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Creamy Mushroom Chicken
30 min total10 prep20 cook2 servings520 cal
KetoLow-CarbClassicContains dairy
Seared chicken thighs simmer in a rich pan sauce of browned mushrooms, garlic, cream, and thyme, built from the same skillet the chicken cooked in. It's a bistro-style dinner with deep flavor that comes together in one pan in about 30 minutes.
Ingredients
meat
- 4chicken thighs
dairy
- 2 tbspbutter
- 120 mlheavy cream
produce
- 250 gcremini mushrooms
- 2 clovesgarlic
- 1 tspthyme
pantry
- 100 mlchicken broth
- 0.5 tspsalt
- 0.25 tspblack pepper
Steps
- Pat the chicken thighs dry with paper towels and season both sides with the salt and black pepper.
- Slice the mushrooms and mince the garlic.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the chicken thighs and sear for 5-6 minutes per side, until golden and they reach an internal temperature of 74°C (165°F). Transfer to a plate.
- Add the remaining butter to the same skillet and sauté the mushrooms for 4-5 minutes, until browned and their liquid has evaporated.
- Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Pour in the chicken broth, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, and simmer for 1 minute.
- Stir in the heavy cream and thyme, and simmer gently for 3-4 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Return the chicken to the pan, spoon the sauce over the top, and simmer for 3-4 minutes until heated through.
- Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning with more salt and pepper if needed.
- Serve hot, spooning the mushroom cream sauce generously over the chicken.
Tips
- Don't crowd the mushrooms — cook them in a single layer so their liquid evaporates and they brown instead of stew.
- Deglazing with chicken broth after searing the chicken lifts up all the browned bits, which is where most of the sauce's flavor lives.
- Simmer the cream sauce gently, not at a hard boil, so it thickens smoothly without separating.
- Chicken thighs stay juicier than breast meat if you cook a minute or two past 74°C (165°F), so don't panic if you slightly overshoot.
