Creamed Chicken With Mushrooms Pearl Onions Sherry Food

CHICKEN AND MUSHROOMS IN SHERRY-CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and toss with flour and season to taste.
• In a large skillet, heat 1 tblsp of oil over high heat until hot but not smoking; brown chicken and transfer to a bowl.
• Heat remaining tblsp of oil until hot but not smoking and saute onions, garlic and mushrooms, stirring, for 2-3 minutes, or until golden.
• Add Sherry and lemon juice and deglaze skillet, stirring and scraping up brown bits.
• Stir in chicken, cream and broth. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Bring to a boil and boil until thickened.
• Arrange noodles on a platter, spoon chicken and sauce over and sprinkle with parsley.

CREAMED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS, PEARL ONIONS & SHERRY

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan, add pearl onions and swirl them around for a few minutes to season the butter. Remove the onions from the butter and set aside.
• Blend in the flour. Cook for 2 minutes to remove the raw flour taste, whisking continually, careful not to overly brown the roux.
• Add the chicken broth and cream and stir until thickened and smooth.
• Add the chicken and mushrooms and pearl onions and cook for 1 minute, or until mixture begins to bubble.
• Season to taste and then stir in the sherry.
• Simmer on lowest heat setting for 15 -20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Careful not to burn.
• Serve over toast points, puff pastry patty shells or rice.
• NOTE: Now you can get fancier than this but because this sauce is plenty rich, I used plain toast to make toast points. Toast several slices of a hearty white bread. Remove the crusts, and slice on a diagonal getting 2-4 triangles per slice.
• Serve with a side of peas.

CHICKEN WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and sprinkle both sides liberally with salt and pepper. Place 1/2 cup flour in a bowl and dredge the chicken in the flour. In a large (12-inch) ovenproof pot such as Le Creuset, heat the oil. Add the chicken in three batches (don't crowd them!) and brown lightly over medium-high heat for 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Remove the chicken to a plate and continue until all the chicken is browned.
• Add the whole garlic cloves, mushrooms, and thyme to the pot and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the sherry and cook for 1 minute, scraping up the brown bits. Add the minced garlic and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the wine, chicken stock, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper and bring to a simmer. Add the chicken (large pieces first), cover, and place in the middle of the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through (about 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer).
• Remove the chicken to a bowl and discard the thyme. With a fork, mash together the butter and 1/4 cup flour and add it to the sauce. Simmer, stirring constantly, over medium heat for 5 minutes, until slightly thickened. Season to taste (it should be highly seasoned), put the chicken back in the sauce, and serve hot.

EASY CREAMY CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat a little oil in a skillet and add chicken, fry over medium heat until the chicken is sealed.
• Add onions and continue to fry until they are starting to become transparent.
• Add mushrooms and fry for a further 3-5 minutes.
• Pour in the chicken stock.
• Mix in the flour paste and bring to a boil, simmer till sauce begins to thicken.
• Stir in the cream and herbs (if using) and serve imidiately over pasta, rice or potatoes.

CREAM OF MUSHROOM CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt the butter/margarine. Add the soup, water and milk. Stir together over medium heat. Add the onion, salt and pepper and bring all to a boil.
• When mixture starts boiling, add the chicken meat and simmer all together until chicken is cooked through. Add the sliced mushrooms and boil over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often. Serve!

WINE-BRAISED CHICKEN WITH PEARL ONIONS

Steps:

• Place chicken and onions in a 4-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine soup, wine and seasonings; pour over chicken and onions. Cook, covered, on low 7-8 hours or until chicken is tender., Remove chicken; skim fat from cooking juices. Serve cooking juices with chicken and rice. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.

CHICKEN WITH PEARL ONION AND CREMINI MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken breasts with 1/4 teaspoons of salt and 1/4 tsp of pepper and sauté chicken in 1 tablespoons olive oil until browned on both sides, about 5 minutes.
• Set chicken aside, and keep warm.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoons of olive oil to pan and cook onions and garlic 3 to 4 minutes until onions are brown.
• Add mushrooms and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add wine and cook until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Add cream and return chicken breasts to pan.
• Cook, covered, over low heat, until chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in rosemary, remaining 1/4 teaspoons salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoons pepper.

SKILLET-ROASTED AND CREAMED MUSHROOMS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Skillet-roast the garlic cloves: Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the unpeeled garlic cloves. Cook, stirring occasionally, so that the skin gets charred on all sides, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and wrap the garlic cloves in a clean kitchen towel for a few minutes to cool and soften. Peel off the skins and set aside.
• Heat the same skillet over medium-high heat and add the mushrooms to the dry skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have released their natural juices and begin to soften and brown, about 10 minutes. Remove the mushrooms from the skillet and set aside.
• Melt the butter in the same skillet, then add the thawed pearl onions and the peeled skillet-roasted garlic cloves. Toss to coat completely in the butter.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium-high heat until the onions begin to caramelize and turn golden, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Sprinkle the sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt over the top of the onions and garlic, then add the vegetable stock, vinegar and thyme sprigs, stirring often and scraping the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Then add the reserved mushrooms back into the pan, tossing with the onions and garlic.
• Simmer over medium-high heat until the liquid begins to thicken, 2 to 3 minutes, then stir in the cream, nutmeg, and Parmesan to coat and bring to a simmer so that the sauce warms through completely, 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste before serving.

SKILLET CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 tablespoons oil, 2 tablespoons vinegar, the honey, mustard, red-pepper flakes and 1 teaspoon salt; whisk until smooth. Pat the chicken dry and season with salt and pepper, then add to the mixture, coating it well. Set aside at room temperature, stirring it once while you make the onions.
• Heat a 12-inch cast-iron or heavy skillet over medium-high until very hot, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, then add the onions in an even layer. Season with salt, then cook, mostly undisturbed, for 4 minutes more, stirring every minute or so. Add the mushrooms, season with salt, and stir to combine. (It will look crowded, and that's OK.) Allow to cook mostly undisturbed until the mushrooms shrink and start to brown, about 4 minutes, stirring every minute or so.
• Stir in the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil and allow the onions to cook until they start to color, stirring and lowering the heat as necessary to avoid burning, about 2 minutes. Push the onions and mushrooms to the edges of the skillet, then add the chicken pieces to the center. Pour any remaining marinade (there will be very little) over the onions and mushrooms. Cook undisturbed for 4 to 5 minutes, then combine the chicken and vegetables and cook, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes more. (Reduce the heat to medium if the onions look like they are burning at any point.)
• Add the remaining 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar, stirring and scraping up anything on the bottom of the skillet. Season to taste with salt.
• Remove from the heat and top with the parsley and cheese, if using. Serve with bread or pasta.