Marcela's Cookery Recipes Smothered Chicken 8 to 12 pieces of Chicken Thighs 4-5 Onion's Salt and Pepper Olive Oil This is the simplest chicken dish with the most wonderful taste. 5 simple ingredient's that most of us have on hand! Chop onions so that you have ringlets. This is an important step for the smothering process. Wash and pat dry your chicken. Salt and pepper each side. Brown the chicken in a cast iron pan on each side about 2 min a side. Remove the chicken from the heat. Layer onion in the bottom of the pan then place chicken on top of the onions 3 to 4 pieces. Continue to layer onion chicken until the chicken is covered in the onions. Cover set the temperature to your low. Turn chicken every half hour. There is a trick to turning the chicken. You want them to stay layered so you need you get a long spatula and ensure that you get under t