French Herbed Baked Chicken

I love baked chicken.

It is usually so easy to prepare that it makes an easy dinner recipe any night of the week.

This recipe is no exception.

It is a wonderful herbed chicken recipe that combines chicken pieces, vegetables and herbs in an easy to prepare dinner recipe.

The right simple ingredients combined together make for delicious eating.

The addition of the white wine gives this recipe a wonderful subtle flavor that cooks into the meat and adds an amazing amount of flavor to the dish.

I love one pot meals.

Add a few cubed potatoes and this becomes a complete meal in a pot.

Or serve it with creamy mashed potatoes covered in the lovely wine sauce that results.

Herbed Oven Chicken

Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 1 hour, 15 minutes

3 pounds chicken, cut up
1 tablespoon shortening or vegetable oil
12 pearl onions, peeled or 2 small onions, chopped
4 ounces sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped carrots
2 pieces celery, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed or 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons parsley flakes
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1 cup white wine
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper

Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Heat a skillet and the oil or shortening. Brown the chicken pieces in the frying pan. Place them in a 2 quart casserole. Brown the onions, carrots, celery and mushrooms, in batches if necessary. Drain off the fat, then stir in the spices, and wine. Pour all of it over the chicken.

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Cover the casserole and bake for 75 minutes. Remove the bay leaf before serving.

Serves 4.

• Turn this into a meal in a pot by adding a couple of cubed potatoes to the pot with all of the other vegetables.