this One Pot Chicken with Mushroom Sauce It’s the perfect weeknight dinner!This pan-fried chicken recipe uses juicy chicken breasts braised in an easy and delicious way mushroom sauce. Serve with white rice, pasta, or cauliflower rice for an easy, hearty dinner.
Easy Skillet Chicken with Mushroom Sauce
i’m about one pot meal. They really are the best. I mean, who wants to come home after a long day and clean up multiple pots and pans? not me!
This One Pot Chicken with Mushroom Sauce is the perfect weeknight meal. Simple to make but best in taste. This skillet chicken recipe has aromatic veggies and a comfortingly delicious sauce. Ready in 20 minutes total, this is a dinner the whole family will love.
Plus, you can enjoy it knowing you won’t have to spend a lot of time cleaning up the kitchen after dinner! win!
Can you cook chicken in a pan without drying it out?
Absolutely! Especially if you cook it in a delicious mushroom sauce. While there are ways to keep chicken from drying out, there’s really nothing to worry about with this recipe.
Since the chicken is cubed, it cooks very quickly, reducing the risk of the chicken drying out. It also spends most of its cooking time simmering in a delicious mushroom sauce, which adds tons of flavor and plenty of moisture!
materials needed
- chicken: You will need to cut 1 lb boneless chicken breast into even pieces.
- oil or butter: Olive oil or grass-fed butter work well with roasted chicken.
- Salt and Pepper: All you need to season your chicken is a little salt and pepper. The sauce adds so much flavor!
mushroom sauce
- butter: All you need is a little butter for extra flavor and sautéing.
- Aromatics: We’re making a savory base with sautéed garlic and onions.
- Creamy Mushrooms: Cremini mushrooms are like baby portobello. I love the flavor they add to this dish. If you can’t find cremini, portebello or regular white mushrooms will work too.
- broth: I used organic chicken bone broth, but feel free to use what you have on hand.you can also make a Homemade Chicken Soup In the Instant Pot or Slow Cooker!
- wine: A little red wine deepens the flavor of the sauce.
- Herbs and Seasonings: We season our sauce with a simple combination of thyme, bay leaf, sea salt, and freshly ground black pepper.
How to Make One-Pot Chicken with Mushroom Sauce
This easy skillet chicken recipe takes 20 minutes total! Here is a brief summary of the recipe:
- Roast Chicken: Heat oil or butter in a skillet. Once hot, add the diced chicken and fry until browned. Remove from pan and set aside.
- To make the sauce: In a saucepan, add more butter, onion, and garlic. Saute for a few minutes, then add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes.
- combine: Return chicken to skillet with chicken broth, red wine, thyme, bay leaves, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until thickened.
How long does the chicken take to cook in the pot?
It depends on the size and thickness of the chicken you are cooking. For this skillet chicken recipe, I like to cut up the chicken. Smaller pieces allow the chicken to cook faster than a whole chicken breast.
If you’re looking for a more specific time estimate, plan for 2-3 minutes of browning followed by 8-10 minutes of simmering in the sauce.
hint: Cut the chicken evenly into pieces! We want pieces that are the same size so they cook at the same rate!
How do you know when the chicken in the skillet is done?
The best way to know when chicken is cooked is to check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer. It should be 165ºF.
How do you thicken the mushroom sauce?
The mushroom sauce will naturally thicken as it simmers in the pot and the water will evaporate. It will also thicken as it cools. With that in mind, I wouldn’t do anything to change the texture right away.
If you really want a thicker mushroom sauce, you can thicken it quickly by adding a cornstarch slurry. Just combine equal parts cornstarch and water and stir it into the sauce (very little at a time) until you get your desired texture.
service suggestion
Chicken with Mushrooms is definitely a light meal on its own, so I like to serve it up:
how to store
Leftover Chicken with Mushroom Sauce will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. It can also be wrapped tightly and stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.
To reheat, if frozen, thaw in the refrigerator, then heat on low on the stove until warmed through.
One Pot Mushroom Chicken
This One Pot Chicken with Mushroom Sauce is the perfect weeknight dinner! This fried chicken recipe uses juicy chicken breasts simmered in a simple yet delicious mushroom sauce. Serve with white rice or cauliflower rice for an easy, well-rounded dinner option.
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Cooking time: 20 minutes
- total time: 30 minutes
- yield: 4 1x
- category: dinner
- method: frying pan
- 1 lb boneless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
- pinch fine sea salt
- pinch black pepper
Mushroom Sauce:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 container of cremini mushrooms (can be divided into others!)
- 1 cup chicken soup
- 2 tbsp wine
- 2 spring thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cut chicken into cubes and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- in a frying pan Heat oil or butter and fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes without fully cooking it. Put the chicken on a plate.
- in the same frying pan Add butter, diced onion and minced garlic. Saute for 2-5 minutes or until tender and fragrant.
- Add the mushrooms and sauté for 5 minutes, stirring frequently to cook the water.
- Return chicken to skillet.
- Add chicken stock, red wine, thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 8-10 minutes, until the sauce thickens. Serve!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: when delivered
- Calories: 335
- sugar: 1.9 grams
- sodium: 225 mg
- fat: 17.7 grams
- Saturated fat: 6.5 grams
- carbohydrate: 5 grams
- fiber: 0.9 grams
- protein: 36.5 grams
- cholesterol: 116 mg
