French Onion Chicken is an easy go-to meal the entire family will love! This skillet chicken recipe tastes just like your favorite soup in main course form. French Onion Soup Chicken is chicken breast topped with Swiss cheese, french onion soup, croutons, and more cheese!
French Onion Chicken
French Onion Chicken is just the perfect blend of flavors. This skillet chicken recipe is just like the classic soup, but served as a tasty chicken recipe!
Chicken is always my go-to for easy dinners. Not only is it delicious, but you can do so much with it. I have about a million easy chicken recipes here on the site to choose from. While they’re all kind of my favorite, this French Onion Chicken is today’s favorite recipe.
This French Onion Soup Chicken is a simple skillet chicken recipe that can be made any night of the week. It’s just 5 ingredients, it’s made in one pan, and it only takes about 25 minutes from start to finish. That’s my kind of recipe!
It tastes just like the classic soup, but as a delicious chicken recipe that’s perfect as a main course. Chicken cooked in French Onion Soup, covered in Swiss cheese, and with lots of crunchy croutons thrown in. Yum!
Make this simple recipe for dinner tonight, or any night. It tastes gourmet but is secretly the easiest dinner you’ll ever make!
French Onion Soup Chicken
French Onion Soup is such a classic, and it’s one of my favorite soups. I just love the rich, savory flavor of it, and onions are one of my favorite ingredients. But the BEST part about the soup is the bubbly, melted layer of cheese on top, and the crunchy croutons to go along with it. I’m never one to leave good enough alone though, and I knew this combination would make the most amazing chicken recipe ever.
So this French Onion Chicken Skillet was born! Chicken breast cooked in french onion soup, topped with a layer of melted Swiss cheese, and plenty of croutons to add in the hearty crunch. It’s like the soup but better, and it’s so easy to make. You only need one pan and you’re good to go!
How to Make French Onion Chicken
A recipe with just 5 ingredients, one skillet, and less than 30 minutes? This easy chicken recipe is like a miracle. Why can’t every recipe be like this?! I don’t want to stress out while trying to cook dinner, and this French Onion Chicken Skillet is STRESS-FREE. A delicious dinner ready in a pinch!
How to Make it:
- Heat olive oil in a skillet.
- Add the chicken breasts and cook 3-4 minutes on each side.
- Pour in the French Onion Soup and cook the chicken another 4-5 minutes on each side.
- Add in the croutons when you flip the chicken.
- Once the chicken is fully cooked, turn off the heat and top each chicken breast with a slice of cheese. Allow it to melt into the chicken.
The chicken is the star of the show, so keep the side dishes simple. Just serve it over a bed of rice or add in a vegetable mix.
One Pan Skillet Chicken Recipes
I’m a big fan of one pan recipes. Nothing is easier than cooking a nice meal in one pan! This skillet chicken recipe is so simple and so delicious. Cooking chicken in a skillet is such an easy method. This French Onion Chicken recipe is so full of flavor with the cheese and french onion soup…I’m kind of obsessed!
You have to try this French Onion Chicken Skillet recipe! It’s so cheesy, savory, and flavorful. I love the added crunch from the croutons and the soup cooks into the chicken so perfectly. Make this easy chicken recipe any night of the week, hassle free!
Watch the Video & See the recipe card for details on how to make French Onion Chicken. Enjoy!
If you enjoyed this recipe, try these other easy chicken recipes:
- Basil Chicken Skillet Recipe
- Southwest Chicken Bake
- Baked Fried Chicken
- Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast
- 40 Clove Garlic Chicken and Potatoes with Cream Sauce
- BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet
- Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 10.5 ounce can French Onion Soup
- 1 cup croutons
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 slices swiss cheese
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Add chicken and cook each side for 3-4 minutes until browned.
- Add the french onion soup to the skillet and allow chicken to continue to cook for another 4-5 minutes on each side, adding the croutons to the mixture after you flip the chicken. Cook the chicken until it's white all the way through.
