Easy Chicken Stroganoff: Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Rice
About the Creamy Mushroom Chicken
For this Chicken Stroganoff Recipe, you only need a few ingredients. The Creamy Mushroom Chicken with rice is super easy and quick to prepare and still tastes like it’s straight from grandma’s kitchen.
I use chicken breast, cut into strips. After a quick sear, the chicken is removed from the pan. Then the mushrooms and chopped onion are sautéed together.
Next comes the creamy sauce, made by stirring together flour, broth, half-and-half, and spices to create a roux. Add the chicken back into the pan and let it cook in the sauce for a bit. Serve with some lemon juice, rice, and parsley.
Ingredients for Creamy Mushroom Chicken with Rice:
- Chicken breast
- Mushrooms
- Oil
- Red onion
- Garlic
- Flour
- Cooking cream (half-and-half)
- Vegetable broth
- Lemon juice
- Salt and ground black pepper
- Parsley
- Rice
For the rice, I prefer to use Basmati rice. It only takes 10 minutes to cook and it’s my personal favorite. Basmati rice is also available in convenient cooking bags.
Although organic meat is very expensive, I prefer to use organic chicken breast and cut it into strips myself.
When it comes to mushrooms, make sure to use fresh ones. The same goes for garlic: A fresh bulb tastes much better than dried garlic powder.
You can use cooking cream with 15% fat or, for example, half-and-half. Heavy cream is not necessary for this recipe, as the cream sauce becomes really creamy on its own.
Easy Chicken Stroganoff: Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Rice
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500 g) boneless skinless chicken breast
- 8 oz (250 g) mushrooms
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (250 ml) half-and-half or any cooking cream
- 1 cup (250 ml) vegetable broth
- 1 splash of lemon juice
- salt and ground black pepper
- parsley - fresh or frozen
- 1 1/4 cups rice - uncooked
Instructions
- In a pot, bring water to a boil and cook the rice according to the package instructions.
- Cut the chicken breasts into strips. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan/skillet and fry the chicken over high heat for about 2 minutes on each side until crispy. Meanwhile, clean and slice the mushrooms, and chop the onion.
- Remove the chicken from the pan and season it with salt and ground black pepper. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in the same pan and fry the mushrooms and onions over high heat. Reduce to medium heat, add the garlic to the pan and fry briefly.
- Sprinkle with flour, stir briefly and gradually add the vegetable broth and heavy cream while stirring. Let the sauce simmer and thicken while stirring until it reaches the desired consistency. Season with salt and ground black pepper.
- Return the chicken to the pan and let it simmer briefly until cooked through. Finally, season with a few splashes of fresh lemon juice and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
- Serve the Chicken Stroganoff with the rice and some parsley on top.
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