Skillet Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
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Creamy Mushroom Skillet Chicken is a must-have dinner recipe! Lean chicken breasts are pan-seared until golden brown and they become the perfect base for this rich, flavorful mushroom sauce. Trust me, it’s a recipe you’ll want on repeat!
Tasty Creamy Mushroom Skillet Chicken
I’m loving skillet chicken recipes lately (if you have noticed, this is the third one I’m sharing in a row). They are quick, easy, and so versatile.
You get perfectly seared chicken breasts that are covered in a rich and creamy, lightly herbed, perfectly garlicky, slightly cheesy mushroom sauce and together it’s the perfect blend of flavor. This creamy mushroom chicken recipe would also be amazing with chicken thighs.
The recipe does seem like it has a lot of steps and ingredients but after you’ve made it once it should go quickly the next time around.
Now I just need to figure out how to get my husband and kids to love mushrooms like I do so I can add this one to my weeknight dinner rotation.
What Should I Serve with This Creamy Mushroom Chicken?
- Pasta like spaghetti or linguine
- Couscous or orzo
- Fluffy rice or rice cauliflower
- Steamed asparagus or broccoli for a low-carb option
- Roasted Vegetables
- Baked Potatoes
- Best Mashed potatoes
Skillet Recipes to Try
I love a good skillet recipe because it limits the dishes I need to clean, and a pan sauce really takes your meal to the next level. You can customize your meats and sauce ingredients to keep things interesting, and it all comes together in 30 minutes or less! Check out these other skillet recipes I’ve created:
- Skillet Honey-Lime Chicken
- One Pot Skillet Lasagna
- Skillet Lemon Parmesan Chicken with Zucchini & Squash
- Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
- Skillet Seared Salmon with Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing
Get yourself a cast-iron skillet you love and start adding these to your weekly dinner plan.
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Skillet Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 (10 - 11 oz each) chicken breasts, butterflied and halved
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 10 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 1/4 cups + 1 Tbsp low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp each dried thyme and oregano
- 2 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/3 cup finely shredded parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley , for garnish
Instructions
- Let chicken cutlets rest at room temperature 10 minutes (while gathering and prepping remaining ingredients).
- In a shallow dish whisk together flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Heat olive oil in 12-inch skillet over medium high heat.
- Dredge both sides each piece of chicken in flour mixture then place in hot oil in skillet. Cook until bottom is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Rotate and cook opposite side, reducing temperature just slightly if needed, until golden brown on bottom and chicken is 165 in center, about 4 - 6 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm.
- While chicken is cooking, melt butter in a separate skillet over medium heat then add mushrooms and garlic and saute until mushrooms just begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
- Once chicken has been cooked and removed from skillet, leave skillet over medium-high heat and pour 1 1/4 cups of the chicken broth into skillet (the chicken skillet), while scraping up browned bites from the bottom.
- Add mushroom mixture to broth in skillet as well as thyme and oregano. Bring to a boil, then reduce to medium-low and let simmer until reduced by about 1/2, about 4 - 5 minutes.
- Whisk together remaining 1 Tbsp chicken broth with cornstarch. Pour into chicken broth mixture in skillet and allow to gently boil, while whisking constantly, 1 minute.
- Stir in parmesan and cream, season with pepper to taste and a little salt if needed, then return return chicken to skillet. Garnish with parsley and serve chicken warm, spoon sauce mixture over top.