Smoked Cheddar Chicken with Caramelized Onions
We purchased some delicious raw smoked cheddar from Azure Standard, so I knew that I wanted to make a new dish to make good use of all of the flavor.
- 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast for each person
- 1 slice of smoked cheddar cheese for each piece of chicken
- 1/2 – 1 sweet yellow onion, sliced thin
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2-3 Tbsp butter
For this dish, I used a cast iron pan, but you can use whatever pan you have on hand. The key is making sure the pan is smoking hot before putting the chicken in the pan.
- Put pan on stove and put enough olive oil in it to lightly coat the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. Heat until pan is smoking slightly.
- Carefully place chicken breasts in pan. Cook on each side until the chicken is browned on each side. Turn down the heat to medium-low and cover. Cook until internal temperature of chicken reaches 155-160.
- Once chicken is cooked, remove from pan. Turn heat to low. Add butter to the same pan to get the full flavor of the cooked chicken.
- While butter is melting, place chicken in a casserole dish. Put a slice of smoked cheddar cheese on each piece of chicken. Place casserole dish under broiler until cheese is hot and bubbly. Remove from oven.
- Add onions to the pan and cook until they are caramelized.
- Place the onions on top of the chicken breasts and serve with your favorite veggies.
One word ~ YUM (is that really a word ~ hehe) looks good, I copied down the recipe, always looking for new dishes to try 🙂 Thanks for sharing, have a great night. God Bless 🙂
Wow…sounds DELISH..the kind of dish my guys would dig in to…
and when those onions are cookin’…it’s wooooh baby that smells GOOD!! lol
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This sounds absolutely scrumptious!! Love smoked cheddar!
yum we LOVE chicken
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Yummo!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Ok got a question, instead of Smoked Cheddar, could you use any other cheese?? Like maybe American or Swiss??
I used smoked cheddar because I had it on hand and thought it would give a great flavor to the dish. You can use whatever cheese you have on hand. Each type of cheese will give a different flavor profile to the dish.