Lip Smacki'n Smothered Chicken

This is such a yummy meal!! A very good comfort food. I serve it over some brown rice. It's one of my top chicken recipes.

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. Vegetable oil

1 Cut up whole chicken (3-3 1/2 lbs)

1 1/2 tsp. salt

3/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced

3 green onions, cut into 1- inch pieces

1 1/2 C. all purpose flour

2/3 C. soy sauce

7 C. hot water

2 tsp. onion powder

Directions

1. Heat oil in deep 12 inch skillet over low heat for 5 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with salt and 1/2 tsp. of the black pepper; place in hot skillet. Cover chicken with yellow and green onions.

2. Cook chicken over medium heat for 10 minutes; turn chicken. Cook 10 minutes longer or until golden brown. Reduce heat to low; cook 5 minutes longer. Turn; cook 5 more minutes.

3. Remove chicken from skillet. Place in a large pot (dutch oven); set aside.

4. Continue heating skillet over low heat. Stir together flour, 1/3 C of the soy sauce and 4 cups of the hot water in a medium bowl with a wire whisk or fork until smooth.

5. Cook flour mixture in hot skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly with wire whisk or fork, until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in remaining water, 1 cup at a time, stirring after each addition, until smooth.

  6. Stir in remaining 1/3 c.  soy sauce, the onion powder and remaining 1/4 tsp. black pepper. Pour gravy over chicken in the large pot. Reduce heat to low. Cover  and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. ( Gravy may stick to the pot)