Chicken with Shiitake Mushroom Sauce
This recipe would have been 5 stars without the sliced sun-dried tomatoes. The tomatoes dominated the flavor of the sauce so much that it didn't allow the mushrooms to shine through. My wife liked it, but I noticed she was picking out the tomatoes too.
Yield
4 servingsPrep
10 minCook
30 minReady
40 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
cottage cheese
|
*
|
| ½ | cup |
evaporated milk
skim |
|
| ¼ | cup |
cream cheese
|
|
| ½ | cup |
onions
chopped |
|
| ¼ | cup |
sundried tomatoes
optional |
|
| ½ | cup |
white wine
dry |
*
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
garlic
chopped |
|
| 2 | cups |
mushrooms, button
sliced |
|
| 1 | cup |
mushrooms, shiitake
sliced |
*
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
chicken broth
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
soy sauce, tamari
low sodium |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
lemon juice
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
thyme
dried |
*
|
| 4 | each |
chicken breasts
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
cornstarch
dissolved in |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
basil
chopped |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
cottage cheese
|
*
|
| 118 | ml |
evaporated milk
skim |
|
| 59 | ml |
cream cheese
|
|
| 118 | ml |
onions
chopped |
|
| 59 | ml |
sundried tomatoes
optional |
|
| 118 | ml |
white wine
dry |
*
|
| 5 | ml |
garlic
chopped |
|
| 473 | ml |
mushrooms, button
sliced |
|
| 237 | ml |
mushrooms, shiitake
sliced |
*
|
| 355 | ml |
chicken broth
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
soy sauce, tamari
low sodium |
|
| 5 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
thyme
dried |
*
|
| 4 | each |
chicken breasts
|
|
| 5 | ml |
cornstarch
dissolved in |
|
| 15 | ml |
basil
chopped |
|
Directions
Whirl cottage cheese, evaporated milk and cream cheese in a bIender until smooth.
Set aside ½ cup. Refrigerate remainder for another use (such as to make creamy soups).
Combine onions, tomatoes, wine and garlic in a large nonstick skillet.
Cover; cook over medium heat 2 minutes.
Stir in mushrooms, broth, soy sauce, lemon juice and thyme.
Add chicken. Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
Turn chicken; cook 5 minutes longer.
Transfer chicken to a plate.
Cover.
Stir cornstarch mixture into the skillet.
Add the cheese mixture.
Boil 1 minute.
Pour sauce over chicken breasts and sprinkle with basil.
Serve at once.
