Elegantly savory and creamy, this Sparkling Chicken dish is cooked with a hint of sweet sparkling white wine, together with heavy cream and mushrooms.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1½ tsp garlic powder
- 4 chicken breast halves,skinless, boneless
- 2½ tbsp butter
- 1 clove garlic,minced
- 4cups fresh mushrooms,sliced
- 1¼ cups sweet sparkling wine,such as Asti Spumante, divided
- 1½ cups heavy cream,or as needed
Instructions
- Mix together the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in a shallow bowl.
- Press the chicken breasts into the flour mixture to coat well.
- Set the coated chicken breasts aside on waxed paper. Do not stack.
- Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the mushrooms with ¼ cup of the wine for about 15 minutes until the mushroom juices have been absorbed and the mushrooms are beginning to brown.
- Push the mushrooms to the edge of the skillet and place the coated chicken breasts into the center of the pan.
- Brown the chicken breasts on each side for about 5 minutes per side and pour in the remaining 1 cup of wine.
- Cover the pan, and cook for about 10 minutes until the chicken is no longer pink inside.
- Remove the chicken breasts from the pan, and arrange in a warmed serving platter.
- Pour the cream into the skillet, bring to a boil over medium heat, and cook, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes until the brown flavor bits on the bottom of the skillet have dissolved and the sauce has thickened.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken, and serve.
