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Chicken Breasts With Mushrooms
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If you find yourself in a chicken rut, break out of it with this simple yet outstanding recipe. A herby mushroom sauce is what sets this dish apart.
serves/makes:
ready in:
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
8 reviews
ingredients
1/2 pound mushrooms, cleaned and stems trimmed
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt, to taste
3 cloves garlic (to taste), minced or pressed
1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried rosemary
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth, or more as needed
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 skinless boneless, chicken breast halves
Chopped fresh parsley, rosemary or thyme leaves for garnish
directions
Make the mushroom topping: Slice the mushrooms, or, if they're small, quarter them. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and about 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. In a couple of minutes, they'll be sizzling and moist. They're releasing their own water, which will mostly evaporate.
When most of the liquid has evaporated, add the garlic, rosemary and thyme. Stir together for about half a minute, until you smell the garlic cooking. Add the wine and cook, stirring, until most of the wine has evaporated.
Add 1-1/4 cups of the broth, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste. Is there enough flavor? Add more salt or garlic if not. Grind in some pepper and toss.
The mushrooms shouldn't be glazed and the mixture shouldn't be watery; cook a few more minutes if it is. On the other hand, if it seems dry, add more broth. Keep warm while you cook the chicken breasts.
To pan-cook the chicken: Toss the chicken breasts with the remaining tablespoon of oil. Heat the grill pan or the skillet you used to cook the mushrooms after cleaning it and drying it over medium-high heat. Drop a bit of water into the pan; if it sizzles away at once, the skillet is hot enough.
Add the chicken breasts to the pan. Cook until golden, 3-5 minutes per side. Check one breast to make sure that it is cooked all the way through (it should no longer be pink in the middle). Remove from the heat and transfer to plates or a platter. Spoon on the mushroom mixture, sprinkle with the parsley or other herbs, and serve.
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tara
nutrition data
361 calories, 21 grams fat, 4 grams carbohydrates, 33 grams protein per serving. This recipe is low in carbs.
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reviews & comments
October 23, 2019
This was a soupy mess. Even after 10 minute reduction, I had to thicken the sauce with cornstarch. Will not make again.
The directions do say to cook it longer if it's still watery. It should have reduced down considerably after simmering for 10 minutes. The mushroom topping isn't really supposed to be a thick sauce as you can see from the picture. It's more about infusing the mushrooms with flavor to top the chicken.
November 6, 2016
Tasty, worth the time to layer the flavours.
June 20, 2014
I know this is probably a simple recipe but it's one of the more elaborate ones I've tried as I just don't cook much. That said, it was fantastic and I found it to be like restaurant quality since it uses all fresh ingredients. I will make this again. It was as hard as the recipe looked at first glance so even a non-foodie like me can do it.
November 2, 2013
Made this for the family but this recipe is good enough for guests too.
July 17, 2013
This was really tasty-I had no wine so I substituted two table spoons of Worchester sauce! YUMMY! I then added a can of cream of mushroom soup to thicken it up. There wasn't a drop left. I had left over chicken stock from earlier in the week when I had slow cooked a whole roaster/fryer chicken. This was tasty, we'll make this again.
February 14, 2013
This is an easy recipe with great I cooked this on our first anniversary for my wife and it was excellent simple, but tastes like you spent a lot more thyme (all pun intended)
April 15, 2007
It was very good. Excellent recipe that doesn't take too much time and effort. I don't think it turned out like it was supposed to. I didn't cut the chicken into small enough pieces but the flavor was very good.
January 31, 2007
Real easy, and my guests were impressed! Quick to do, but leave enough time for the sauce to reduce.