This oven baked 3-ingredient chicken spectacular is one of those quiet little treasures that used to sit on handwritten cards in metal recipe boxes all across the Midwest. I first saw it in my mother-in-law’s box, dated 1965, written in her neat blue ink with a few splatters from years of Sunday suppers. It’s the kind of recipe a busy farm wife could pull together after church: simple pantry ingredients, no fussy steps, and a smell that fills the whole house.
The chicken bakes up golden and tender under a caramelized onion soup glaze that bastes it as it cooks. You make this when you want something comforting, reliable, and just old-fashioned good.
Serve this chicken straight from the glass baking dish with a big spoon for that glossy onion glaze. It’s wonderful over fluffy mashed potatoes or buttered egg
