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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.
How was this so simple, and how does it taste this good after only 20 minutes of cooking? I’m instantly obsessed. The thighs were perfect. The flavours! Are all of your recipes this good?!
This was fantastic! I deviated by simmering the chicken thighs covered just to make sure it was thoroughly cooked. Next time I will try to create more sauce. So good -thank you!
I’ve made this many times since I discovered the recipe – and each time it just disappears!! Thanks for so many great dinners!
This is my favorite new recipe! I add a little flour and water when cooking the mushrooms, and it makes a thicker sauce. I then serve it over pasta- usually farfalle or fettucini.
I made this for as a drop-off meal for a couple of friends in need and also got great compliments!
Thank you!
I don’t normally leave reviews, but my entire family loved this. I have an 8yr old and a 5yr old who are both picky and they both said it was the best chicken ever. My 5yr old even had me pack the leftovers for lunch the next day!
I just tried this. I like rosemary so I used it but next time I will reduce the amount by a smidge. Next time I will also try white wine reduction as I like my dishes to be a tad bit saucier. I usually don’t cook with much pepper and my children thought it was too spicy. Perhaps I added too much. So I Simmered theirs in some leftover French onion soup. I’ve tagged about 20 recipes from cafe delights to try. Can’t wait
I will be proudly serving this to my boyfriend’s parents for our dinner night. So good, so flavorful, and so easy to make. I’d highly recommend this for a quick, high-quality meal. I paired it with mashed potatoes and it was pretty much the ultimate meal. Great recipe!
This is my new favorite recipe! I never seem to get sick of it. What I’ve been doing is adding some flour and water when sauteeing the mushrooms, and it becomes more saucy and goes great over pasta!
Made this last night and put the recipe in our “Favorites” notebook right after dinner! Only used 4 bone-in thighs and cooked a few more minutes each side. Deglazed pan with white wine. Will try with lemon juice next time. Added 1 more T. butter with wine as it was a little short on sauce. Easy, flavorful, company worthy! Thanks…
Love it! I’m always interested in how others tweak my recipes.
I just did this and it was amazing. I chopped some onion before to put the butter and garlic in.
Already thinking to make this one to my in-laws next week.