Grandma Chicken (chicken And Gravy)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 -2 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons pepper (this is approximate, i don't usually measure the pepper, i just add it until it looks right for our )
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 1/2 small onion (or 2 teaspoons onion powder)
• 1 teaspoon thyme

Recipe

• 1 combine flour and pepper in a ziplock bag.
• 2 cut chicken into bite sized pieces and add to flour mixture.
• 3 after all chicken is in the bag, close bag and shake to coat chicken pieces.
• 4 melt butter in a large skillet over medium low heat.
• 5 slowly brown both sides of chicken in the melted butter. note: if your skillet isn't large enough, you can do this in batches, it may require additional butter.
• 6 remove chicken and set aside in a baking dish.
• 7 cook onion in same pan until soft (if using onion powder, skip this step).
• 8 add a small amount (approximately 2-3 tablespoons) of the flour/pepper mixture to the water.
• 9 mix well.
• 10 pour water and flour mixture slowly into the pan.
• 11 add chicken broth and thyme (if using onion powder, add it now) and bring to a simmer. stir often to make a thickish gravy.
• 12 return browned chicken pieces to the pan.
• 13 reduce heat to low and cover. simmer for 30 minutes, stirring periodically.
• 14 transfer chicken and gravy into baking dish. i use a 2.8 liter corning ware dish, but a 9x13 dish will work as well.
• 15 cover and bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
• 16 note: this dish freezes beautifully. after cooking for the first 30 minutes, cool, place in a freezer bag. when you are ready to cook, defrost and cook, covered at 375 for 45-60 minutes or until hot and bubbly.