This is such a perfect weeknight dinner. This easy and healthy chicken breast with mushroom pan sauce recipe will become one of your regular weeknight rotations! With just a quick sear and a few ingredients you have the most amazing dinner and mushroom gravy.

Why We Love This Chicken and Mushroom Gravy Skillet

This Chicken and Mushroom Gravy Skillet is one of my all-time favorite comfort food recipes—and for good reason. I’ve been making it for years, especially on rainy Seattle weeknights when I needed something quick, cozy, and full of flavor. I’d light a candle, put on some soothing jazz, and in under 30 minutes, dinner was served.

This easy one-pan chicken dinner checks all the boxes:

Packed with savory flavor, thanks to the rich mushroom pan sauce.
Uses simple, pantry-friendly ingredients you likely already have.
Quick and easy to make—just 25 to 30 minutes from stovetop to table.
Beginner-friendly, and perfect for home cooks of all skill levels.
A healthier, homemade alternative to takeout with restaurant-quality taste.

Whether you’re looking for a weeknight dinner idea or a cozy Sunday meal, this skillet chicken recipe will become a regular in your rotation.

How to Perfectly Pan Sear Chicken Breasts

Step 1: Pat dry your chicken. Add olive oil to the chicken itself and not to the pan. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. This will help the chicken form a crust.
Step 2: Heat skillet to medium high heat. Place chicken into dry pan and leave it alone for 4-5 minutes.
Step 3: Your chicken will tell you when it wants to be turned by releasing from the pan easily.
- If it is not releasing from the pan easily, then it isn’t ready! Continue to cook for another minute or two and turn.
Step 4: Once your chicken is perfectly seared, remove to a plate and a cover with foil while you make the pan sauce.

Chicken Breasts are Fully Cooked at 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

Because we are making a simple pan sauce, the chicken breasts will not be submerged and finish cooking in the sauce, and so they need to be fully cooked before we make the mushroom gravy.

Chicken breasts are fully cooked once they reach 165 degrees internally.
Always measure chicken temperature at the thickest, most center point of the meat.
We always recommend using an electronic meat thermometer for the most accuracy.
- This is my favorite meat thermometer. It’s less than $8 and I think every home cook needs one.

Mushroom Pan Sauce Recipe

Mushroom pan sauce is so, so good. It’s earthy, with restaurant quality flavor and it’s so easy, and you can use this recipe to go with pork chops, or even steak!

Mushroom Pan Sauce Instructions

Using the pan we used to cook the chicken, turn heat to medium.
Add butter to the skillet, and toss in the sliced mushrooms.
- Note: Do not salt the mushrooms. Salt can stop your mushrooms from reaching their full browning potential.
Add garlic, and then flour.
Add chicken stock, and whisk well to combine, eliminating any lumps.
Cook until thick (about 3 minutes) and serve over your perfectly seared chicken!

TLDR: Chicken Dish with Mushrooms Recipe

If you just want to know how to make this quickly, here’s a quick snapshot of the instructions.

Heat a non stick or cast iron skillet to medium high heat.
Pat dry chicken, then rub with a few tablespoons of canola oil or extra light olive oil.
Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
Place chicken into hot pan and leave it alone for 4-5 minutes.
After you have turned your chicken, and it is cooked through to 165 degrees, remove to a plate.
Sauté the mushrooms, garlic and a bit of butter in the same pan.
Add flour, and the chicken stock. Whisk.
Spoon the mushroom sauce over the chicken breasts and serve.

This sauce is so good, you’ll want to slather it on everything. In fact this would be a great recipe for steak. Simply switch out beef stock for the chicken stock. If you want another pan sauce recipe, check out this Steak with Pan Sauce.

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To easy chicken dinners with gravy! – Kathi and Rachel

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Chicken Breasts with Easy Mushroom Pan Sauce

A super easy & delicious restaurant quality chicken dinner with perfect mushroom pan sauce.

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 35

Servings: servings

Author: Kathi & Rachel

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts
2 tbsp canola oil or extra light olive oil
salt and pepper
1 tbsp butter
8 oz cremini mushrooms sliced
3 cloves large garlic chopped
2 tbsp white flour
1 cup chicken stock
additional salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Searing Chicken

Heat large non stick or cast iron skillet to medium high.
Pay chicken dry with a paper towel. Rub with oil, and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
Place chicken in pan.
Let cook for 4-5 minutes on each side until cooked through and meat thermometer reaches 165 degrees.
Remove from pan, cover with foil to keep warm.

Mushroom Pan Sauce

Using the same pan chicken was cooked in, add 1 tablespoon of butter along with mushrooms. Turn heat to medium.
Brown mushrooms for several minutes. Once mushrooms are browned as desired, add a big pinch of salt and pepper.
Add garlic and sauté for 3 minutes.
Add flour and cook for about 1 minute.
Add chicken stock, salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat. Whisk until fully combined.
Serve sauce over seared chicken. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Easy Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Pan Sauce

Why We Love This Chicken and Mushroom Gravy Skillet

This easy one-pan chicken dinner checks all the boxes:

How to Perfectly Pan Sear Chicken Breasts

Chicken Breasts are Fully Cooked at 165 degrees Fahrenheit.