- When chicken is fully cooked, add a slice of swiss cheese to the top of each chicken breast. Turn off heat and allow swiss to melt over the chicken.
- Serve with rice or vegetables. Enjoy!
I’m glad you all loved it so much!! Thanks for trying out my recipe :)
I tried to review this but it keeps saying I already commented on it. No idea why I can’t submit my comment, but we liked the recipe. Delicious and so easy to make!
Delicious, and so easy to make! I had bought some french onion soup quite a while ago but never used it, so saw this recipe and figured it was a perfect way to use the soup before it expired. Guess I’ll now be buying more of it since I’m sure I’ll be making this again!
I just discovered this recipe and can’t wait to try it.
I was wondering what brand of French Onion Soup you prefer. I’ve only tried a couple, but they didn’t compare at all to a good restaurant or homemade soup.
Please email me your reply.
Thank you!
Straight from the can
YAY! Love to hear that :) :)
I used chicken tenderloins and it went even faster. This dish smelled amazing while it was cooking and tasted awesome. This is the second Cookie Rookie recipe I’ve made and both of them have been easy and delicious.
did you add water to the can of soup, or just pout it into the pan right from the can?
I’m so glad you loved it!
I love that this is such a quick & easy recipe, yet it will appear ‘classy’, when I serve it to my guests next week in observance of my DH’s birthday. I’ll double the recipe, but that’s very easily done. I plan to serve this with ‘oven roasted asparagus wrapped in bacon’, & ‘(halved) little red potatoes in sour cream w/fresh dill’. I’m sure that this would also be delicious with a (good quality) Blue Cheese, if that’s what you’d prefer to use. Thank you for this lovely recipe.
Hey Angelina, I didn’t leave the sodium out on purpose…its calculated automatically from my recipe card I actually don’t have a part in that. I think you have some good points so I might look at how to make things less salty :)
Looks & sounds amazing, but I’m sure that it’s very high in sodium. I noticed that you left the sodium content out of the nutritional info., probably for that particular reason. I’m going to think twice about making this dish, but it looks so good that I’ll most likely make it at least once. (My rating is based solely upon the nutritional info., and NOT upon the yumminess of this dish).
I made this To night but my chicken breasts were SUper thick. I decided midway through cooking them that my one can of French onion soup wasn’t going to be enough juice. Luckily I had a packet of Au jus that I whipped up and added to the pan. THE AU jus cooked Doreen a little by the end and made a great sauce for the white rice i cooked to go with it.
This was a great meal. Everyone loved it, even the picky teens!
Thank you
I’ve made this already a few times and again tonight, wanted to leave a note to thank you for sharing!
Shared with my readers and pointed them here for directions. Thanks for the recipe!
YUCK, really disappointed.
Yuck!!
LOVE to hear that Roni, thank you so much for letting me know!!
This recipe is on my “Pinned it, made it, liked it!” Pinterest board, and I have come back to it many times. Very easy dish that tastes fantastic! Making it again tonight, as a matter of fact! :-)
Thanks Suzi! Hope you love it!
Love chicken, love swiss cheese, and love onion soup, can’t wait to try this out! Sounds so yummy and love that it is soooo easy, as I am always rushed for time. Thanks for the great idea!
I have to tell you that the recipe for the French onion chicken was the bomb! I sauteed a few extra onions as we like a good amount in our dishes. I also am a huge cheese lover and used the swiss but added provolone cheese too. Gawd! It was just delish! Thanks for such a great dinner idea. PS. You are so cute!!
Yay! So glad to hear that :)
I made this for dinner tonight and it really quick to put together and was delicious soo full of flavour!
Awesome! Hope you love it!
Yummy can’t wait to serve this to my VFW.
Awesome! So glad you loved it :)
I made it using thighs and it was great
do you add water to the soup? want to make this very soon! thank you
What do you think about using cream of onion soup? It has pieces of onion in it. I also have it on hand in the cupboard.
My husband and I really liked this. Very tasty
LOVE THIS! Thanks for letting me know. Made my day!
