Oh yes 🍄🍗 — Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs are rich, savory, and incredibly flavorful. Juicy chicken thighs cooked with garlic, mushrooms, and a buttery pan sauce — perfect over rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.
🍗 Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (or boneless if preferred)
- Salt & black pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp butter, divided
- 8 oz mushrooms, sliced (cremini or button)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup chicken broth
- ½ tsp dried thyme (or 1 tsp fresh)
- 1 tsp fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)
Optional: splash of white wine for extra depth
Instructions
1. Prep Chicken
- Pat chicken thighs dry and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2. Brown Chicken
- Place chicken thighs skin-side down.
- Cook 5–7 minutes per side until golden brown.
- Remove from skillet and set aside.
3. Sauté Mushrooms & Garlic
- Reduce heat to medium and add 1 tbsp butter.
- Sauté mushrooms until golden, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook 30–60 seconds until fragrant.
4. Make Sauce
- Deglaze skillet with chicken broth (or splash of wine), scraping up browned bits.
- Stir in remaining butter and thyme.
- Return chicken to the pan, skin-side up.
- Simmer 10–12 minutes until chicken reaches internal temp 165°F (74°C) and sauce thickens.
5. Serve
- Garnish with chopped parsley.
- Serve over rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes, spooning mushrooms and sauce over chicken.
🔥 Tips & Variations
- Extra flavor: Add shallots or a splash of soy sauce to mushrooms.
- Creamy version: Stir in ¼ cup cream or crème fraîche at the end for a creamy garlic mushroom sauce.
- Crispier skin: Finish chicken under broiler for 2–3 minutes before serving.
- Herbs: Rosemary or tarragon can replace thyme for a different flavor profile.
If you want, I can give a “restaurant-style Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs” version where the skin is ultra-crispy, the sauce is silky, and the mushrooms are caramelized to perfection 😏.
Do you want me to do that version?
