Tender chicken smothered in a creamy homemade onion and garlic gravy Whenever I make Southern Smothered Chicken, it reminds me of my childhood- when I lived in the 'hood. Every Sunday my mom would make a bigger than usual dinner, and it was always very southern. The table always had sweet cornbread, collard greens with ham hocks, potato salad, and whatever meat that was on sale when my mom went grocery shopping. Sometimes it would be ribs, or catfish, but most of the the time it would be ...