French Onion Smothered Chicken - one of our family's all-time favorite meals. Super simple and everyone loves it! Chicken tenderloins topped with sour cream French onion dip, cheese, and french fried onions. Ready in under 30 minutes! Serve over rice, potatoes, or pasta. Everyone fights for the leftovers!
1(12-oz)container refrigerated sour cream French onion dip
1(3-oz)can French fried onions
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375ºF. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Lay the chicken close together in the baking dish. Sprinkle with garlic salt and onion powder.
Top the chicken with ½ cup cheddar cheese. Spread french onion dip in a thick layer over chicken.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Top the chicken with remaining cheese and fried onions. Bake an additional 5-10 minutes.
Notes:
Make sure to use a refrigerated sour cream based french onion dip such as Dean’s, Great Value, Barber’s, Heluva Good Dip, or Kraft. DO NOT use a jarred french onion dip from the chip aisle.
If you can't find sour cream dip, you can use an equivalent amount of sour cream with some Lipton's onion soup mix mixed in.
You can use any boneless chicken that you prefer - tenderloins, breasts, or thighs. You will need to adjust the cooking time if you use breasts or thighs.
Tenderloins will cook the fastest.
You can also cut chicken breasts into strips and they will cook about the same time as tenderloins.