Chicken and Gravy: Tender bites of seasoned chicken are simmered in a rich, savory gravy for a comforting, cozy dish to serve over rice, buttery mashed potatoes, or noodles.
It is the time of year for hearty soups, chunky chilis, and cozy comfort food! As the temperatures cool down, we start adding our favorite recipes for Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings, this roast recipe with gravy, and this recipe for butter chicken with rice.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- One pot: This stovetop recipe for chicken in gravy is a simple, one pot dish. Talk about easy. No oven to heat up, no sink full of dishes to wash, and no complicated tools or techniques!
- Quick recipe: This is a dinner recipe that’s ready in under 30 minutes! That’s perfect for a busy night.
- Have leftover chicken? While this recipe is made with fresh chicken, our recipe is also a great way to use up any leftover Chicken Bites or Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken. Or, if you have leftover bacon-wrapped chicken thighs, they’d be so good cut up in this recipe too! Or, if you have leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, it’s a great leftover turkey recipe to use!
- This is pure comfort food! With the familiar additions of cream of chicken soup and onion soup mix, the chicken gravy mix tastes like home. These easy Swedish meatballs are also a similar comfort food that you’re going to love!
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Ingredients
With just a handful of ingredients that you may already have in your pantry and fridge, this chicken and gravy over mashed potatoes (or rice) is an easy dinner recipe that the whole family will love!
- Boneless Chicken Thighs – using thighs for this recipe makes for juicier chicken.
- Poultry Seasoning – this is such a great spice for chicken dishes that usually contains a blend of sage, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, nutmeg, and onion powder.
- French Onion Soup Mix – An easy way to give amazing flavor to this dish, is with a packet of these spices that come all together in a packet.
- All Purpose Flour – this is used to thicken the stock to make the gravy.
- Cream of Chicken Soup – Such a delicious canned soup that can add so much flavor to a chicken dish.
- Chicken broth – If you don’t have storebought chicken broth, this homemade chicken broth recipe is an option as well.
See the printable recipe card below for all of the ingredients, nutrition information, and detailed recipe notes.
Instructions
This chicken mashed potatoes and gravy is one of the easiest recipes for dinner! You just need one bowl and one pan, so follow these easy how-to instructions and dinner will be on the table in no time!
- First, in a large mixing bowl, season the chicken with salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning. Toss to coat the chicken evenly and set the bowl aside.
- Next, in a large cast iron pan or large frying pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium-high heat. Add the chicken.
- Brown the chicken until it is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and set it aside.
- Now, in the same pan, add the remaining butter and let it melt over medium heat, scraping the browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon or scraper.
- Add the flour to the pan and stir it into the butter. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Whisk in the chicken stock and continue to cook over medium heat until it has thickened a bit.
- Now, add the cooked chicken, cream of chicken soup and onion soup mix. Stir and cook over medium heat until bubbly.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the fresh parsley.
Serve this rich, hearty chicken gravy over Instant Pot mashed potatoes, brown, wild or white rice, your favorite pasta, cooked stuffing or cooked egg noodles.
Pro tip: This is a fabulous way to use leftover turkey and stuffing from Thanksgiving dinner!
This is such a cozy, comfort food dish. You may have also heard this dish called smothered chicken because whatever you serve it over is absolutely smothered with this savory, seasoned gravy.
Substitutions and Variations
Here are a few substitutions for some of the ingredients so you can use what you may have on hand:
- Chicken: Use your favorite boneless, skinless cut of chicken. We used thighs, but if you prefer white meat, you can use boneless skinless chicken breasts.
- Soup: We used cream of chicken soup, but cream of mushroom soup would also complement the onion soup mix. For an even creamier gravy, you can stir in a little heavy cream or add a dollop of sour cream. We use cream of chicken a lot in quick and easy dishes. (We use two cans in this old-fashioned chicken and noodles recipe.)
- Meat: This versatile easy recipe can be made with turkey, pork chops, or pork tenderloin cut into bite-sized pieces as well.
- Pre-cooked chicken: If you need an even quicker version, make the gravy and stir in rotisserie chicken or precooked shredded chicken.
- Prepared gravy: While we love the easy homemade gravy, you can use chicken gravy packets or even jarred chicken gravy to get this on the table even quicker.
Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy
Although this recipe is for a quick, stove-top recipe, it’s possible to make this in a slow cooker. Simply place the chicken in the slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Cook on low for 4-6 hours and serve the chicken gravy over mashed potatoes.
Recipe FAQs
Quite simply, cooked chicken simmered in a rich, seasoned homemade gravy.
For more depth of flavor, add ½ teaspoon of onion powder and garlic powder to toss with the chicken. To add a little heat, add a pinch of cayenne pepper, smoked paprika or a spicy seasoning blend to toss the chicken. Or, stir your favorite hot sauce into the gravy as it simmers and comes to a bubble.
Chicken stock is made from bones and tends to be a little thicker. Chicken broth is made from chicken meat and vegetables and is a little thinner. We used chicken stock in this recipe, but you can use chicken broth or even low sodium chicken broth, too. (If you have time, you can make our homemade chicken broth.)
What to Serve with Chicken Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
We recommend serving this as chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy, or you could serve over rice or even egg noodles. But here are a few of our favorite side dish suggestions to serve with this too:
- Check out these tips on how to make green beans taste better.
- Candied carrots have a little sweetness to complement the savory gravy.
- A fresh green salad – we think this is the BEST side salad recipe!
Storage
Store any leftovers of this chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy (or even just the chicken and gravy, if you skip the potatoes) in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
You can also freeze this dish. Allow it to cool completely, then store it in an airtight freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
More Easy Chicken Recipes
Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta tastes like a restaurant dish, but it is easy to make in your home kitchen. This Doritos Chicken Casserole is a cozy casserole and a total crowd-pleaser. And I don’t you can ever go wrong with a Quick and Easy Chicken Noodle Soup!
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Recipe
Chicken and Gravy
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into bite sized pieces
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 4 Tablespoons butter divided
- 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 10.5 ounces can of cream of chicken soup
- 1 packet french onion soup mix
- 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley chopped for garnish
- mashed potatoes or rice Optional, served under chicken and gravy
Instructions
- First, in a large mixing bowl, season the chicken with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Toss to coat the chicken evenly and set the bowl aside.
- Next, in a large cast iron pan or large frying pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium high heat. Add the chicken.
- Brown the chicken until it is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and set it aside.
- Now, in the same pan, add the remaining butter and let it melt over medium heat, scraping the browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon or scraper.
- Add the flour to the butter in the pan and stir it into the butter. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Whisk in the chicken stock and continue to cook over medium heat until it has thickened a bit.
- Now, add the cooked chicken, cream of chicken soup and onion soup mix. Stir and cook over medium heat until bubbly.
- Finally, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the fresh parsley.
Notes
- We recommended serving this rich creamy gravy with juicy chicken over mashed potatoes, rice, pasta or egg noodles.
- You can use boneless, skinless chicken breasts and you may need to increase the cooking time slightly.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- To freeze chicken and gravy, allow it to cool completely, then store it in an airtight freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
James says
Thanks for the recipe.
Anna says
This dish is pure comfort food! We couldn’t stop eating it, it’s so good! I am adding it to our weekly menu. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Jane R says
I haven’t had these in so long and they were delicious! The ultimate comfort food!
Erin says
What a simple and easy recipe. It’s one of those comfort food recipes my family loves!