Chicken Breast in a Wild Mushroom and White Wine Sauce

Ingredient List

Notes
Recipe can be scaled up for large groups. Use 1/2 chicken breast per serving.

Cooking Time:
Total Time: 30 Minutes
Prep Time: Overnight Minutes
Cook time: 25 Minutes

Instructions

Step 1: Marinade and Prep
Trim and butterfly each chicken breast.
Pound chicken so all pieces are roughly the same thickness.
Each piece should be roughly 1 inch thick.
Marinate chicken in white wine with herbs and seasoning for 1 hour or overnight covered in fridge.
While chicken marinades: Peel and chop onion, slice mushrooms, prepare spice & herb mix in a bowl.

Step 2: Sear Chicken
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Pat chicken dry before cooking.
Heat oil in a large pan.
Add chicken.
Cook 2 minutes per side.
Discard marinade.
Remove and place in large oven safe dish.

Step 3: Roast Chicken
Add enough liquid from the sauce to oven dish with chicken to partially cover chicken.
Cook for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
Check liquid halfway through.
Add wine if sauce has cooked off.
Continue to simmer sauce on low heat adding wine as needed for liquid.
Add 1/2 stick butter to sauce.
Once butter has fully melted, reduce stove heat to low and cover until ready to serve.

Step 4: Make Sauce
While chicken roasts, in pan used for chicken, add onion.
Cook 1-2 minutes on Medium heat.
Add water if onion starts to burn.
Add garlic.
Cook 1-2 minutes.
Add mushrooms.
Cook 5 minutes.
Add herbs and seasoning mix and tomato puree.
Add chicken stock cube or liquid.
Add 1 cup of white wine. Increase stove temp to High.
Allow sauce to cook.
Add wine as needed as liquid cooks off.

Step 5: Finish and Serve
Remove from oven.
Plate chicken and add mushroom sauce over chicken.

Notes

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Categories:
Chicken

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