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Chicken with Mushroom Parmesan Sauce over rice on a plate.

Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce Recipe

Zona House
This Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce is easy and delicious, ready in just 30 minutes. The chicken is pounded flat then coated in a crunchy Panko breading and fried until crispy. The creamy sauce is packed full of mushrooms, Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
4.73 from 18 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Chicken-Poultry
Cuisine American
Servings 2
Calories 760 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Chicken:

  • 2 small boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • Salt and pepper
  • ½ cup flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup Japanese Panko bread crumbs
  • 1 ½ Tbsp cooking oil

For the Sauce:

  • ¼ cup chicken broth
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 4 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • ⅛ cup chopped fresh basil
  • ⅛ tsp ground black pepper

Instructions
 

For the chicken:

  • Gently pound chicken between two slices of plastic wrap until 1/2 inch thick.
  • Season chicken with salt and pepper.
  • Prepare 3 shallow dishes. Place flour in the first. Place egg in the second and whisk until beaten. Place Panko bread crumbs in the third.
  • Dredge each chicken piece in flour and shake of excess.
  • Dip each chicken piece in beaten egg.
  • Coat each chicken piece well in Panko bread crumbs.
  • Preheat oil in a medium frying pan over medium heat.
  • Fry chicken until golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes on each side.
  • Place chicken pieces on a wire rack over a baking sheet and keep warm in oven set on 200 degrees F.

For the sauce:

  • Add broth to same skillet. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and stir to loosen browned bits from pan.
  • Stir in heavy cream and mushrooms. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
  • Reduce heat and add Parmesan cheese, fresh basil and black pepper. Stir sauce and cook until heated through.
  • Serve mushroom Parmesan sauce over chicken.

Notes

  • We serve this chicken and sauce over a bed of long grain and wild rice which is delicious together.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 760kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 41gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 232mgSodium: 867mgPotassium: 725mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1215IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 238mgIron: 4mg
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