Creamy Chicken and Mushrooms
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Creamy Chicken and Mushrooms
Description
Creamy Chicken and Mushrooms highlights bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs that are seasoned and seared to achieve a browned, crisp skin before finishing in the oven until cooked through. In the same skillet, a sauce is built by sautéing onions and sliced mushrooms until browned, then thickened with flour. Chicken broth and heavy cream are gradually added to create a velvety sauce infused with thyme, balancing richness and herbal notes.
The finished dish offers a contrast between the crispy chicken skin and tender meat paired with a mushroom sauce that is creamy and flavorful. The sauce clings to the chicken and is well-suited to complement starches like rice, mashed potatoes, pasta, or crusty bread for mopping up the sauce.
Options for variations include substituting heavy cream with whole milk or half and half for a lighter sauce and using boneless, skinless cuts with adjusted cooking methods. Omitting the flour can lower carbs but results in a looser sauce, which can be thickened with grated Parmesan cheese. Care is needed when cooking boneless or skinless cuts to avoid overcooking.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thigh bone-in, skin-on
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 yellow onion quartered and thinly sliced, small
- 16 oz. mushroom such as baby portobello/cremini, sliced
- 1 teaspoon thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried, fresh leaves
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F and line a baking sheet with foil.
- Heat the butter (1 tablespoon) with the olive oil (1 tablespoon) in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season both sides of the chicken thighs with kosher salt and black pepper, liberally. Sear the chicken skin-side-down for 3-4 minutes, or until it's browned and releases easily from the pan. Remove the chicken to the prepared baking sheet (skin side up). Bake for about 30 minutes, or until internal temperature of the chicken is 165 degrees F.
- While the chicken is baking, make the mushroom sauce. Add the sliced onion and mushrooms (16 oz.) to skillet along with a pinch of salt and pepper and the fresh thyme (1 tablespoon), and sauté over medium-high heat, stirring only occasionally, until mushrooms are browned (5-10 minutes).
- Add the flour (2 tablespoons) to the mushroom and onion mixture and stir to coat, continuing to cook for another one minute.
- Gradually pour in the chicken broth (1 cup). Stir and continue to cook over medium heat, until sauce has thickened. Stir in the heavy cream (1/2 cup). Turn off heat and taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
- When the chicken is done cooking, remove from oven and place in the skillet with the mushroom sauce, along with a spoonful or two of the juices from baking.
- Serve chicken with mushroom sauce on top.
Notes
- Serve with starches such as rice, mashed potatoes, pasta, or bread to enjoy all of the creamy mushroom sauce.
- You can lighten the sauce by using whole milk or half and half instead of heavy cream.
- For boneless, skinless chicken thighs, sear both sides thoroughly then make the sauce in the pan, returning chicken and its juices to finish cooking in the sauce.
- When using boneless, skinless chicken breasts, prefer thinner cutlets and avoid overcooking by following the boneless thigh method.
- To make the sauce lower in carbs, omit the flour, but expect a thinner sauce; stir in grated Parmesan cheese as an alternative thickener if desired.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 459 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 459kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 37g | 57% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Cholesterol | 159mg | 53% |
| Sodium | 345mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 702mg | 15% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 637IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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