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!
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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. For an extra flavor kick, try adding in some caramelized onions.
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
- Chicken Marsala
- 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
French Onion Chicken Skillet
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!
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Nutrition Information
I looked but did not see a response to the question asked regarding if this recipe used the cream of onion soup. Cream style or only with the liquid/broth style soup? Where I live they haven’t had the broth style soup in many years. I could just make up a batch of the Lipton brand soup to get the liquid style broth. Please let me know as I would love to make this ASAP! Thanks for posting this recipe
This does not use cream of onion soup. It uses canned French onion soup, so Lipton should work just fine!
This is amazing! So simple, yet delicious. My son was checking that there was more before I even got to sit down. If you love French Onion soup, you will love this recipe.
That’s great! Thanks for sharing, Michelle!
This recipe is just as advertised!! It is over the top on the scale of deliciousness for something so easy to make. It is a go to recipe for guests or family eating. Bravo to the creator.
Thanks for sharing, Sherry!
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’m glad you all loved it so much!! Thanks for trying out my recipe :)
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!
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.
YAY! Love to hear that :) :)
did you add water to the can of soup, or just pout it into the pan right from the can?
Straight from the can
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.
I’m so glad you loved it!
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).
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 :)