Easy Mushroom, White Wine & Lemon Chicken
Ingredients
Food Safety
Before you start, wash all surfaces and your hands with soap and warm water, and remember to wash your hands, utensils and cutting boards after they touch raw meat or eggs. Avoid cross-contamination by using a different cutting board for your meat and other ingredients. Make sure you’re cooking to safe temperatures and chilling any leftovers within two hours. For more food safety tips, visit our Food Safety at Home Section.
Steps
Preheat the oven at 350°F (175°C).
Mince garlic, dice onion and slice mushrooms. Zest peel of fresh lemon and juice one half of the lemon. As you remove the yellow peel try to avoid removing the white pith which is bitter. Chop marjoram or parsley (optional garnish.) Shred parmesan cheese. Set all aside in separate dishes.
Cut chicken breasts in half horizontally making 4 thinner pieces. Set aside.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat for a minute. Add the garlic, onion and sliced mushrooms to the pan and season with ½ tsp (2.5 mL) Montreal style steak spice (reserve other ½ tsp – 2.5 mL). Sauté while stirring until the onion has softened and mushrooms release their juices – about 10 minutes. Remove from skillet and place in oven proof baking dish (10 x 10 x 2 inches – 25 x 25 x 5 cm). Spread out in an even layer
Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and season both sides with the remaining ½ tsp Montreal style steak spice. Sauté on medium heat for approximately 8-10 minutes per side until lightly browned and chicken is cooked through. Remove from skillet and place in baking dish on top of the mushroom mixture.
Deglaze skillet to create pan juices by heating the same pan over medium high heat and pouring in white wine, fresh lemon zest and lemon juice. Stir to remove brown bits from the bottom of the pan. When the sauce comes to a boil pour it over the chicken and mushrooms.
Top chicken with the shredded parmesan cheese. Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is lightly browned and chicken is cooked through.
To serve, sprinkle with sliced green onion tops and chopped fresh marjoram or parsley (optional garnish).
Helpful Tip
- Use a high quality, hard grating cheese like Parmesan Reggiano. It costs more but you can achieve greater flavour while using less.
- Serve with a side starch like brown rice or mashed potatoes to help soak up the delicious pan juices.
- If you need a gluten free version make sure the Montreal steak spice is gluten free. Alternately, use sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, sweet paprika and garlic.
Nutrition Info
| Per 325 g serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calories | 270 |
| Protein | 31 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Fibre | 2 g |
| Sugar | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Sodium | 420 mg |
| Per 325 g serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|
| Potassium | 27 |
| Calcium | 10 |
| Iron | 25 |
| Vitamin A | 10 |
| Vitamin C | 35 |
| Vitamin B6 | 47 |
| Vitamin B12 | 31 |
| Folate | 22 |
| Zinc | 100 |