This is now one of my go to dishes. I’ve also experimented with the recipe. Used more soup or less chicken and added veggies, sometimes I finish it in the oven (and it all ties together perfectly). I never would have thought to use FOS like this. Thank you!!
Just made this delicious,flavorful goodness. I loved every bite. The problems with your recipes are I want to eat all of the dishes I make by myself. A little selfish I know but on the other hand I want to let everyone else try them too. I hate depriving others of good cooking lol. Next I will make the strawberry donuts for my team (my excuse to make them). I am sure we will love those too. ;)
Hope you loved it!!
This is what I’m cooking tonight and I will let you know how it turns out
Hey Nicole, so sorry I just saw this. You could toast some bread cubes in the oven, or you could just skip that part. Its just as cheesy and tasty without them!! Hop you love the recipe :)
Has anyone used something else instead of croutons? I totally forgot them at the store and I have no way to pick some up… I’m making this tonight for dinner.
LOVE to hear that Lillian! Thanks so much for letting me know. Made my day!
Already Made this once it went over so well my Husband asked for it again. Perfect recipe for fall Thank you!
I can’t even tell you how happy this comment made me. Seriously, THANK YOU!!! I’m so glad you love the recipes and the thought that they actually get requested is crazy cool to me. Thanks for letting me know, have a fabulous week!!
I’m making this (again!) Tonight. It’s soooo good. I’ve been trying quite a few of your recipes out lately, and when I’m cooking, my guy will ask if I’m cooking one of the recipe ladys recipes lol. He loves all of them! Thanks for all the great easy recipes
I haven’t tried it but I think you could! Let me know if you try it and how it work!! Thanks for stopping by Emily!!
Could you make this with dark meat instead of white?
Ooooh a cheeseburger version! That sounds divine!
SNOPE not SNIPE for love of cookies! I hate when that happens!!! Lol
Hi Becky nice site you have!!!
I’ve made a couple versions of this over the years using different meats/cheeses always with great success like you Becky! :). The one thing I do, do when using chicken is I add a can of of water with a boillion beef cube just so I can have extra of that luxurious sauce to Sop up over the bed of noodles or some sort rice I make to go with!
I’ve made a cheeseburger “version” of this have for years and it is to die for omg! Must make tomorrow!!! ?. It’s all your fault! But a good fault!
The “growths” I love it!!!
Thanks for posting this. I will for sure snipe around for which can only be simple deliciousness right up my alley! :))
Yay so glad you love it!
I love this recipe I am making it again tonite !!!!
Yum! That sounds great! Hope you love it :)
I can not wait to make this tomorrow for dinner. The only thing I will change is I will use an Italian cheese only because my daughter does not like swiss cheese. This may make it taste a litter more like the French onion soup you order out.
LOVE to hear that!! Thanks for letting me know Eric!!
I made this for dinner last night it was soooo good! Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for the recipe :)
Hmmm…so many things would be great, even something as simple as rice or roasted asparagus. I would keep it simple since the chicken has so many flavors. Hope you love it! I appreciate you stopping by!
Need a side dish to go with this chicken. Thank you in advance.
I hope you loved the recipe! I would love it with mozzarella! Thanks for stopping by :)
This looks and sounds amazing! Trying it tonight with mozzarella because we don’t do Swiss hope it turns out just as good!!
They do get a bit soggy, I kind of liked them that way because it reminded me of the soup. But you can put them in at the end if you prefer them crunchy! Hope you love the recipe!
Do the croutons get soggy if you put them in before the chicken is completely cooked?
Yay! So glad you loved it!
Made this for dinner tonight. Absolutely amazing!!!!!!
I used the French Onion Soup, it had actual onions in it…Not just a broth. Hope that helps!
Hey Marla, sorry I’m just now getting back to you, we just got back from Europe. I didn’t add anything extra to the soup other than what’s listed in the recipe. If she prefers a thinner base she certainly could! Your version sounds AMAZING!
