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title: "Sunday braised chicken with carrots"
description: "Tender carrots, a gently cooked onion and fresh thyme in a comforting one-pot chicken dish."
canonical: "https://www.savoureux.fr/en/recipe/sunday-braised-chicken"
last-updated: "2026-08-10T12:06:47.201Z"
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# Sunday braised chicken with carrots

Tender carrots, a gently cooked onion and fresh thyme in a comforting one-pot chicken dish.

- **Prep**: 15 min
- **Cook**: 42 min
- **Difficulty**: Easy
- **Serves**: 4 personnes

## Ingredients
- 4 pieces Chicken thighs, 200–225 g each
- 400 g Carrots
- 150 g Yellow onion
- 25 cl Chicken stock
- 1 tbsp Neutral oil

## Steps
1. **Cut everything evenly** — Pat the chicken dry, slice the onion 5 mm thick and cut the carrots diagonally into 1 cm-thick pieces. Take the chicken out of the fridge 15 minutes before cooking. Season both sides just before browning.
2. **Brown the chicken** — Heat 1 tablespoon of neutral oil in a casserole over high heat for 1 minute. Place the chicken skin-side down, cook without moving it for 4 minutes, then turn and cook for 2 minutes. Work in batches if the pieces touch; crowded chicken will steam instead of browning. Set the browned chicken aside on a clean plate.
3. **Soften the vegetables** — Lower the heat, add the onion and carrots to the same casserole and scrape up the browned bits with a wooden spoon. Cook for 5 minutes without browning the onion. Return the chicken to the casserole on top of the vegetables.
4. **Braise gently** — Pour in the 250 ml of chicken stock, add the thyme and cover. Simmer over low heat for 25 minutes, turning the chicken after 12 minutes, then uncover and simmer for 5 more minutes. Keep the liquid at a gentle simmer: small bubbles should break the surface without vigorous boiling. Insert a thermometer into the thickest part without touching the bone; cook for a few more minutes if it reads below 74°C.

## Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 398 kcal
- Protein: 30.6 g
- Carbohydrate: 7.8 g
- Sugar: 6.7 g
- Fat: 26.3 g
- Saturated fat: 7 g
- Fiber: 3.6 g
- Sodium: 890 mg
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Full recipe with photos: https://www.savoureux.fr/en/recipe/sunday-braised-chicken