Cheesy French Onion Chicken
with Garlic Bread & Lemony Roasted Carrots
- Milk
- Soy
- Wheat
We can never resist a rich, brothy bowl of French onion soup—especially when it’s topped with a crouton and cloaked in a layer of melty cheese. That’s why we were over the moon when our chefs brought all those same flavors and textures to this weeknight dinner. Seared chicken cutlets are topped with caramelized onion that’s cooked down with beef stock, fresh thyme, and butter. Next, they’re smothered in gooey Swiss cheese. Of course, we couldn’t forget the crusty dipper—here, it’s homemade garlic bread for soaking up every last drop of sauce. Now, what should we French onion next?
Ingredients
¼ ounce
Thyme
1 unit
Onion
12 ounce
Carrot
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Beef Stock Concentrate
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
2 slice
Swiss Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
1 unit
Demi-Baguette
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
3 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Olive Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into ½-inch-thick pieces. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Strip thyme leaves from stems until you have 1 tsp (2 tsp for 4 servings); mince leaves. Zest and quarter lemon.
• Toss carrots on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. • Roast on middle rack until browned and tender, 20-25 minutes.
• While carrots roast, heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5-7 minutes. (TIP: Add splashes of water if onion begins to brown too quickly.) Reduce heat to medium. • Stir in minced thyme and ½ tsp sugar (1 tsp for 4 servings). Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is lightly caramelized, 3-5 minutes.
• Stir stock concentrate, 2 TBSP water (4 TBSP for 4 servings), and a squeeze of lemon juice into pan with onion; scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pan. Cook until reduced and saucy, 1-2 minutes. • Turn off heat; stir in 1 TBSP butter until melted. Season with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice if desired. Transfer to a small bowl. Wipe out pan.
• Place 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in a second small microwave-safe bowl; microwave until just softened, 10-15 seconds. Stir in ¼ tsp garlic powder (½ tsp for 4). (You’ll use the remaining garlic powder in the next step.) Season with salt. • Halve baguette; spread cut sides with garlic butter. When carrots have 4-5 minutes left, carefully place baguette halves cut sides up on same sheet; toast until golden.
• While garlic bread toasts, pat chicken* dry with paper towels; season all over with remaining garlic powder, salt, and pepper. • Heat a drizzle of olive oil in pan used for onion over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 3-5 minutes per side. • In the last 1-2 minutes of cooking, top chicken with caramelized onion and Swiss cheese; cover pan until cheese melts.
• Carefully toss roasted carrots with lemon zest. Halve garlic bread on a diagonal if desired. • Divide chicken, carrots, and garlic bread between plates. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the French onion-inspired taste, with caramelized onions and melted cheese creating a rich, savory flavor 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Some found it time-consuming with multiple steps, but others praised how quick and simple it was to make.
- Suggestions: Consider dicing the onions for better texture; try chicken stock instead of beef for a lighter flavor.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned it reheated well, tasting even better the next day as leftovers for lunch.
- Sides: Many wished for a green vegetable instead of bread; some suggested adding rice or potatoes for a more filling meal.
Reviews from our home cooks
Yummy and comforting! Love French onion soup and this meal brought on the comfort food appeal! The chicken with the caramelized onions blanketed with swiss cheese was perfect! Add the toasted garlic bread and the roasted carrots and I felt like I'd been hugged. The simplicity of the preparation of these recipes and the gourmet results have brought back the joy of cooking to me.
Where to begin! This dish was so flavorful! All one needs to do is close their eyes and they are whisked away to a quaint bistro on the French Riviera. The garlic seasoned chicken was perfected with a creamy sauce loaded with caramelized onions and hints of thyme, topped with swiss! Carrots roasted to perfection and a toasted garlic butter baguette that completes this hearty and delicious dish! An absolute hit! Loved this dish a lot!
The flavor of the chicken was DIVINE. LOVED how it really stuck together and was a fun take on french onion soup. The carrots were delicious. I morally object to garlic bread not having actual garlic, so added my own minced garlic to the butter.
This was very tasty and have already shared the recipe with my sister. Love the lemony roasted carrots. The topping for the chicken really tasted like French onion soup, so terrific as is!
The onions are what makes this dish - onions sauteed with fresh thyme, sugar, beef stock, lemon juice and finished with butter make this a very flavorful chicken dish. Carrots are a healthy and easy side and the garlic bread was a good addition.
The flavor of the chicken and the oniony-cheesy topping was spectacular. I think I may have ordered this before but it's okay because it was so good. I changed up the carrots and steamed them and drizzled honey on them. So good that way.
Absolutely love this take on french onion soup. The mushroom gravy is a great topping. I threw in a bit of garlic powder here and there and this easily became one of my favorite HF dishes.
The onions were perfect, adding so much flavor to the chicken! The lemon was the perfect addition, we couldn't get enough of it, and the bread was perfect for sopping up the leftover sauce.
This was amazing. It really did taste like French onion soup on top of chicken. I would love to see a regular French onion soup on the Hello Fresh menu someday too.
The carrots and French bread was very good, but the chicken was not. The combination of the lemon, onions, and cheese was fairly off putting. It has been one of our least favorite meals.
