Smothered and Covered Chicken and Gravy Recipe | Virginia Willis

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
• Coarse salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 4 chicken leg quarters (2 pounds)
• 2 onions, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, very finely chopped
• 1 cup homemade chicken stock or reduced-fat low-sodium chicken broth, warmed
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 bay leaf, preferably fresh