Penny's Best Chicken In

ingredients

• servings: 6
• 12 saltine crackers, crumbled
• 4 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1/2 cup butter
• 12 fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup white
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pinch dried tarragon (optional)

recipe

preparation time: 15 mins cook time: 55 mins ready time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• pour crumbled saltine crackers into a large bowl. press chicken pieces into crackers to coat completely; let rest for 10 minutes.
• melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. saute chicken pieces in hot butter until browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. transfer chicken to a casserole dish.
• saute mushrooms and onion in the same skillet until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. pour chicken broth, white , salt, pepper, and tarragon into onion mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. pour mushroom mixture over chicken into the casserole dish.
• bake in the preheated oven until chicken is cooked through and sauce is bubbling, about 45 minutes.