THMD3: French Onion Chicken Bake

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Skinnymixer’s French Onion Chicken Bake features in the BUDGET section of the cookbook The Healthy Mix Dinners 3. 

The French Onion Chicken Bake is a cookbook exclusive recipe…

The French Onion Soup Mix flavour truly reminds me of my childhood. I loved everything French Onion growing up and still do! This French Onion Chicken Bake recipe in the Dinners 3 cookbook is an easy, budget dinner the whole family will love. My mum & dad won’t stop raving about how good this recipe is… I hope your family loves it too.

We start with making the French Onion Spice Mix from the Basics section of the cookbook. This replicates the French Onion Soup Mix flavours but gluten-free and without all the preservatives. 

Then a sauce is made in the Thermomix, poured over the chicken drumsticks or chicken pieces and baked until golden and cooked through.

This is an extremely low effort and budget dinner recipe. If you would prefer to use boneless chicken thighs or chicken breasts, you can definitely do that too! 

Our recipe development team also tested adding sliced potatoes on the bottom of the French Onion Chicken Bake with fantastic results.

What you will need:

Dinners 3 is here to help take a little stress out of the daily ‘What’s for Dinner?’ with 27 NEW Dinner recipes, 7 sides and 4 sweets for after dinner. Whether you are feeding your family on a tight budget, needing to get dinner on the table fast or perhaps trying to be healthier and cutting back on takeaway. Dinners 3 is here to bring some mojo back into your kitchen!

This page exists to help people find what cookbook the French Onion Chicken Bake is in and also to provide a basic shopping list for when you are out and about and have forgotten your eBook or shopping list. (Handy I know!)

Dietary Variations

For this recipe we have variations for:

✔️ Low Carb
✔️ Lower Calorie
✔️ Paleo
✔️ Vegetarian
✔️ Low Fodmap 

Cooking Methods

For this recipe we have variations for:

✔️ Slow cooker

Freezer Prep Meal Plan Info – How to Make as a Dump Bag

This recipe features in the Freezer Prep Meal Plan located in the presale bonus located in the ‘Meal Plan Collection’ download and has a matching print-at-home label. 

To make as a ‘dump bag’ we follow the Slow Cooker variation for the recipe and do the following.

1. Follow the Slow Cooker variation but do not brown the chicken. 
2. To make the sauce – leave the chicken out, cook the recipe and stop after Step 4. 
3. Chill the sauce – you need to chill the sauce (onion mixture) before adding into the dump bag with the raw meat. 
4. Attach label to a large snaplock bag or desired container. The labels are print-at-home and are 6 labels to an A4 page.
5. Combine sauce and raw meat in a large snaplock bag or desired container. Try to remove as much air as possible to avoid freezer burn & Freeze your ‘dump bag’.
6. DEFROST TO USE: It is best to defrost the day before in the fridge as you don’t want to add frozen food to the slow cooker.  
7. “Dump” the contents of the freezer bag into the slow cooker and cook for 4-6 hr on low. 
8. With 30 min to go, add cream, cornflour mixture and baby spinach.

Please note – this is for use with a slow cooker and not the TM6 slow cooker function. To use the slow cooker function in the Thermomix, you need the recipe to be specifically created with a maximum 800g of meat and a minimum amount of liquid. 

Want to know more about The Healthy Mix Dinners 3 cookbook? 

This is the contents of the cookbook with all the dietary variations included for each. As you can see we have a strong focus on 

• Dairy-free
• Gluten-free
• Nut-free
• Egg Free
• Low Carb
• Paleo
• Vegetarian
• Low FODMAP

⭐️⭐️ P.s. these dietary codes apply either directly to the recipes, or signify that we have given instructions on how to meet multiple dietary requirements. ie. For Vegetarian – we have tested vegetarian alternatives. ⭐️