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Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs (LOW CARB) is a quick throw-together chicken recipe all cooked in one pan!
Golden seared chicken thighs in a delicious garlic butter mushroom sauce with a hint of herbs is THE weeknight dinner everyone raves about! The perfect dinner when you’re faced with minimal ingredients and no time. Serve these Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs over rice, pasta, mashed potatoes, OR lower carb options like mashed cauliflower or zucchini noodles! For something a little extra, they’re also amazing spooned over Fried Rice to soak up that rich, garlicky sauce.
Chicken Mushroom
Who doesn’t love this flavor bomb? Many readers have been writing in asking how to simplify this Cheesy Garlic Butter Mushroom Stuffed Chicken recipe. Of COURSE, I’m up for that and here it is! Garlic butter and mushrooms go hand in hand already, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. BUT throw in some juicy, golden chicken thighs and WHOA have mercy!
Boneless Chicken Thigh Recipe
We decided to use chicken thighs for this recipe because dark meat suits the natural juices released from mushrooms. Although we use chicken thighs, you can substitute them with skinless, boneless breasts or chicken tenders if you like, and follow the rest of the directions. This is an extremely forgiving recipe!
Simple Ingredients
With only a handful of ingredients, you’ll have one of the BEST and easiest chicken recipes hit your dinner table.
Once your chicken is seared, move on to your garlic butter mushrooms! Cook them in the same pan your chicken was in, scraping up any browned bits from the base of the pan for extra flavor in the mushrooms.
Garlic Mushrooms
The simple sauce of the buttery garlic mushrooms mixed with the seared chicken is what makes this Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs recipe amazing.
- Butter — we use unsalted to better adjust the saltiness in the recipe
- Garlic — use fresh or bottled minced garlic. Fresh is best!
- Mushrooms — brown or white mushrooms
- Herbs — we love thyme, rosemary, and parsley! Not a fan of those? Use whatever herbs YOU like!
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Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
For The Chicken:
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, around 6-8 fillets
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
For The Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 8 ounces brown mushrooms, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 1/2 – 1 teaspoon dried thyme, adjust to your taste
- 1/2 – 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, adjust to your taste
- 1/2 cup dry white wine or chicken broth
- salt and pepper, to season if needed
Instructions
- Pat chicken thighs dry with a paper towel and trim off excess fat. Combine the onion powder, garlic powder, herbs, salt, pepper and paprika. Coat the chicken evenly with the combined seasoning.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large pan or skillet over medium-high heat and sear chicken thighs in batches until browned on each side and no longer pink in the center (about 8 minutes on each side, depending on thickness). Add the remaining oil to cook the second batch. Transfer to a plate; set aside and keep warm.
- In the same pan, melt the butter and add the mushrooms. Cook until soft (about 3 minutes). Add the garlic, parsley, thyme, and rosemary; sauté until fragrant (about 1 minute). Add in the wine or stock and let simmer to reduce to half.
- Return the chicken to the pan. Taste test and season with salt and pepper to your taste. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I cook this ahead of time and serve a couple of hours later?
This recipe looks amazing but I need a dish I can make and then serve later. Will this still be good if I serve it a couple of hours after I cook it?
It was easy and delicious ?. Thank you Karina
I’ve made this a couple times and again yesterday..always a hit. Thank you for such a delicious recipe.
Do you think there is anyway (after browning) that this could be done the the slow cooker? Thank you!!
That is a great idea! I would love to hear how it turns out! Thanks so much for following along with me!
Hi! Does this recipe keep well to eat as leftovers? I’d love to make it but I cook for one 🙂 thanks!
If you have any left overs, yes, it will be great!!
Hi Karina, Thank you for this wonderful recipe as it’s right up our alley being Keto friendly. I love the way you write your recipes up as well that we here in Australia don’t have to convert the amounts as you’ve already done that for us, again thank you. To make it a little more flavourful I added some chopped bacon into the sauce and it was YUM!
This recipe is simply amazing, Karina! It is a perfect go-to-recipe for a stay-at-home-dinner with loved ones. The boneless thighs would absorb all the goodness and juiciness of the sauce; and because they are boneless, it would be easier to bite into the tender and flavorful meat. I saw in the photos that you used button mushrooms for this recipe; would it be OK to use other kinds of mushrooms?
AW!! That is so sweet of you! Thank you so much for sharing and letting me know! You are welcome to use any kind of mushroom you like. Enjoy! XO
I love this. I feel like just the mushrooms is a little light on veg for my family and have taken to throwing in some fresh peas at the end. This is so nice, and such a fast dinner for weeknights. Thank you for sharing.
That is great to hear! I am glad that it turned out and you can add to it next time! Thank you so much for sharing! XO
Where’s the recipe?
Thank you for letting me know! I am so sorry that the recipe went missing! My site had a malfunction for a period of time today and we are just getting things up and running. I apologize for the problem and how long it took. Thank you for your patience and following along with me! If you have any other questions or concerns please email me and I would love to help in any way that I can. XOXO Here is the recipe: https://cafedelites.com/garlic-mushroom-chicken-thighs/.