Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken

Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken WITH an optional Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce! WHAT?! YES!

Calling ALL Garlic Mushroom lovers… this is THE chicken recipe of your dreams! Golden, crispy chicken on the outside; juicy and buttery on the inside; filled with two different types of cheeses PLUS the most delicious garlic butter mushrooms. With this Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken recipe, you can stop right here OR continue on and make the best creamy garlic parmesan sauce of your life. The choice is… as always…. YOURS!

This was something out of a dream. No, I’m completely serious. I woke up at 3 in the morning breaking into a sweat dreaming about this chicken. 

As I mentioned above, there are a couple of options with this recipe.

First, you are going to make the most irresistible buttery garlic mushrooms. Once they get stuffed inside your chicken breasts, you are going to COOK them IN THE REMAINING GARLIC BUTTER that by this stage is filled with beautiful pan juices left over from the mushrooms. Also, I should note that by this stage, your butter begins to brown and turn into a mushroom browned butter. After this is when you can make a decision based on preference, diet, hunger, and whatever else you base your decisions on.

Creamy sauce? Or no creamy sauce? THAT is the question.

Decisions decisions. Because said sauce is NOT just any sauce. PARMESAN GARLIC CREAM SAUCE. Yeah. There’s that.

Personally, I can’t decide, and I can’t help you, because both ways were just as good as each other. I tried both with pasta and rice, pouring both butter AND cream sauce on the two different options to help me choose, and BOTH WON. HOW DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN?

Then, if that’s not enough of a flavour bomb, the CHEESE oozing out of these Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken breasts is.just.too.much!

I’d love to hear which one YOU decide to make!

Want more stuffed chicken recipes?

Try our: Spinach Artichoke Dip Stuffed Chicken | Caprese Stuffed Balsamic Chicken | Skillet Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Parmesan | Margarita Pizza Stuffed Chicken

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Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken WITH an optional Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce! ALL Garlic Mushroom lovers... this is THE chicken recipe of your dreams! 

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 serves

Calories: 556 kcal

Author: Karina

Ingredients

Mushrooms:

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces (250 grams) brown mushrooms, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Chicken:

• 4 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless
• Salt and pepper, to season
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese

Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 large cloves garlic minced or finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1-1/2 cups half and half or use reduced fat cream or evaporated milk*
• 1/2 cup finely grated fresh Parmesan cheese
• Salt and pepper, to your tastes
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch cornflour mixed with 2 teaspoons of water (OPTIONAL FOR A THICKER SAUCE)
• 2 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley

Instructions

Chicken:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C or 400°F.

2. Melt butter in a large (over 12-inch or 30 cm) oven proof pan or skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant (about 1 minute). Add in mushrooms, salt and pepper (to your tastes), and parsley. Cook while stirring occasionally until soft. Set aside and allow to cool while preparing your chicken.

3. Pat breasts dry with a paper towel. Season with salt, pepper, onion powder and dried parsley. Rub each piece to evenly coat in seasoning. 

4. Horizontally slice a slit through the thickest part of each breast to form a pocket. Place 2 slices of mozzarella into each breast pocket. 

5. Divide the mushroom mixture into four equal portions and fill each breast with the mushroom mixture (leave the juices in the pan for later). Top the mushroom mixture with 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese per breast. Seal with two or three toothpicks near the opening to keep the mushrooms inside while cooking.

6. Heat the same pan the mushrooms were in along with the pan juices (the garlic butter will start to brown and take on a 'nutty' flavour). Add the chicken and sear until golden. Flip and sear on the other side until golden. Cover pan and continue cooking in preheated oven for a further 20 minutes, or until completely cooked through the middle and no longer pink.

7. Serve along wiht the pan juices with pasta, rice or steamed vegetables.

8. (To make the optional cream sauce, transfer chicken to a warm plate, keeping all juices in the pan.)

Sauce:

1. Fry the garlic in the leftover pan juices until fragrant (about 1 minute). Reduce heat to low heat, and add the mustard and half and half (or cream). 

2. Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer and add in the parmesan cheese. Allow the sauce to simmer until the parmesan cheese has melted slightly. (If the sauce is too runny for your liking, add the cornstarch/water mixture into the centre of the pan and mix through fast to combine into the sauce. It will begin to thicken immediately).

3. Season with a little salt and pepper to your taste. Add in the parsley and the chicken back into the pan to serve.

Recipe Notes

*Half and Half is an American product blending equal parts whole milk and light cream. If you don't have access to half and half, make your own with 3/4 cup full fat milk and 3/4 cup reduced fat cream.*

Nutrition Facts

Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken

Amount Per Serving

Calories 556 Calories from Fat 333

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 37g 57%

Saturated Fat 19g 95%

Cholesterol 166mg 55%

Potassium 760mg 22%

Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%

Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

Sugars 2g

Protein 46g 92%

Vitamin A 25.7%

Vitamin C 10.7%

Calcium 53.6%

Iron 7.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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