Creamy Mushrooms & Chicken
- 1/2 cups Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1/2 cups Flour
- 1 Tablespoon Dried Sage
- 1 package Chicken Legs Or Pieces (5 Or 6 Pieces Total)
- 1 clove Garlic, Minced
- 8 ounces, weight Mushrooms, Sliced
- 4 Tablespoons Flour
- 3 cups Milk Or Half-and-Half
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- 1) In a large skillet, melt 4-5 Tablespoons of butter over medium heat.
- Once melted add a couple Tablespoons of olive oil.
- While butter and oil are heating up combine flour, sage and some salt & pepper (to taste).
- Throw a pinch of flour into butter/oil and see if it sizzles a little.
- If so, dredge chicken in flour mixture and carefully add to pan.
- 2) Cook until chicken pieces are brown on all sides, then place them in an oven-safe dish & cover with aluminium foil.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees, until cooked throughout.
- 3) While chicken is baking: The chicken should have absorbed most of the butter/olive oil in your skillet.
- If so, add a couple more tablespoons of butter to your skillet.
- Add garlic to pan and saute until slightly caramelized.
- Then add a couple more tablespoons of butter I did mention this was a Julia Child inspired recipe right?!?!
- and the mushrooms.
- Cook over medium heat until mushrooms have cooked down and are soft.
- 4) Next, add 4 Tablespoons of flour (NOT the flour you used to dredge the chicken, NO!
- That should have been tossed out already) to the mushrooms in pan.
- Slowly add milk (or half and half), stirring carefully.
- Turn heat to medium/low and let sauce simmer.
- It will slowly thicken, be sure to stir occasionally.
- Now, taste!
- (you may want to add more salt, pepper and even a couple more pinches sage.
- And hey, not buttery enough?
- Add a couple more tablespoons of that while you are at it!)
- 5) By now, your chicken pieces should be cooked thru remove them from the oven and place into your creamy, mushroomy sauce.
- Mmmmm.
- Let simmer for just a few moments.
- The chicken will soak up a little sauce, so you may want to add a smidge more milk.
- 5) Serve.
- NOTES: I cooked Angel Hair Pasta while the sauce was simmerin and a thickenin.
- To serve, I placed the chicken legs over the pasta and poured on all the yummy sauce.
- Be sure to make lots of sauce.
- This would be great over rice or mashed potatoes.
butter, olive oil, flour, chicken, clove garlic, weight mushrooms, flour, milk, salt
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/creamy-mushrooms-chicken/ (may not work)