This herb baked chicken with cream gravy is easy comfort food anytime of the year.
Comfort food. Whether you have been traipsing through the snow all afternoon or have had one "those" days at work it's likely that there is some sort of food that you crave. There is something that smooths the most frayed nerves, wipes the slate clean on the most chaotic day, and creates a happy place where-ever you are.
If baked chicken with cream gravy is not one of those things then more than likely, once you make this recipe, it will be. The chicken breast is meltingly tender and juicy with a thin crust of herbs. A little butter is melted on top during the baking to give the chicken both flavor and a more golden color. Once plated, velvety smooth cream gavy is ladled over the top, steaming and fragrant with the drippings from the chicken.
And if that doesn't entice you to give this a try I don't know what will.
Menu Suggestion
- Baked Herbed Chicken with Cream Gravy
- Mashed potatoes or fried potatoes
- Steamed broccoli
- Biscuits or rolls
- Honey butter
Herbed Baked Chicken with Cream Gravy
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- 8 6- oz chicken breasts
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon ground ancho chile
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt and pepper as needed
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons drippings from chicken
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup milk
- ⅓ cup half and half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Mix herbs and rub over the chicken breasts
- Place chicken in a 13 x 9 inch dish
- Dot each chicken breast with ½ tablespoon of butter
- Bake until chicken reaches about 160F (20-30 minutes)
- Remove from oven, tent with foil and allow to stand while preparing the gravy. Chicken will finish cooking to 165F during standing time
- Add the drippings from the baking dish to a pan over medium heat
- Add butter and allow it to melt
- Add the flour and whisk until flour is thick and begins to get golden
- Add the milk and half and half whisking constantly
- Cook until gravy thickens
- Taste and add salt and pepper to taste
Alice
this sounds so good to me today! thanks for sharing! I have some chicken that I was undecided on and this fits the bill perfectly!