Creamy Parmesan Garlic Mushroom Chicken

Submitted by agileangus

"Use thinly sliced chicken breasts to be ready in 30 minutes"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup heavy cream or 1 cup half-and-half
• 1⁄2 cup graated parmesan cheese
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups spinach

directions

1. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper to taste. In a large skillet add olive oil and cook the chicken on medium high heat for 3-5 minutes on each side or until brown on each side and no longer pink in center. Remove chicken and set aside. Add the mushrooms and cook until tender. Set aside.
2. To make the sauce, add the butter and melt. Add garlic and cook until tender. Whisk in the flour until it thickens. Whisk in chicken broth, heavy cream, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, pepper and salt. Add the spinach and let simmer until the sauce thickens and spinach wilts. Add the chicken and mushrooms back to the sauce and serve over pasta.

Reviews

[Redhorse89]

This looked like a very tasty meal, and with a couple of tweaks (out of necessity), turned out very nicely, served over farfelle.