Lip Smackin' Smothered Chicken

 

2

tablespoons vegetable oil

1

cut-up whole chicken (3 to 3 1/2 pounds)

1 1/2

teaspoons salt

3/4

teaspoon black pepper

1/2

medium yellow onion, thinly sliced

3

green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 1/2

cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

2/3

cup soy sauce

7

cups hot water

2

teaspoons onion powder

• 1 Heat oil in deep 12-inch skillet over low heat 5 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the black pepper; place in hot skillet. Cover chicken with yellow and green onions.
• 2 Cook chicken over medium heat 10 minutes; turn chicken. Cook 10 minutes longer or until golden. Reduce heat to low; cook 5 minutes longer. Turn; cook 5 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet. Place in large pot (Dutch oven); set aside.
• 3 Continue heating skillet over low heat. Stir together flour, 1/3 cup of the soy sauce and 4 cups of the hot water in medium bowl with wire whisk or fork until smooth.
• 4 Cook flour mixture in hot skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly with wire whisk or fork, until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in remaining water, 1 cup at a time, stirring after each addition, until smooth.
• 5 Stir in remaining 1/3 cup soy sauce, the onion powder and remaining 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Pour gravy over chicken in large pot. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally. (Gravy may stick to pot.)