Skillet Chicken Mushroom Dinner

Try this delicious Skillet Chicken Mushroom Dinner! It’s a gluten-free meal, made in one pan with tenders chicken breasts smothered in a savory garlic mushroom sauce. An easy weeknight or weekend meal that’s easy to whip up any day of the week.

Recipe Tips:

• This recipe calls for: You will need 2 chicken breasts. Keep in mind, it will make enough for 3 to 4 servings.
• Increase the amount: You can easily double the ingredients for more servings.
• Building flavors: Like most skillet recipes, we need to build the flavors. Each step is important to get the most flavor and aromatics from each ingredient, making the chicken savory and flavorful.

Ingredients Needed for Skillet Chicken Mushroom Dinner:

Our full recipe card is located at the bottom, along with our Video. For this skillet chicken dinner, you will need the following ingredients:

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts – choose a package of already cleaned chicken breasts and slice them in half.
• garlic – you will need at least 4 cloves of garlic for this recipe.
• onion – choose a small onion or 1/2 of a large onion.
• herbs – choose fresh parsley and basil for the fresh aromatic flavors they will add to this meal.
• seasonings – you will need salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and crushed red pepper flakes for this recipe.
• grated cheeses – choose a good quality of grated parmesan and pecorino cheese for the best flavor.
• extra virgin olive oil – and some butter are used to saute the chicken.
• white wine – choose any good drinking white wine to deglaze the pan.
• half and half – we prefer to use a light cream to add to the sauce.

How to prepare the chicken breasts?

For this recipe, we prefer to buy boneless and skinless breasts. We prefer to slice the chicken breasts horizontally to create thinner pieces. This will speed up the cooking process and ensure the chicken is fully cooked. Plus, it will give you additional servings.

What’s in the mushroom sauce?

Our mushroom sauce is very light and flavorful. The cream sauce is not your average heavy cream-based one. Instead, it is a mixture of extra virgin olive oil, fresh herbs, 2 kinds of grated cheeses, lots of minced garlic and onions, butter, and some light cream. Simmered with pieces of chicken breasts to finish them off, makes this meal truly exceptional.

Which mushrooms are best?

The best mushrooms are the white button mushrooms for this recipe. For the simple reason – they are the “most popular” mushrooms and can be easily found in any supermarket. *NOTE: We prefer the “already sliced” mushrooms to help speed up the prep work.

Do we rinse or rub the mushrooms?

Whether you purchase the mushrooms “whole” or “sliced” they will contain some dirt residue. We prefer to rinse the mushrooms thoroughly (and even a few times) to get rid of any soil. Then allow them to drain in a colander before cooking them.