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Chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce recipe

Stove Top Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

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

Method
 

  1. Split breast: Cut each breast in half horizontally to form 4 thin steaks in total.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Add parmesan: Stir in parmesan, taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
  9. 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