Hey this is a great idea…though I made a few changes.
My grandmother would come back from her grave and beat me with her wooden spoon if I used can soup….
So I made my own in about 25 minutes and added lots of fresh mushrooms and not quite as many “growths”. lol. We’re on a diet here….and I used Gruyere cheese on top because its very low salt.
I passed this on to another onion lovin friend who asked if you were supposed to add the can of water to the canned onion soup as most brands direct you to before cooking??
Recipe looks awesome but I have just one question: Do you use condensed onion soup or ‘heat and eat onion soup’? Thanks
I love to hear that!!!
Love it when I open my email and there’s what we will have for supper tonight! Looks delicious! Thanks for another keeper. :)
I’m so glad you loved it!!!
This was so good! My family loved it! It was my first time cooking with French Onion soup.
I love to hear that!!! Thanks so much for letting me know!
It was awesomely delicious. And so quick and easy to make. It will definitely be made again! :D
Hope you love it Karin!
I think it would work just fine in the oven, but haven’t tried it that way yet. But yeah, definitely add the cheese and croutons at the end and I don’t think you’ll have any problem!
Has anyone tried doing this in the oven? I’m curious how it would be if I do it that way and add the croutons and cheese right at the end… Making this tonight one way or another;)
Making this tonight. It looks so yummy.
Hope you loved it Ruth!!
I’m trying this today. Seemed like an easy fix for my family before I leave to class. It looks delicious, hoping it is :D
I like them a bit soggy, because it reminds me of the soup. You could wait to add them until the very end and they should stay crunchy. Hope that helps!
Thanks becky.. cook more and more okey! he he
I just made this and the croutons got really soggy. What did I do wrong?
Wow I just saw you live in Malaysia! That is amazing that you found the site. Thanks so much for saying hi, made my day!
Thanks so much Jaren, hope you love the recipe if you try it!
My mouth is watering right now and it is not even 8 am! This looks to die for!! Must make soon!!
Wow! fantastic new receipe. I love cheesy. Thanks becky for sharing. :))
Reena, Malaysia
Thanks Nita! I just bought croutons in the salad dressing aisle at my grocery store. I think they were Reese brand. Hope you love the recipe!
Please tell me what type/flavor croutons y’all used in this recipe? It sounds
soo YUM-O I can’t wait to fix it!!!
I agree Nancy! Thanks for stopping by :)
This sounds like it would be a winner in my house! Can’t beat chicken and cheese!
Thanks Amy!! I appreciate you stopping by!
What a great idea. Love French Onion Soup and you just gave us another way to enjoy the great flavors!
Thanks Kimberly! Hope you love it!
Thanks Amanda!
This looks amazing! French onion soup is my fave but I never make it because my husband and kids wouldn’t eat it. They would be all over this though!
this is a future “family dinner night” meal for sure yummm
Thanks Deb!!!
Haha, thank you Heather!! I love the growths too. Can’t leave the extra carbs out!!
This is such a fabulous idea, and can I just tell you how much I love those growths!? I’m so happy that you kept the bread in the dish. This French Onion lover is SO making this.
This looks like great comfort food! Love the flavors!
Thanks for stopping by Jeanine!
Hope you love it Melanie!
That cheese! I have hands down the best Valentine ever! Can’t wait to give this a try as I know everyone in my house will love it!
My husband would absolutely LOVE this! And I love easy recipes, so it’s a win-win!
Thank you Sara!! Yeah I figured I had to address the growth or people might wonder. Haha!!
I know, my husband hates them too. I just didn’t tell him what this was and he loved it!! Haha.
i WISH there was a way I could convince my man to eat onions. This looks freakin delicious!!!
You totally had me rolling with the “chicken had a growth” comment. This is truly MY kind of dish and I can’t wait to share it with my family! Pinning!
Thanks Shelby!!! So sweet of you :)
This is a cool idea Becky! I’ve only ever thought of french onion soup, but put it on chicken? Yum!