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Sour Cream & Onion Chicken

Sour Cream & Onion Chicken

with Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Carrots
4.5(632)254 Reviews
Sara Heilman
Sara HeilmanUpdated on March 28, 2026
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Calories
770 kcal
Protein
38g protein
Total
35 minutes
Difficulty
Medium
Allergens:
  • Milk

Sour cream and onion is good for more than just potato chips: here, the iconic flavor combo stars in a creamy, savory sauce you’ll serve over juicy chicken cutlets. Mashed potatoes pair perfectly with any extra sauce on your plate (you’ll want to get every last drop!), while roasted carrots give the dish just the right amount of earthy sweetness.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Serving amount

12 ounce

Potatoes

12 ounce

Carrots

2 unit

Scallions

4 ounce

Cream Sauce Base

(Contains: Milk)

1.5 tablespoon

Sour Cream

(Contains: Milk)

10 ounce

Chicken Cutlets

½ ounce

Vidalia Onion Paste

Not included in your delivery

Salt

Pepper

Cooking Oil

Butter

(Contains: Milk)

Sugar

per serving
Calories770 kcal
Fat45 g
Saturated Fat22 g
Carbohydrate54 g
Sugar15 g
Dietary Fiber8 g
Protein38 g
Cholesterol200 mg
Sodium950 mg
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.
Strainer
Peeler
Baking Sheet
Plastic Wrap
Meat Mallet
Large Pan
Potato Masher
Whisk
Medium Pot
Paper Towel

Cooking Steps

Start Prep & Cook Potatoes
1

• Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into 1⁄2-inch pieces. Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Reserve 1⁄2 cup potato cooking liquid, then drain. Return potatoes to pot. (You’ll finish the potatoes in Step 4.)

Finish Prep & Roast Carrots
2

• While potatoes cook, trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into 1⁄2-inch-thick pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. • Toss carrots on a baking sheet with a large drizzle of oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast on top rack until tender, 20-25 minutes.

Cook Chicken
3

• Meanwhile, pat chicken* dry with paper towels; place between two large pieces of plastic wrap. Pound with a mallet or rolling pin until chicken is about 1⁄2 inch thick. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned and cooked through, 3-5 minutes per side. Turn off heat; transfer to a cutting board. Reserve pan.

Make Mashed Potatoes
4

• To pot with potatoes, add 3 TBSP butter (6 TBSP for 4 servings) and season with salt and pepper. Mash until smooth, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. • Cover and set aside.

Make Sauce
5

• Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for chicken over medium heat. Add scallion whites and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30-60 seconds. • Whisk in cream sauce base, onion paste, and 1⁄4 cup water (1⁄2 cup for 4 servings). Cook, whisking, until slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes. • Remove from heat and whisk in sour cream and a pinch of sugar until smooth.

Finish Chicken
6

• Slice chicken crosswise and add to pan with sauce. Toss to coat.

Serve
7

• Divide mashed potatoes, chicken, and carrots between plates. Spoon any remaining sauce over chicken. Garnish chicken and mashed potatoes with scallion greens and serve.

Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.

Customer reviews

Review summary

Updated on Feb 2026
  • Flavor: Many loved the creamy, savory sour cream and onion sauce; some found it reminiscent of the classic chip flavor 🍲.
  • Ease of prep: Generally easy to prepare, though a few found it time-consuming or struggled with flattening the chicken.
  • Suggestions: Consider seasoning the chicken before cooking, adding garlic powder, or mixing in caramelized onions for extra flavor.
  • Portions: Some wished for more potatoes to complement the sauce; others found the chicken portions small.
  • Texture: A few noted the sauce was too thin; try reducing added water for a thicker consistency.
AI-generated from customer reviews

Reviews from our home cooks

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Rachel WilsonCooked for 2 people
|Mar 19, 2025

This was a new recipe for us & we loved it! The sour cream and onion sauce was easy to make and has a lot of flavor. We drizzled the extra sauce we had on the potatoes which was delicious. I also recommend mashing in 1 tbls of butter & 1 tbls of sour cream to the potatoes instead of 3 tbls of butter like the recipe says which seems like way too much especially bc there's enough sauce to drizzle on them too.

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Tessa WhitledgeCooked for 2 people
|Dec 4, 2024

This was very good! Although I needed an easy cooking night so I threw sliced potatoes in with carrots, seasoned the chicken and put it all in the oven. All that was left to do was the quick sauce in a small pan.

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Rachel JohnsonCooked for 2 people
|Dec 28, 2024

SO GOOD!!! I remember reading the description of the recipe and it was saying that you'll want to get every last drop of the sauce. The writers were so right because the sauce was AMAZING!! I LOVED this recipe!! The sauce went so well with the chicken and the mashed potatoes! I hope this recipe is one that sticks around because it is DELICIOUS!

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Sylvia WickerCooked for 3 people
|Apr 25, 2025

This was good but more involved than expected. Next time I will season the chicken a little bit more because I found it a little bland. But overall it was good and would order it again. I'm obsessed with the roasted carrots. Loved them and I won't make carrots any other way!

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Giovanna AguilarCooked for 2 people
|Nov 30, 2024

Delicious! Perfect dish! I love the creamy sauce for the chicken. I recommend adding onion salt to the sauce to bring a more onion flavor to it 🧅

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Jill BedowCooked for 2 people
|Apr 29, 2025

I think the mashed potatoes are better with sour cream than with 3 Tablespoons of butter. That much butter turned the potatoes very greasy.

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QCiuDx5SCY4yepi1pslXXCHNwzuYMy cMvxHx7hkKtt597I9qk80jbXmjjzfsCooked for 2 people
|Dec 5, 2024

Tasty and pretty easy to put together. Nice to know that sour cream and onion works well with chicken!

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Selene CarrCooked for 3 people
|Mar 24, 2025

Such a wonderful dish. Very filling and love the carrots and the chicken sauce was lovely.

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Carol KeenCooked for 4 people
|Dec 6, 2024

I know it's such a basic sounding meal such a regular thing you can do for sour cream and chicken, but it's so nice to put it together this easily.

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Cynthia HilemanCooked for 2 people
|Apr 19, 2025

A different spin on chicken. The white cream sauce is so delicious. It pairs well with the mashed potatoes and carrots.