Hello 2016! I am making this one skillet chicken dinner smothered in garlic and mushroom cream sauce on repeat this year. This is the latest addition to my one skillet chicken dinner family. We need more 30 minute meals that are easy to pull together on a weeknight. Enter this chicken dinner with veggies and sauce built right into 1 pan. A new year definitely called for a new spin on the recipe. We’re using the same basic ingredients, minus the lemon juice, add the mushrooms. Can you tell my new years resolution has something to do with eating more veggies when the first post of 2016 is my favorite recipe from 2015 revamped with veggies? Is it obvious? You guys, we’re barely 4 days into the new year and it’s been a roller coaster already! Not that i’m complaining or anything. And what’s that saying about the first week of the new year being crazy busy means your whole year is probably going to be the same way? Oh there’s no saying? Well, i’m ready to assume this year it going to be Legend—wait for it— dary. Yes, i’ve officially binge watched 6 seasons of How I Met Your Mother, thankyouverymuch. So this weekend, we FINALLY did some decorating around the house. The gallery wall is up. It took me a month to gather the strength. I’m crazy meticulous when it comes to wall hangings. If it’s crooked it drives me nuts. Forever. I’ll stare at it’s imperfections day in and day out until it drives me to the point of insanity. Hence, why we took our time. It took almost 5 hours to get it done but it’s so worth it. At least that’s what i’m telling myself. It was the hubby’s birthday on Saturday so we did kind of a low key dinner and I made a massive chocolate pie because this is a tradition of ours. I make Anees the most chocolatiest (that should be a word) dessert I can think of. Last year it was a 10 pound chocolate cake. Maybe I went a little overboard with that one? :/ And we ended Sunday off with a bang – throwing the bestie/ ex-neighbor a le-chic baby shower. And when your bestie is a lifestyle blogger, she insists on making her own decorations! So the banner, the large tissue flowers, all made by Pennies for a Fortune. AND we served this dip at the shower and let me tell you, it was a BIG hit. Seriously, if you haven’t tried it yet, what are you waiting for? It’s addicting. And now back to my garlic and mushroom one skillet chicken in cream sauce. Instead of starting off with the chicken breasts, this time we’re sautéing off some mushrooms, letting them sweat up a bit in a little olive oil before the chicken gets it’s turn. We’re still using simple ingredients like butter, garlic, red pepper flakes, thyme, and mushrooms. It’s all pantry/refrigerator staples, folks. No need to run to the store. I used shallots in this recipe but if you don’t have any on hand, feel free to use red onions instead. What really makes this chicken dinner next level stuff is the chicken broth simmered with shallots and a big splash of heavy cream at the the end. The sauce is creamy and luxurious and is perfect to toss with some angel hair pasta! You can double the ingredients for the sauce and drizzle it on pasta or veggies. I served it up twice. Once with asparagus and the second time with pasta and with each time, I loved this garlicky mushroom chicken dinner a little more. Next time, i’m serving up crusty bread with this chicken so that I can mop up all the creamy garlicky sauce. YES. Just like my other one skillet chicken dinners, you can used chicken breast of boneless skinless chicken thighs for this recipe. Just make sure to pound the chicken down to the same thickness (between ½-¾ inch thick). I browned each side of the chicken for a couple of minutes. The chicken won’t be cooked all the way though but don’t worry, we’re going to finish the sauce and the chicken off in the oven before serving. Here’s to a new year and eating more one skillet chicken dinners with veggies covered with garlicky cream sauce! ????????????????
IS THIS A GOOD CHOICE FOR YOU?
Use boneless skinless chicken breasts/thighs that about the same thickness. I pounded mine down to about ½ inch.
*Please note: the nutritional facts calculated are an estimate based on the ingredients i’ve used. If you’d like a more accurate count, please calculate them using the ingredients/brands you’ve used to prepare the recipe. The nutritional facts provided is for ¼ of the recipe.
