Slow Cooker French Onion Chicken

Tender chicken breasts simmered for hours in a rich onion broth  and then covered with Gruyere cheese is comfort food at its best in this  Slow Cooker French Onion Chicken recipe.

Though you can most often substitute bone-in chicken breasts for  boneless chicken breasts, using the bone-in option may add more flavor  to your recipe. Chicken bones are loaded with flavor from the bone  marrow and when you cook with them the flavor is released into your  dish.

Step-by-Step

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Season chicken. Set aside Turn  on browning mode in your slow cooker. Heat oil and add chicken skin side down and sauté. Repeat on other side. Transfer chicken to a plate.

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Keep  slow cooker in browning/ sauté mode and melt the butter. Then add in  onion. Cover and let the onion cook down for 15min. After  15 minutes add garlic and brown sugar. Cook for an additional 15 minutes.

2

Deglaze the caramelized onions with white wine. Allow wine to reduce. Stir  in broth, season with salt, pepper. Add a small bunch of fresh thyme.  Transfer the chicken back into the pot. Cover and cook on high for 3  hours and low for 5 hours.

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Just before the time is up add shredded gruyère cheese on top of the chicken and cover it back up until cheese  has melted.

4

Garnish with fresh thyme and serve in a bowl with a scoop of the French onion soup and serve with a baguette or crusty bread.

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