Smothered Home-Style Chicken

This sounds good. This one had a picture with it that looked good too. Well, all the recipes in Simple & Delicious have pictures, but they do not always look good. This one is from the Oct/Nov 2010 issue. Sounded very yummy.

Smothered Home-Style Chicken
1/3 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp cajun seasoning
1 tsp pepper
5 boneless skinless chicken thighs (about 3 1/2 lbs)
3 tbsp olive oil, divided
2 medium carrots, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup white wine or chicken broth (guess which one?)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup chicken broth
Hot cooked rice

In a large ziploc bag, combine the flour, salt, garlic powder, cajun seasoning, and pepper. Add chicken thighs, one at a time, and shake to coat. In a large skillet, brown chicken in 2 tbsp oil in batches. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute the carrots, onion, and green pepper in remaining oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add wine or broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in soup and broth. Return chicken to skillet. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Serve with rice.

Okay, so this was pretty good. Steve really liked it. For the younger kids, I didn't serve it over rice, or with any of the sauce. But for Sam and Steve and I, I did, and it was very good. Steve said he liked how the vegetables were in it. Sam even ate the peppers, which previously he has said he likes everything except broccoli and green peppers. So this is progress. Steve doesn't usually like chicken thighs, either, usually he only likes white meat, but he said it was good because they were boneless and he didn't have to take them apart to eat them, so it was good. Another keeper. I bet I have more chicken recipes in my keeper book than in any other category...but I'm not going to count them.