Directions
Simple rustic recipes are open amongst the tastiest and most flavorful. This chicken in mushroom gravy dish uses only a few ingredients and tastes like your grandma’s cooking!
What You’ll Need:
- 3-4 pieces of chicken thigh (about 1 – 1 1/2 lbs) with skin on
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 ½ cups sliced cremini mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms (you may use 1 or use both). You may also use button mushrooms but they are less flavorful
- 1 white onion roughly chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon flour dissolved in 1 tablespoon of water (optional)
- Parsley for garnish
Steps
1 Done | Let’s Cook a Tasty Chicken Dish!1. Use a heavy skillet or a Dutch oven for this dish. Place your pot over medium high heat and allow to get smoking hot before adding the chicken and the oil. Using a fatty chicken cut with the skin still on makes this dish very hearty and the resulting gravy extra delicious! |
2 Done | 2. Brown the chicken on both sides. This usually takes 2-3 minutes per side. Set aside. There should be about 4 to 5 tablespoons of fat in the pan at this point, if the chicken rendered too much fat, you may discard some. |
3 Done | 3. Reduce heat to medium and add the mushrooms and onion. Cook until the mushrooms and onions have wilted down. |
4 Done | 4. Add the chicken stock and season with salt and pepper to taste. |
5 Done | 5. Put the chicken back in the pan, bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium low after the stock reaches a boil. Cover and allow to stew together for 10 minutes or until the sauce has reduced or thickened a bit. For a really thick sauce, you may add a teaspoon of flour dissolved in a tablespoon of water in the last minute of cooking. |
6 Done | 6. Serve over steamed rice, couscous, buttered pasta, or with some bread. Either way, this dish is phenomenal! The dish can serve 2-4 persons depending on portion sizes. |
