Pan fried chicken in a creamy white wine and garlic sauce with mushrooms. I love this for a luxury dinner served with sauteed potatoes and greens.
Ready in 25 minutes it makes a tasty and impressive date night dinner or a lovely alternative to a Sunday roast.

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One of the things that makes this dinner great for date night is that Chris lovingly gives me all of his mushrooms.
I’ve been working on him for 17 years to get him to eat mushrooms, and I can still only get him to eat them when they’re chopped up into tiny pieces and hidden in something like spaghetti bolognese.

I get that they’ve got a unique texture, but I just don’t understand what’s not to love!

This particular recipe serves 4, as I think it makes a nice family meal or dinner party meal too.
But you can easily scale it down if you’re just serving it for two.


What do we need?

Ingredients for chicken in creamy white wine sauce on a wooden table
  • Chicken breasts – I’m using 4 chicken breasts, but if you like you can use two large ones and slice them in half horizontally to give you four fillets.
  • Salt, pepper and thyme for seasoning
  • Onion and garlic for flavour
  • Mushrooms because yum.
  • For the sauce – white wine, chicken stock and double/heavy cream

How to make this chicken with white wine sauce

Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.

  1. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and brown them on both sides in a pan with a little oil.
  2. Add onion and mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes, then add garlic and thyme and stir together.
  3. Add white wine and bubble it up for 5 minutes, then add stock and cream.
  4. Cook for a further 3-4 minutes, then serve the chicken sprinkled with fresh thyme.
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What to serve it with

You can serve this tasty recipe with:


Pan with chicken in creamy white wine sauce and mushrooms, next to a bowl of green beans and a bowl of saute potatoes

Ingredient swaps

  • Try adding spinach, parmesan, asparagus or sliced leeks for a different spin.
  • Sprinkle with crispy bacon before serving
  • Swap the chicken for pork loin steaks for a nice change
chicken in creamy white wine sauce with mushrooms in a black pan

Watch how to make it

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4.97 from 27 votes

Chicken in White Wine Sauce with Mushrooms Recipe

Pan-fried chicken in a creamy white wine and garlic sauce with mushrooms. Ready in 25 minutes, it makes an impressive date night dinner!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: British, French

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 8 chestnut mushrooms sliced
  • 1 small onion peeled and chopped finely
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
  • ¼ tsp dried thyme or 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 120 ml (1/2 cup) white wine
  • 120 ml (1/2 cup) chicken stock
  • 180 ml (¾ cup) double (heavy) cream

To Serve:

  • fresh thyme
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Instructions 

  • Heat the oil on a large frying pan (skillet) over a medium/high heat.
    2 tsp vegetable oil
  • Season both sides of the chicken breasts with the salt and pepper.
    4 chicken breasts, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper
  • Add the chicken breasts to the pan and cook on both sides until golden (about 6-8 minutes). They don’t need to be cooked through at this point – they’ll continue cooking in the sauce.
  • Add the onion and mushrooms to the pan and cook for 3 minutes, until lightly softened.
    8 chestnut mushrooms, 1 small onion
  • Stir in the garlic and thyme and cook for the 30 seconds.
    3 cloves garlic, ¼ tsp dried thyme
  • Add the wine and turn up the heat to high. Bring to the boil, then simmer until almost all of the liquid has evaporated (this will take about 5 minutes).
    120 ml (1/2 cup) white wine
  • Stir in the stock and cream and heat through for 2-3 minutes.
    120 ml (1/2 cup) chicken stock, 180 ml (¾ cup) double (heavy) cream
  • Check the chicken is cooked by checking it's no longer pink in the middle, then turn off the heat and place the chicken breasts on 4 plates.
  • Spoon over the sauce and serve with your choice of sides (I love green beans and sauté potatoes with this dish). Sprinkle over the fresh thyme and serve.
    fresh thyme

Video

YouTube video

Notes

Can I make it ahead?
Yes, make the dish, then cool, cover and refrigerate for up to a day.
Reheat, covered in the oven at 160C/320F for 20-25 minutes or on the hob until the chicken is piping hot throughout.  You may need a splash of stock or cream to loosen as it will be a little thicker. 
Can I freeze it?
Yes, cook the dish then, cool, cover and freeze.
Defrost thoroughly in the refrigerator overnight, then take out of the refrigerator an hour before cooking to take the chill off the chicken breasts.
Reheat, covered in the oven at 160C/320F for 20-25 minutes or on the hob until the chicken is piping hot throughout. You may need to add a splash of cream or stock to loosen up the sauce a little.
Serving it for two?
Halve all of the ingredients except for the chicken stock (keep that at 1/2 cup/120ml) and cook as per the recipe.
Nutritional Information is per serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 481kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 51g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 206mg | Sodium: 814mg | Potassium: 1120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 729IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. Chrissy Eversole says:

    5 stars
    Delicious and easy! I cut the chicken breast in 1/2 and tenderized them. I also doubled the amount of chicken broth and heavy cream. Added a lil chili flakes for a kick, and wilted fresh spinach in the sauce right before serving. Thin spaghetti cooked al dente made this dish a hit!

  2. KimmieTwo says:

    4 stars
    This tasted very good, but the sauce was very thin. I let the wine evaporate completely before adding cream and broth. I was afraid to add a thickening agent at the end, like flour or corn starch thinking it would change the taste, which again was excellent. I only had 3 breasts and used white button mushrooms . Could that be why the sauce was thin?

  3. Noah hope says:

    Would this sauce go well with fresh chanterelles. How would you deal with the mushrooms regards this sauce for a roast chicken dinner as a gravy? Today I found my first chanterelles, after 4 years looking/foraging, and want to make a sauce/gravy for a roast chicken dinner tomorrow. Thanks for any tips.

  4. Carrie. L says:

    5 stars
    Wow thank you thank you!
    So delicious! I added half a bag of raw spinach and covered it right before all the wine boiled off for just a few then finished with the stock and cream!
    Was a hit!!!!!

  5. Sophie says:

    I made this food tonight for me and my partner as my local Italian does the same dish and I wanted to recreate it. And OMG it was just even better than the restaurants 🙂 thank you so much for the recipe and I highly recommend to anyone to make this dish!!!

  6. Sue H says:

    5 stars
    Oh my! This was delicious! Thanks Nicky 😊

  7. Matthew says:

    Great recipe thank you so much!

  8. Fran Collins says:

    5 stars
    I have made this Chicken recipe many times now and my family love it!! Thank you Nikki X

  9. Teri says:

    5 stars
    Just cooked this for Sunday lunch. Cooked smoked, streaky bacon along with the chicken and then added finely diced leeks with the mushrooms and onions. We’ve both thoroughly enjoyed a very nice lunch as a result. I might just add a little flour coating to the chicken next time to thicken the sauce slightly, but all very tasty and a very easy recipe to follow, thank you.

  10. Lauren Gray says:

    5 stars
    Delicious and easy recipe to follow. Garlic bread to soak up the sauce. Well impressed and added to my recipe collection. Thanks 🥰