Chicken In Onion Buttermilk Gravy - Slow Cooker

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 lbs chicken pieces (skin on breasts and skinless legs and thighs)
• 6 onions, sliced paper thin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns, cracked
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 (10 ounce) can condensed chicken broth, undiluted
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1/2 cups green peas, thawed if frozen
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 in a nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. add chicken, in batches, and brown lightly on all sides. transfer to slow cooker stoneware.
• 2 reduce heat to medium. add onions to pan and cook, stirring, until softened and just beginning to turn brown. add salt, peppercorns, and thyme and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. sprinkle flour over mixture, stir well and cook for 1 minute. add chicken broth and bay leaf and cook, stirring until mixture thickens.
• 3 pour mixture over chicken. cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours, until juices run clear when the chicken is pierced with a fork. stir in peas and buttermilk. cover and cook on high for 20 minutes, until peas are cooked. discard bay leaf.