Chicken Gravy and Mashed Potatos

     At the beginning of the week Matthew and I sit down and discuss what we are going to eat for the next two weeks and get food accordingly, that way we always have a plan, and aren't wondering what we are going to eat day by day.

     Well tonight on the calendar it said "Chicken and mashed Taters"  I know how to make mashed potatoes, that wasn't  problem, it was trying to figure out what to do with the chicken, yeah i could have breaded it, but I didn't have any breadcrumbs, I thought of fried chicken, but I don't know how to make that, my mom suggested italian chicken (I will give you that recipe later) but that wouldn't taste good with mashed taters and gravy. My mom though told me to do this, and this is what I did:

    -Take as much chicken as you want (I used one breast)

Make sure it is thawed and put in two plastic baggies, and beat with a meat tenderizer, wooden spoon, or anything else you can find to beat it, make sure you don't break it, you just want it as flat as possible.

    -Put into a skillet and put 1/4 of an onion kinda thinly sliced with the chicken, put 3 tablespoons butter, salt, pepper, and garlic on top. Add 1/4-1/2 cup water. Let cook all the way through and flip once. Once I thought it was all the way cooked through I cut it into thirds just to make sure, don't over cook it by making it dry. Let the water boil off and crisp chicken and onions till your liking. 

    -In a saucepan bring 2 cups water and 3 tablespoons chicken bouillon to a boil. Add chicken and onion from skillet, let sit 5 minutes. 

    -Take chicken out and shred or chunk. 

    -Add back to saucepan, add one can of cream of chicken soup, and 4 more cups of water, stir till the cream of chicken is combined, let simmer for 7-10 minutes. 

    -Add three tablespoons cornstarch and enough water to make the cornstarch not thick but not runny. Mix well in a bowl before adding to the gravy. Add to the gravy stirring the whole time and add till its to your liking of gravy. let simmer 2 minutes, taste and add any other seasons. 

Cooking Note: I always flavor it more after I have added the cornstarch, because it mutes your flavors just slightly. And its hard to judge what it will really taste like before the cornstarch.

     Your gravy is now done!!!

     It tasted amazing!! I am not a big chicken person, and was worried about the chicken being dry, but it was very tender and most. I ate a lot of it, I may have to make more taters because I made a lot of gravy.