chicken & mushrooms with balsamic cream sauce
What a wonderfully flavorful chicken dish. Full of mushrooms, onions and garlic flavors with hints of thyme and balsamic vinegar. I think next time I will add spinach to this as well. Not only will it add nice color, but the spinach, garlic and balsamic go great together. The original recipe had this served with egg noodles, but I opted to serve this over mini penne pasta, (any pasta would suffice) I think it'd be great over rice too, white or brown. Enjoy! this recipe was adapted from centercutcook.com
prep time
10 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 8 ounces favorite pasta, cooked to package directions
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2" medallions
- - sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper and granulated garlic
- 2-3 tablespoons butter
- 8 ounces mushrooms, button or baby portabellas, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme, dried
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 1/2-2 cups chicken stock
- 1-2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, do not substitute another kind of vinegar
- 3 tablespoons cream
- 2 large handfuls of fresh baby spinach, if desired
How To Make chicken & mushrooms with balsamic cream sauce
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Step 1Prepare your pasta, set aside. Heat olive oil in large skillet, sprinkle chicken medallions with salt, pepper and garlic. When oil is hot, add chicken cook 3-4 min and flip, cook another 3-4 min. Remove from pan, cover to keep warm and set aside.
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Step 2Add butter to chicken skillet, when melted and hot, add onions and mushrooms, saute until onions are translucent. Add garlic and thyme, season with more sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper, cook 2 more minutes then sprinkle flour over top of onion mixture, stir well and cook 2 more min. Slowly pour in 1 1/2 cup stock, stirring briskly to incorporate flour, use whisk if needed. If sauce seems right consistency with 1 1/2 c of stock then stop there, if you want it thinner, add remaining 1/2 cup. Add in balsamic and simmer until thickened. Add in cream, chicken and spinach, if desired. Stirring occasionally until spinach is wilted. Serve over pasta.
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