Mom's Buttered Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs skinless chicken breasts or 2 lbs skinless chicken thighs
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 tablespoons texas pete hot pepper sauce (to taste)
• 2 (4 ounce) cans sliced mushrooms ("or" sliced fresh)
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 7 1/4 ounces cream of mushroom soup
• salt
• mashed potatoes, incorporated into meal (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 arrange chicken in baking pan or deep broiler pan.
• 3 pour apple cider vinegar over chicken pieces, followed by hot pepper sauce.
• 4 sprinkle chicken with black pepper and salt to taste.
• 5 whisk cream of mushroom soup into water until smooth, add to pan.
• 6 add mushrooms into liquid.
• 7 (for a better texture, try sautéing mushrooms in a little margarine before adding to pan).
• 8 bake for 45 minutes or until chicken is done and gravy is as thick as you'd like.
• 9 check occasionally during cooking, you may need to add water, and stir gravy to avoid scorching around edges of pan.