Creamy Mushroom & Tarragon Chicken with Green Beans

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Meals

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 1/2 tsp each sea salt and black pepper
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • 8 oz. cremini mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp dried tarragon
  • 2 tbsp. whole-wheat flour
  • 1/4 cup dry sherry
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup cream cheese
  • 1 lb. green beans, trimmed

Directions

  1. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Mist a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat on medium-high. Add chicken and cook, turning once, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

  2. In same skillet on medium-high, heat oil. Add mushrooms and onion and saute, stirring often, until no liquid remains and mushrooms are beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and tarragon and saute until fragrant, about 45 seconds. Add flour and stir until well combined.

  3. Add sherry and cook, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan, until reduced by half, about 30 seconds. Stir in broth. Return chicken and any juices to skillet. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook, turning chicken halfway through, until chicken is no longer pink inside, about 10 minutes. Whisk in cream cheese until smooth. Cover and keep warm.

  4. Meanwhile, in a steamer basket set over a saucepan of simmering water, cook beans until tender-crisp, about 4 minutes. Divide beans among plates and top with chicken and mushroom sauce.

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