Chicken Breast in Creamy Mushroom Sauce. Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Cream Sauce is an excellent go to if you are entertaining or want to prepare a meal for a special occasion. While the cream and cognac are a bit indulgent, this recipe is not as fancy as it seems. In this homemade cream of mushroom chicken recipe, pan fried chicken breasts are cooked to golden-brown perfection and cloaked in the creamiest, easiest white wine, lemon, and thyme mushroom sauce with a hint of cream.

This seared Chicken Breasts with our Mushroom Cream Sauce combines fresh thyme, fragrant mushrooms and your own cream sauce to make an incredible chicken dish which could be serve over brown rice or mashed potatoes. Once you taste the rich blend of cream sauce and these umami mushrooms, you'll never be able to go back to canned sauces. Remove the bay leaf, then season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper. You can cook Chicken Breast in Creamy Mushroom Sauce using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Breast in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

It's 3 tbsp of olive oil - divided.
You need 3 large of boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 2.5lbs - butterflied and split to make 6 thin halves.
You need 1/2 small of yellow onion - finely diced.
It's 8 oz of white button mushrooms - cleaned and sliced (shortcut, buy pre-sliced).
It's 1 clove of garlic - minced.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried thyme.
You need 1 1/4 cup of unsalted or low sodium beef broth or stock.
You need 2 tsp of balsamic vinegar.
You need 2/3 cup of heavy cream.
You need 1 tbsp of fresh grated parmigiano reggiano (just parmesan is fine, but use fresh grated for best texture).
You need of sea salt and black pepper.
Prepare of garlic powder.
It's of onion powder.

Serve the sauce over the chicken along with the cooked pasta. Pass the Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on top of plate. Creamy mushroom chicken is the perfect recipe when you need dinner on the table fast. Delicious, easy and a guaranteed family favorite!

Chicken Breast in Creamy Mushroom Sauce instructions

First thing, prep your onions, mushrooms and garlic. Set aside. To split chicken breasts: lay breast flat on clean cutting board, find the halfway point between top and bottom. Using a very sharp knife, carefully cut horizontally through the breast as if you would a butterfly cut. Instead of stopping when you reach the other side, finish cutting all the way through to completely split top and bottom. Repeat with remaining breasts so you have 6 thin breast pieces..
Season both sides of breast pieces with desired amounts of salt, pepper, garlic and onion powders. Heat a large, deep sided saute pan over medium heat. When hot (a drop of water "sizzles") add 2 tbs olive oil and swirl to coat..
Add chicken breasts to hot pan, arranged so they will all fit flat but not overlapping. Cook On the first side, untouched, for 5 minutes to get a nice, browned sear. When first side is done breasts will "release" from the pan easily..
Flip each breast to sear second side and finish cooking, about 5 minutes more, again untouched for best sear. Remove to plate, tent with foil to keep warm and set aside..
Add onion to hot pan and cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add sliced mushrooms, sprinkle minced garlic, thyme and a pinch of s&p on top, then drizzle with remaining 1tbs olive oil. Stir to combine everything..
Cook until mushrooms begin to exude their juices and shrink down, stirring frequently and scraping up brown bits that have been stuck to pan. About 5 - 7 minutes more..
Add beef broth. Increase heat to medium high to bring to a boil until broth has reduced slightly (not quite by half) about 5 - 7 minutes again. No need to stir more than a couple times here..
Reduce heat to medium low. Add balsamic vinegar and heavy cream. Stir to incorporate fully. Simmer some more until sauce begins to thicken. Again, this took about 5 minutes for me..
Stir in freshly grated cheese until melted into sauce, this will also help thicken some more. Return chicken breasts to pan, turn to coat in sauce. Turn heat to low, cover and let sit 5 minutes to warm chicken through..
Serve with sauce drizzled on top and a crisp side salad for a lower carb option, or any other desired sides. Enjoy!.

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