Here’s a simple and delicious Chicken in a Creamy Sauce recipe — tender chicken with a rich, flavorful sauce.
🍗 Chicken in Creamy Sauce
🧾 Ingredients (4 servings)
- 2 chicken breasts (or 4 chicken thighs)
- 1 tbsp olive oil or butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup heavy cream (or cooking cream)
- ½ cup chicken broth
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp paprika (optional)
- Optional: mushrooms, spinach, or onions
- Fresh parsley for garnish (optional)
🍳 Instructions
- Cook the chicken
- Season chicken with salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Heat oil or butter in a skillet over medium heat.
- Cook chicken 5–7 minutes per side until golden and cooked through.
- Remove and set aside.
- Make the sauce
- In the same pan, add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds.
- Pour in chicken broth and heavy cream.
- Stir and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Add cheese
- Stir in Parmesan cheese and cook until the sauce thickens.
- Combine
- Return the chicken to the pan.
- Simmer 3–5 minutes so the chicken absorbs the creamy sauce.
- Serve
- Garnish with parsley and serve with rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.
💡 Tips
- Add mushrooms or spinach to make the sauce richer.
- A squeeze of lemon juice adds a nice fresh flavor.
- Use boneless chicken thighs for extra juicy meat.
If you’d like, I can also share 3 famous creamy chicken recipes (Tuscan chicken, garlic cream chicken, and mushroom cream chicken). 🍗
