French Onion Baked Chicken

French onion soup is one of my favourite foods! There is just something magical about the combination of sweet caramelized onions topped with the savoury melted cheese! Yum! French onion soup is a soup where the star of the show is onions. Normally onions are pungent but when you slowly cook them they become sweet with caramelized undertones and they are irresistible! The caramelized onion soup is often served topped with toast and cheese that’s melted under a broiler. The combination of the sweet caramelized onion soup topped with the crunchy toast and melted cheese is simply amazing!

This baked chicken dish is a simple take on the flavours of French onion soup as a meal for dinner. Onions are caramelized and placed on top of the chicken before sprinkling on cheese and then it’s all baked in the oven until the chicken is cooked through and the cheese has melted. This recipe is super simple to make but caramelizing the onions takes some time. (I sometimes like to caramelize the onions ahead of time and store them in the fridge until I am ready to use them.) Part of the magic of the French onion soup is all of the caramelized onion flavoured broth and so I like to add some broth to the baking dish to absorb the flavours from the onions and cheese while it bakes and it’s amazing to serve it with crusty bread on the side to dip into the broth!