Make sure to save a spot for this Mushroom & Artichoke Chicken dish in your weeknight dinner rotation! Lightly coated chicken pieces are cooked, crusted and then mixed in with sautéed mushrooms and artichokes swimming in light and zesty white wine and lemon sauce. | Gluten Free + Dairy Free
How to Make: Mushroom & Artichoke Chicken
Altogether this chicken dish is fairly easy to make. It’s all prepped in one pan with just over 10 ingredients and cooks up in about 30 minutes. The process can be broken up into three main steps:
- Prep the chicken
- Prep the sauce
- Bring it all together
Prep the Chicken
First things first: prepare your chicken breast. Start out by cutting each chicken breast in half horizontally. The idea is to end up with six, thin chicken breasts pieces. Cutting them in half will allow them to cook both faster and more evenly.
After cutting the chicken into thinner pieces, lightly coat each piece in a little bit of flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Once coated, add the chicken breasts to a hot, oiled skillet and cook for 4-5 minutes until the underside of the chicken has crusted. Flip over and cook until that side has also crusted. Once the chicken has cooked/mostly cooked through, remove it from the pan and set aside for the time being.
Make the Sauce
Add the mushrooms to the same pan you used to cook the chicken for a few minutes before adding the artichokes and garlic. Cook another minute or so and then add the chicken stock, wine and lemon juices. Bring your pan up to a simmer and let cook for about 10-15 minutes until the liquids have reduced down.
Finally, stir in the fresh parsley followed by the precooked chicken pieces. Let the chicken cook in the sauce for a few minutes to soak up the sauce and that’s it! The sauce will thicken more when the breaded chicken pieces are added making for a thicker, silkier sauce in the end.
Artichoke Chicken Tips Recipe FAQ’s
Make sure your pan is HOT.
- The key to forming a good crust around you chicken is to make sure that you’re adding the chicken to a hot pan. To test if the pan is hot enough: lightly wet the tips of your fingers and flick the excess water into your pan. If the water sizzles then you’re ready to go. If it doesn’t wait a minute before adding the chicken.
Can I use a different flour to coat my chicken?
- Yes! Rice flour is another easy option. You can use almond flour or arrowroot starch if you’re looking for a grain free alternative.
Do I have to use white wine? Can I use something else?
- Absolutely! Instead of adding 3/4 cup white wine increase the lemon juice to 1/4 cup and the chicken stock to 1 1/2 cups.
What do I serve this artichoke chicken with?
- I recommend serving this chicken with a rice or mashed potato side – something that to soak up all the extra sauce hanging around.
- If you’d like a low carb option – we’ve been enjoy this chicken over a bed of cauliflower rice. You can also check out my Creamy Mashed Cauliflower for another good alternative.
Mushroom & Artichoke Chicken
Lightly coated chicken pieces are cooked, crusted and then mixed in with sautéed mushrooms and artichokes swimming in light and zesty white wine and lemon sauce.
Ingredients
- 3 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup gluten free all purpose flour*
- 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, each
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided (45 ml)
- 8 oz white or brown (cremini) mushrooms, sliced
- 6 oz jar artichoke hearts drained and patted dry (185 g)
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic, about 3 cloves
- 1 cup chicken stock (240 ml)
- 3/4 cup dry white wine (180 ml)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (30 ml)
- Small handful fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Cut the chicken breasts in half horizontally so that you end up with six, thin pieces of chicken.
- Whisk together the flour, salt & pepper in a shallow dish until combined. Add the chicken breasts one at a time lightly coating in the seasoned flour.
- Add two tablespoons of olive oil to a large skillet over a medium heat.
- Once the oil is hot, add the chicken to the skillet and cook on each side for about 5 minutes or until golden crust forms. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside. You don't need to fully cook the chicken at this point because you will be returning it to the pan later.
- Lower the heat down to medium-low and add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan along with the mushrooms. Cook about 3-4 minutes, then add the artichoke hearts and garlic and cook another minute or two until the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the chicken stock, wine and lemon juice to the pan, stir and bring the mixture to a simmer. Let simmer about 10 minutes to reduce the sauce down and the liquid has reduced. The sauce may look thin still at this point but will thicken when the chicken is added.
- Add the parsley, taste the sauce and season with salt or additional lemon juice as you see fit.
- Return the chicken to the pan, turn the heat down low and let cook five minutes until cooked through. Make sure to rotate the breasts to coat fully in the sauce. Top with additional parsley and serve.
Notes
- Instead of all purpose flour you can also use rice flour, arrowroot starch or almond flour.
Debbie Johnson says
I would like to be able to attach notes for next time. I did some things differently because of lack of ingredients and we really liked it.
Sarah Nevins says
Hi Debbie, I don’t have a way to attach notes, but I’d love it if you could share what you did differently in the comments here! I always love hear what people adapt and I know my readers also really appreciate seeing tips from others as well 🙂
Lisa Blackman says
Ms. Nevins, this so was great! It will be a rerun often. Thank you!
Sarah Nevins says
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it – thanks so much!
Susan says
Delicious! I did add some diced onion and thickened the gravy a bit with some 1/2 and 1/2 and flour. Delightful! Thanks for a great recipe to add to my repertoire!
Sarah Nevins says
Sounds delicious with the creamy gravy! So glad you enjoyed this and thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Leslie E Martin says
Great dish that is simple enough for a quick dinner, but fancy enough to impress company. I made the full sauce recipe, but used on 2 chicken breasts to make it extra saucy. Served with rice pilaf as a side and my family loved it. I only varied the ingredients by adding 1 1/2 stalks for Hearst of Palm and scaled back on the artichokes a bit. This gave it a little more nutty and sweet taste.
Highly recommend this recipe!
Sarah Nevins says
Thank you so much Leslie! I’m so thrilled to hear you’ve enjoyed it so much 🙂
Karen says
Thank you, always looking for different recipes for chicken, very yummy!
Sarah Nevins says
Thanks Karen! I’m so thrilled you enjoyed it 🙂
Jennifer Fish says
I made this tonight and it was a big hit! Two small tweaks: I sautéed some diced onion along with the mushrooms, and added about a cup of halved cherry bomb tomatoes. I had leftover angel hair pasta and rice so I had the pasta underneath and husband had the rice. Both were just fantastic.
Sarah Nevins says
That sounds delicious! So happy you guys enjoyed it! Thanks so much for taking the time to come back and let me know how it went 🙂
Colleen Foster says
Excellent!!
Sarah Nevins says
Thanks Colleen!
Carole Joyce says
Was good. I added some shallots.
Sarah Nevins says
So glad you enjoyed it! Shallots sound like a lovely addition!
Sabrina says
nice recipe, a new one for me, and I’m always looking for new chicken recipes since I’m a little tired of mine, so thank you!
Sarah Nevins says
Thanks! Hope you love it!
Ryan says
I tried this recipe last night and it came out very well – great flavours. Will be making it again.
Sarah Nevins says
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for coming back to let me know what you thought!