Mom's Smothered Chicken

[SigNate]

Over the weekend I picked up a whole chicken with the intention of cooking it this past Monday evening. Well, last night after getting home from work later than I expected to I decided to go ahead and cook it before it went bad. I haven't made this dish in a long time and felt it was time. My mom's smothered chicken.
I started with pulling out the heavy Magnalite chicken fryer pan, put a little canola oil in it to heat up. Meanwhile I cut up the chicken and seasoned it with onion salt and black pepper. This is not a complicated dish but it is one that is delicious and something my mother made quite often when I was a kid.
I put all the chicken pieces in the fryer to brown slowly and when done removed them to deglaze the pan and brown the onions. Onions do contain enough water to deglaze but I did add a little bit of white wine to help it along. When ready I put the chicken back into the pan and added enough water to come up a little over halfway up the chicken. Put the lid on and lower the heat to simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour.(I really didn't pay attention to the time). When the meat was starting to fall apart and away from the bone it was done and ready to be served over steaming hot rice for dinner tonight. Probably with a nice cool salad or maybe I'll go and pick a couple of fresh cucumbers from the garden. Mmmmm...... I know my dad would've loved this tonight.
Browning the chicken

Deglazing and browning the onions

Done and ready to be eaten!
Well, if it weren't so late. But it will be delicious just the same for dinner tonight.