Skillet Chicken and Mushroom Wine Sauce Recipe
This Skillet Chicken and Mushroom Wine Sauce recipe features fork-tender chicken in a flavorful and delicious white wine sauce with mushrooms. It’s a simple yet impressive dish perfect for a cozy dinner at home.
- Prep Time: 35 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 1 hr
- Yield: 6 servings
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan-cooking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Chicken:
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (5 to 6 oz each), cut in half horizontally into cutlets
Flour Mixture:
½ cup all-purpose flour (66g), ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, ½ tsp garlic powder
Mushroom Sauce:
12 oz mushrooms (cleaned and sliced), 4 tbsp unsalted butter, 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 garlic cloves (minced), 2 large shallots (sliced), ½ cup dry white wine, 1 ½ cups low-sodium chicken broth, ½ cup heavy cream, 2 sprigs fresh thyme, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 2 tsp cornstarch (dissolved in 2 tbsp water or broth)
Instructions
- Prepare Chicken: Pat chicken dry, cut in half horizontally, and pound to even thickness.
- Coat Chicken: Combine flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Coat chicken in mixture.
- Cook Chicken: Brown coated chicken in skillet with butter and oil.
- Cook Mushrooms: Cook mushrooms until dark; add shallots and garlic.
- Make Sauce: Deglaze pan with wine, add thyme, broth, mustard, and cream. Thicken with cornstarch.
- Finish Dish: Add chicken to sauce, simmer, season, and serve.
Notes
- Chill chicken slightly for easier slicing.
- Substitute white grape juice for wine if needed.
- To double sauce, double all ingredients starting at Step 4.
- Caramelize mushrooms well for best flavor.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 309 kcal
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 301mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 17g
- Cholesterol: 83mg
