Four Ingredient Chicken

When I recently saw this recipe on Facebook I knew I wanted to try it.  I mean, it's four ingredients so how hard could it be?  Not hard, at all.

See, I'm not a huge fan of chicken.  So when I eat it, it has to be covered in some sort of delicious sauce or be accompanied by gravy.  This recipe fit the bill for me.

I couldn't find Russian dressing at the supermarket I was at so I quickly did an online search and found out it was easy to make.  I happened to have all the ingredients at home so I just made it first and then added all the other ingredients into it.

I used my hands to make sure the chicken was coated with the sauce on all sides. Then I made sure the chicken pieces were evenly spaced in the pan and popped it into the oven. An hour later I had a delicious meal that I plan to make again.  The sauce is extremely flavorful.  I made mashed potatoes for the meal accompaniments and the sauce tasted so good with the potatoes too.

This meal does take a little bit of prior planning since it takes and hour to cook and you probably won't have every single ingredient in your pantry or refrigerator.  However, I plan to stock these ingredients now just in case I have a craving for this one, which might happen....often.

Four Ingredient Chicken

Recipe from Facebook via Kathy Kehoe

Ingredients

• 8 chicken thighs (bone-in, skin on)
• 1 package french onion soup mix
• 1 - 8 ounce bottle Russian dressing (or make your own, recipe below)
• 1 small jar apricot preserves or 1 cup

Homemade Russian Dressing

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
• 1 Tbsp prepared horseradish
• 1 tsp minced onion

Cooking Directions

1. mix all of the ingredients together (not the chicken).
2. Place the chicken in a 9x13 inch dish and pepper (no salt needed)
3. Coat the chicken thoroughly with the sauce, get all sides well coated. 
4. Bake at 400 for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, until chicken is done.  Baste several times while cooking.