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Skillet Chicken and Mushroom Wine Sauce Recipe

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Skillet Chicken and Mushroom Wine Sauce is a delicious and elegant dish featuring tender chicken cutlets cooked to golden perfection and served in a creamy, flavorful mushroom and white wine sauce. This recipe combines sautéed mushrooms, shallots, garlic, and a rich sauce made with chicken broth, cream, and Dijon mustard for a comforting meal perfect for pairing with rice, potatoes, or noodles.

Ingredients

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Chicken

  • 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (5 to 6 oz each), cut in half horizontally into cutlets

Coating

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour (66g)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder

Mushroom Sauce

  • 12 ounces mushrooms, cleaned and thick sliced
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 large shallots, sliced thin
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • 1 ½ cups low sodium chicken broth
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 2 large sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons water or broth

Instructions

  1. Prepare Chicken Cutlets: Pat chicken breasts dry with paper towels and cut each breast in half horizontally to make thinner cutlets. Alternatively, place chicken breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound to an even thickness to ensure uniform cooking.
  2. Prepare Flour Mixture: In a shallow bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Set this mixture aside for dredging the chicken.
  3. Cook Chicken: Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until butter is melted. Dredge 3 chicken cutlets in the flour mixture, coating both sides and shaking off excess. Add the coated chicken to the skillet and cook about 5 minutes on one side until well browned, then flip and cook another 3–5 minutes until cooked through. Transfer cooked chicken to a plate and cover to keep warm. Repeat with remaining chicken cutlets.
  4. Sauté Mushrooms: Add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter to the skillet and heat until melted. Add sliced mushrooms and cook undisturbed until very dark on one side, then stir and turn them. Continue cooking until mushrooms release their moisture and the liquid evaporates, resulting in well-browned mushrooms for maximum flavor.
  5. Cook Aromatics and Deglaze: Add sliced shallots to the pan with mushrooms and cook until softened and beginning to brown. Add minced garlic and sauté for 30 seconds until fragrant. Pour in the white wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to deglaze and lift any flavorful browned bits into the sauce.
  6. Make Sauce: Add fresh thyme sprigs, low sodium chicken broth, Dijon mustard, and heavy cream to the skillet. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 5 minutes to reduce slightly. Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and bring sauce back to a gentle simmer to thicken.
  7. Finish and Serve: Return the cooked chicken cutlets to the skillet, warming and simmering in the sauce for about 5 minutes until sauce is thickened and chicken is heated through. Remove thyme sprigs and adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper as needed. Garnish with fresh parsley or extra thyme and serve hot with your choice of rice, potatoes, or noodles.

Notes

  • To make slicing chicken into cutlets easier, place breasts in the freezer for about 15 minutes so they firm up slightly.
  • Any dry white wine works well; Chardonnay is preferred. For non-alcoholic substitutions, use white grape juice or additional chicken broth.
  • For more sauce or gravy, double all ingredients starting with 2 extra tablespoons of butter in the mushroom cooking step, then double mushrooms, shallots, garlic, wine, thyme, chicken broth, mustard, and cream accordingly.
  • Ensure mushrooms are very dark on one side before stirring, and cook thoroughly until all moisture has evaporated for best flavor and texture.
  • Nutrition facts are estimated using the first listed ingredient alternatives and do not include optional garnishes.

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