Chicken Stroganoff in a creamy mushroom gravy is a quick dinner ready on the table in 30 minutes!
If you love a traditional beef stroganoff, try our irresistible Chicken Stroganoff recipe! Golden skinless chicken breasts smothered in a full-flavoured stroganoff sauce for an easy weeknight dinner.
Chicken Stroganoff has never been better…
STROGANOFF RECIPE
Seasoned chicken breasts perfectly browned in our favourite oil/butter mix creates beautiful browned bits in the pan, creating incredible flavours in our gravy. And this recipe makes PLENTY of sauce!
Ready in minutes and so versatile, you’ll love cooking chicken stroganoff for your family or guests. It’s much easier than beef stroganoff: no slicing beef and batch cooking to get browned pieces. This recipe makes for easy and stress-free cooking.
I’ve copied our very own beef stroganoff recipe for the sauce here, because why mess with a good thing? Only a few tweaks are needed to add flour-dredged, well-seasoned chicken breasts at the end of cooking to thicken up the stroganoff sauce, just like our Chicken Marsala recipe.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN STROGANOFF
If your chicken breasts are large and thick, you’re going to slice two in half horizontally to make four fillets. (No pounding necessary.) You can also use tenderloins if you prefer.
Lightly season chicken with garlic and onion powders, paprika, salt and pepper. We’re starting off with plenty of flavour here, and we keep it going in that delicious Stroganoff Sauce!
Dredge in flour to get crispy, browned edges while keeping chicken breasts moist in the centre. (To make chicken stroganoff low carb, leave out this part of the recipe.) Then pan fry them in a butter/oil combo.
STROGANOFF SAUCE
There’s nothing like a good amount of sauce to serve with chicken breasts. Think Creamy Garlic Chicken Breasts, Quick & Easy Herb Chicken or Lemon Parmesan Chicken.
The one sauce that you’ll love even more is a good great Stroganoff Sauce. However, it’s not just any regular mushroom sauce, it’s the addition of spices, mustard and sour cream that makes it a stand-alone gravy.
Mushrooms are browned well first which, combined with the crispy bits left over in the pan from searing the chicken, makes an incredible start for a seriously full-flavoured Chicken Stroganoff gravy.
Once you’ve aded your seared chicken back into the pan, let the sauce simmer for a couple of minutes to:
- Let the chicken cook through completely
- Thicken the sauce with the coating on the chicken.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH STROGANOFF
Traditionally stroganoff is served over noodles or pasta. You can however serve Chicken Stroganoff with rice or mashed potatoes. Or keep it low carb and serve with cauliflower mash, zucchini noodles or sautéed green beans!
MORE CHICKEN BREAST RECIPES
Juicy Oven Baked Chicken Breast
Easy Cajun Butter Chicken Breasts
Crispy Chicken Parmesan (Parmigiana)
Balsamic Baked Chicken Breast With Mozzarella Cheese
Chicken Stroganoff
Ingredients
CHICKEN
- 2 large chicken breasts cut in half horizontally to make 4 fillets
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cracked pepper
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
STROGANOFF GRAVY/SAUCE
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic crushed or minced
- 1 pound brown mushrooms sliced
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ cup dry white wine substitute with chicken stock/broth
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 cups low sodium chicken stock broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch pepper to taste
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley or chives, chopped to serve
Instructions
- Season chicken all over with garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Dredge each chicken breast in flour. Set aside.
- Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sear the chicken until browned, (about 4 minutes each side). Transfer to a plate, set aside.
- Melt the remaining butter in the pan. Sauté the onions until transparent. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant (about 30 seconds), then add mushrooms and cook until golden, about 4 minutes. Scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet (=flavour). Add in the mustard and paprika, mixing well to coat mushrooms.
- Pour in the wine (or stock) to deglaze the pan, and let reduce for about 3 minutes while stirring occasionally to mix all of the flavours through.
- Add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute, then add the broth/stock and Worcestershire sauce. Mix well to incorporate and let simmer while stirring occasionally, until the sauce begins to thicken slightly, about 2-4 minutes
- Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in sour cream. It may 'look' split, but the sour cream will melt through the sauce while it heats through. Let simmer until sauce is smooth and creamy, about 3-4 minutes, then season with salt and pepper.
- Return chicken breasts along with juices on the plate to the pan. Simmer for a further 2 minutes until the chicken is completely cooked through. (If sauce is too thin, simmer for a minute or 2 longer until the sauce thickens from the floured coating on the chicken.) Remove from heat.
- Garnish with parsley or chives. Serve over noodles, pasta, mashed potatoes or rice.
Sarah says
WOW! So good. Exactly as written…ok, we did add more mushrooms because we love mushrooms. Thank you!
Louise anderson says
Wonderful moist inside the chicken and super creamy flavours. This went down very well with the family. Did add some coriander and parmesan on the top. Definitely going on the rota. Thanks you.
Kristy says
First time I have ever made A chicken stroganoff and it was amazing! Didn’t feel heavy after eating either.
Followed all the steps exactly as written. Absolute perfection. Saving the recipe and will make again.
Spencer Leak says
Absolute knockout recipe. The whole family demolished it 👍
Sara says
I don’t have the Dijon mustard will it still be good?
Elina Aghazadeh says
The recipe was perfect, it was absolutely the most delicious thing i have ever made. But im also in love with the fact that there is diet commercials all over the website 😂
Jeff N. says
Sorry I was so excited about the recipe I forgot to rate it. Definitely a 5 Star ++++++
Jeff N. says
Was looking for a sauce to whip up fast with leftovers. We had chicken breasts left over with roasted cauliflower and broccoli and a couple of cups of Ancient grain rice, I also had mushrooms in the refrigerator. Sliced up the chicken breasts and followed the receipt served it over the rice with the reheated vegetables and and I was totally impressed!!! It was fast and incredibly delicious!!! Will definitely serve this when we have guests come over. Thanks A Million!!!
Roger says
Clearly you have done a lot of work to perfect this recipe. Merci beaucoup for posting it.
Martha says
This was great! I would eat it without the meat.