I love chicken and I usually prefer to cook with dark meat rather than white meat for better flavor. This chicken with mushroom sauce is a simple, comforting and delicious dish.
I think that comfort food should never be seasonal and in Colombia we cook stews, soups and other comforting dishes like this one no matter how hot it is outside. This dish can be prepared up to one day ahead.
White rice and avocado are perfect accompaniments to this dish.
Enjoy it!
Ingredients
(4 servings)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 chicken thighs or legs
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 pound baby bella mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh parsley
- Fresh thyme
Directions
- Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper. In a large fry pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the chicken and cook, turning once or twice, until golden brown on both sides, about 8 minutes total. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
- Add the onion and sauté until barely softened, about 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and sauté until their juices are released, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes more. Add the chicken broth and heavy cream.
- Return the chicken and any juices from the plate to the pan and spoon the mushrooms over the chicken. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and braise the chicken until opaque throughout, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir in the thyme, parsley, cumin and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve warm over white rice.
Carla says
I also love the dark meat of the chicken, which was a learned experience for me. For years I woulld not touch it and always had to have the white chicken breast. Though I do prefer the thighs over the legs. I also love to cook with baby bellas. Your entire dish looks delicious.
Catalina says
Wow! What a beautiful picture!
Gloria says
Erica, me encnatan los champiñones, esta receta se ve muy rica, besoos, gloria
Kim says
That is one gorgeous picture Erica and it looks very enticing!
I love comfort food all year round too.
norma says
Esto es un plato casero. Tan rico y me encanta el aguacate
Christine @ Fresh Local and Best says
Oooo! This looks like a very comforting dish! I’m imagining how great the gravy sauce must taste.
MaryMoh says
Beautiful chicken dish. I love that with rice too. Maybe with another dish of vegetable stir fry.
tasteofbeirut says
Having tried this type of sauce before I can vouch that it is absolutely delicious!
girlichef says
YUM…gorgeous meal! =)
Sarah Naveen says
looks so colorful and yummy!!!
Ruth says
Love any creamy mushroom sauce and this one sounds perfect!
Faith says
I love chicken with mushrroms! The sauce in this dish sounds so flavorful!
Baking is my Zen says
Love the combination of mushrooms and chicken.
Carmen
grace says
i love me some chicken legs! great sauce, too, and even your accompaniments are perfect. well done, erica!
Ivy says
I used to like chicken thighs but now I prefer the breast. I could eat anything with mushrooms and this looks so good.
Erica says
Thank you all so much for the comments!
Empar says
Me encanta esa salsa!, yo suelo hacerla mucho con el solomillo de cerdo.
Probaré también con el pollo.
Un beso.
momgateway says
lovely mushroom sauce with cumin and thyme…..just starting to discover cumin in my cooking …so I will give this a try
Reeni says
I am a big believer of comfort food for anytime too! Your chicken is mouth-watering. What delicious sauce!
Chris says
Jeeze, Erica, that is straight out food porn! My wife loved the look of the plate and I agree with you on the dark meat, although I have to do white meat a lot for the family.
gen says
i just made this tonight and the whole family loved it!! even our 17 month old ate it up!!!! thank you!!!!!
Isabel says
I made this for lunch with slices of chicken breast as my husband does not like dark meat and he loved it!! the sauce was delicious. thank you for the recipe
Sara says
This recipe is fantastic! My 2 year old gobbled it up! Thank you for all these recipes. We have tried several and have really enjoyed all of them! Best of all, my husband is super happy that I am learning how to cook food he grew up on!
Wendy says
I made this for dinner tonight and it was absolutely delicious. I didn’t have thighs or drumsticks so I used breast, but I think it turned out good. My husband on the other hand suggested I use the thighs or drumsticks next time and he didn’t even know that the recipe called for the dark meat. This is a keeper for me. Gracias paisana.
Sweet y Salado says
I always make it with chicken breasts but this recipe looks delicious. I need to definitely try it!!!
Makeup Colombiana says
I tried this without the heavy cream and omg!! It was amazing! I loved it and my hubby loved it too!!