Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Mushroom Chicken
Crisp bacon over mushroom chicken gives a creamy dinner a welcome little crunch. The golden chicken comes with plenty of savory sauce, and parsley keeps the finish fresh.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 40 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 11 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Chicken · Pork
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 31–60 minutes
A few quick notes
1. Reserve the crisp bacon
Cook chopped bacon until crisp, then take it out and keep it for finishing the chicken.
2. Cook chicken in the bacon fat
Season both sides of the breasts before cooking them in the bacon fat left in the pan.
3. Whisk broth in steadily
After adding flour to the mushrooms, pour in broth slowly while whisking constantly for the sauce.
Get to know the ingredients
Chopped bacon
Chop the bacon before frying so its crisp pieces are ready to scatter over the finished dish.
Sliced mushrooms
Use sliced mushrooms, seasoning them in melted butter and cooking until softened before adding garlic.
Cream options
Heavy cream or half and half are both listed, stirred into the thickened mushroom sauce at the end.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Sauce the chicken, then add bacon
Stir cream into the sauce, pour over the chicken and finish with reserved bacon and parsley before serving.
A little more help as you go
Keep the chicken covered
Set the cooked-through chicken aside under cover so it stays warm while you finish the sauce.
Garlic gets a brief cook
Add garlic only after the mushrooms soften, then stir in flour following the short garlic cooking stage.
A few questions you might have
Do I discard the bacon fat?
The chicken cooks in the bacon fat remaining in the pan after the crisp bacon has been removed.
When does butter go into the pan?
Melt it after removing the cooked chicken, then add mushrooms and season them with salt and pepper.
How thick should the sauce be before cream?
Simmer the broth mixture until just thickened, then stir in cream before pouring it over the chicken.
Is bacon mixed into the sauce?
Keep the reserved crisp bacon for sprinkling over the sauce-covered chicken at serving, together with parsley.
Does chicken cook only until browned?
The first chicken stage cooks the breasts until golden and cooked through before they are set aside.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: dinneratthezoo.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.
