Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

• servings: 4 servings
• total time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts, large (boneless skinless, ~600-700g / 1.2 - 1.4 lb total, Note 1)

1/2 tsp salt

black pepper

1/4 cup flour

15g / 1 tbsp unsalted butter

30g / 2 tbsp unsalted butter

300g / 10 oz mushrooms (, sliced, button or Swiss brown)

1/4 cup dry white wine (sub more chicken stock, Note 2)

1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock

1 cup thickened / heavy cream (, full fat, Note 3)

1/2 cup parmesan

Rice

Broccoli

Directions

Split breast: Cut each breast in half horizontally to form thin steaks.

Dust with flour: Sprinkle each side of the chicken with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with flour and use your fingers to spread it all over the surface.

Cook chicken: Melt 15g butter or some oil 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. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, and continue cooking for another minute until the mushrooms are golden.

Deglaze skillet: Add white wine – it will bubble and be steamy! Cook for 30 seconds, scraping the bottom of the pan with a rubber or wooden spatula, until wine is mostly evaporated and the alcohol smell is gone.

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.

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.) serve a portion of chicken onto each plate, spoon sauce over.

Sides: serve with rice and some greens like broccoli, beans or asparagus.

Nutrition

• Calories: 571 kcal
• Total Fat: 39 g
• Saturated Fat: 22 g
• Cholesterol: 210 mg
• Sodium: 703 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 12 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 2 g
• Protein: 42 g