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Stove Top Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Chicken, Cream Sauce, Mushrooms
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients

CRISPY CHICKEN

  • 2 chicken breasts large
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • black pepper
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp butter

MUSHROOM SAUCE

  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 10 oz mushrooms sliced (button or Swiss brown)
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/4 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock
  • 1 cup thickened / heavy cream full fat
  • 1/2 cup parmesan finely and freshly grated

Instructions

  • Split breast: Cut each breast in half horizontally to form 4 thin steaks in total.
  • Dust with flour: Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with flour and use your fingers to spread it all over the surface.
  • Cook chicken: Melt 15g butter in a large non-stick frying pan over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook each side for 2 1/2 minutes until golden brown and just cooked through. Remove from pan, cover and keep warm.
  • Cook mushrooms: In the same frying pan, add remaining butter and increase heat to high. Add mushrooms and cook for 4 minutes, until starting to turn golden brown on the edges.
    cooking mushrooms in a pan
  • Add garlic later: Then add garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper, and continue cooking for another minute until both garlic and mushrooms are golden.
    cooking mushrooms in a pan with garlic
  • Deglaze skillet: Add white wine – it will bubble and be steamy! Cook for 30 seconds, scraping the bottom of the pan, until wine is mostly evaporated and the alcohol smell is gone.
    deglazing pan with mushrooms
  • Make creamy sauce: Add chicken stock, cook vigorously for 1 minute so it mostly evaporates. Then add cream, lower heat to medium and simmer for 2 minutes until it reduces and thickens slightly.
    adding cream sauce to a pan
  • Add parmesan: Stir in parmesan, taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
  • Finish chicken in sauce: Return chicken to sauce for 30 seconds (to warm through slightly.) Garnish with chives and serve as-is in the pan, for people to help themselves (or transfer to serving platter, if you prefer). Alternatively, serve a portion of chicken onto each plate, spoon sauce over and garnish with more chives.
    chicken in cream and mushroom sauce