
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Drain.
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Return potatoes to pot.
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Cover to keep warm.
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While potatoes heat, heat a drizzle of oil in a big pan over medium-high heat.
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Add onion.
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Cook, till lightly browned and softened, 8-10 minutes.
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Stir every so often.
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Sprinkle using ¾ tsp sugar (2 tsp.
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Keep going for 4 servings).
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Mix in stock concentrate plus 2 TBSP water (¼ cup for 4).
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Season with salt and pepper.
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Cook until jammy, 2-3 minutes more.
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Turn off heat.
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Move to a small bowl.
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Wash out pan.
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Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
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Season all over with salt and pepper.
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Heat drizzle of oil.
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Do it in pan used.
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Keep going for onion over medium-high heat.
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Add chicken.
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Heat till brown and cooked through, 5-6 min per side.
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Top with caramelized onion and cheese in the last 1-2 min of cooking.
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Cover pan until cheese melts.
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Heat pot with drained potatoes on low heat.
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Mash using sour cream, 1 ½ tbsp (3 tbsp for 4 servings), a splash of water, pepper and salt until smooth.
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Divide mashed potatoes between plates, roasted carrots and chicken.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.