Homemade Chicken in Grandma’s Sauce: Childhood Recipe 👵

Ingredients

🍈 30 ml. extra virgin olive oil
🍗 1.5 kg of chicken (we recommend using thighs)
🧂 Salt to taste
🌶️ Ground black pepper to taste
🧅 1 medium onion (about 200 g.)
🧄 2 cloves of garlic
🥕 1 medium carrot (about 150 g.)
🍃 1 bay leaf
🌿 1 teaspoon thyme
🌿 1 teaspoon of oregano
🌾 1 tablespoon of wheat flour (25 g.)
🍲 800 ml. chicken broth
🍷 Half a glass of dry white wine (125 ml.)

Today, we are going to prepare a very traditional chicken recipe from Spanish cuisine. A humble dish, with ingredients that are easy to find, inexpensive and that will give us a tasty and delicious dish. Today we prepare chicken in grandma’s sauce.

Surely you also have the memory of many Sundays at your grandmother’s house, a house filled with the smell that came from the kitchen when our dear grandmother prepared this dish, a smell that comes from her sauce, the reduction of white wine and the sofrito . Obviously, like every master, grandmothers also have their own book. Each grandmother gives her special touch to this recipe. Surely yours has always had it. We have rescued our favorite recipe, the most traditional and the one that is followed in most homes and restaurants to prepare this great dish .

In addition to being a classic, this dish is very easy to prepare and even beginners will be able to easily make grandma’s chicken in sauce, without having to go to grandma’s house loaded with tupperware to fill. In addition to this grandma’s chicken in sauce, we recommend that you take a look at other chicken in sauce dishes that we have on the blog, such as the traditional recipe for chicken in almond sauce , or the Andalusian stew in sauce , chicken thighs in beer sauce , chicken in cream sauce , the classic chicken al chilindrón , orange chicken , or something more elaborate like chicken meatballs in pepitoria sauce .

You can eat this dish as is, although you will give it an extra quality if you accompany it with a garnish . We recommend that you serve it with white rice, some baked potatoes , some roasted potatoes or some stewed potatoes.

Grandma’s Chicken in Sauce Recipe

Step by step preparation

🧂 Step 1: Season the Chicken

Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Place a saucepan over high heat with the olive oil to warm up.

🧅 Step 2: Prep the Vegetables

While the oil heats, prepare the garlic, onion, and carrot. Leave the garlic cloves in their skins, finely chop the onion, and dice the carrot into small cubes.

🍗 Step 3: Sear the Chicken

Once the oil is hot, add the chicken and sear until golden brown on all sides (about 2 minutes per side). Remove the chicken and set aside on a plate.

🔥 Step 4: Cook the Garlic

Lower the heat to medium and allow the pan to cool slightly. Add a little more olive oil, then cook the garlic cloves for about 1 minute on each side.

🧄 Step 5: Sauté the Onion and Bay Leaf

Add the onion and bay leaf to the pan, stirring well. Use a spatula to scrape up any browned bits from the chicken for extra flavor. Add salt to taste, and cook the onion for about 5 minutes.

🥕 Step 6: Add the Carrot

Add the diced carrot to the pan, mix everything, and cook for another 5 minutes.

🌿 Step 7: Add Seasonings and Wine

Increase the heat slightly and add the flour, thyme, and oregano. Stir everything into the sofrito to combine, then add the wine and cook for 1-2 minutes.

🍲 Step 8: Add Chicken Broth and Return Chicken

Pour in the chicken broth and wait for the mixture to start boiling. Add the seared chicken back to the pan, ensuring it is well covered by the broth.

🕰️ Step 9: Slow Cook

Lower the heat to medium and let the stew simmer for about 40 minutes, until the chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened.

🍽️ Step 10: Serve

Let the dish rest briefly before serving. Enjoy your delicious chicken in grandma’s sauce!

More Chicken Recipes

Garlic Chicken Recipe  |   Andalusian Stew Recipe  |  Chicken Minced Meat Soup  |  Catalan Stew Recipe  |  Chicken Shawarma Recipe  |  Chicken Pepitoria Recipe  |  Chicken Döner Kebab Recipe  |  Chicken Stir-Fried Rice Recipe  |  Chicken Mushroom Stew Recipe

Tips for a perfect chicken in grandma’s sauce

• Grandma’s chicken in sauce will be better if the chicken is free range. As always, if you use quality ingredients, you will greatly improve the dish.
• We recommend that you cook the sauce over low heat so that it has even more flavour. Patience and love in the kitchen are essential to achieve good dishes.
• The longer you let the dish sit once it’s cooked, the better the overall flavor will be. But don’t serve it cold because you’ve waited so long.
• You can use a commercial chicken broth that you buy at the supermarket, although we recommend that you make a homemade one, because the recipe will be much tastier. 
• We have preferred to use chicken thighs for this recipe as it is the most tender and juicy part, but you could prepare it with a whole chicken cut into pieces. It depends on your preferences, there are many people who also add the breast.

Want more chicken recipes?

Try our flavorful Garlic Chicken Recipe for a simple yet delicious meal, or dive into a hearty Andalusian Stew Recipe rich in traditional flavors. For a comforting bowl, our Chicken Minced Meat Soup is perfect, while the classic Catalan Stew Recipe offers a taste of authentic Catalan cuisine. And if you’re craving something with a Middle Eastern twist, don’t miss our Chicken Shawarma Recipe — perfectly spiced and ideal for a quick, satisfying meal.

Homemade Chicken in Grandma’s Sauce: Childhood Recipe 👵