Description
Creamy Mushroom Chicken is a sumptuous dish featuring tender chicken breasts enveloped in a rich, velvety mushroom sauce. Perfect for cozy dinners or impressing guests, this recipe combines simple ingredients to create a restaurant-quality meal right in your kitchen. With a delightful blend of flavors and textures, it’s sure to become a family favorite!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1.5 lbs)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 8 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tsp fresh thyme
Instructions
- Prepare your ingredients by chopping garlic and slicing mushrooms.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, add olive oil. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper, then sear for 6-7 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked through. Remove from skillet.
- In the same skillet, sauté garlic and mushrooms for about 5 minutes until golden brown and fragrant.
- Pour in chicken broth, heavy cream, and soy sauce; stir and let simmer for five minutes until slightly thickened.
- Return chicken to the skillet, cover with sauce, add thyme, and cook for an additional few minutes.
- Serve hot over rice or pasta.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast with sauce (about 6 oz)
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 7g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 38g
- Cholesterol: 150mg