Cremini-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Porcini Pan Sauce
Dried porcini mushrooms have a heady, intensely savory aroma. With such a concentrated earthy, meaty quality, porcinis deliver a huge flavor dividend. In this recipe, they combine with fresh cremini mushrooms to make a satisfying stuffing for chicken breasts, and their soaking liquid is the base for a light-bodied but full-flavored sauce.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Porcini | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 oz. (1 cup lightly packed) dried porcini mushrooms, rinsed
- 1 1/4 cups boiling water
- 1/2 lb. cremini mushrooms, coarsely chopped
- 2 Tbs. unsalted butter
- 1 shallot, minced
- 3 tsp. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 1/2 tsp. minced fresh thyme
- Kosher salt, to taste, plus 1 tsp.
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste, plus 1/2 tsp.
- 4 boneless, skin-on chicken breast halves, each about 10 oz.
- 1 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbs. Madeira or dry Marsala
- 1/2 tsp. cornstarch, mixed with 1 Tbs. cold water