This easy Cream of Mushroom Chicken is baked with sour cream and sherry, yielding tender, juicy chicken breasts in a creamy sauce. It’s perfect over rice or pasta, and requires only five minutes of prep!
“There are never any complaints when Cream of Mushroom Chicken is on the menu!”
Thus exclaimed my husband last night as we were finishing up dinner.
This is another barely-any-work dinner that is truly excellent, and yet another wonderful contribution from my lovely mother. I have no idea where this recipe came from either, but I DO know that I have never gotten anything other than rave reviews from all the girlfriends I have passed this on to over the years.
Even my NYC girlfriend that uses her oven for storage can make this and loves it!
This comes together in less than 10 minutes with just a handful of basic pantry ingredients and is so savory and truly delicious. My kids always clean their plates when this is on the dinner table, so there’s a huge vote of confidence for you.
Variations on Cream of Mushroom Chicken:
You can use either chicken breasts or boneless chicken thighs in this recipe. I guess, in theory, you could use any cut of chicken you wanted, including bone-in chicken, but you just need to adjust your cooking times.
- Boneless chicken thighs: 40 minutes
- Boneless chicken breasts: 50 minutes
- Bone-in chicken pieces: 1 hour 15 minutes
You can also serve this over white rice, wild rice, or pasta- the sauce is truly delicious on any of them! I, myself, like it over rice, because I love how the rice picks up and absorbs the sauce.
Sherry Mushroom Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts or 8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- Garlic salt
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup sherry
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup sliced cremini or baby portobello mushrooms
- Paprika
- Hot cooked rice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Season chicken with garlic salt and place in baking dish. Combine soup, sherry, sour cream and mushrooms in a bowl and pour over chicken. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350 for 1 hour for chicken breasts, or 45 minutes for chicken thighs. Serve with rice.
2/20/14 original picture. embarassing.
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons says
This looks so nice and simple! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
BEVERLY MARTINEZ says
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT RECIPES IM GOINGING TO EJOY THEM ALOT
Leona Riley says
I can’t thank you enough for this recipe!! My mom gave this recipe to me many years ago and my family loved it. She passed away from cancer 6 years ago and then my husband and I moved from Connecticut to North Carolina and all my recipes were lost in the move. So I happened to Google chicken, mushroom soup and sherry this morning and up your recipe came, same as the one I use to make !! Can’t wait to taste this once again!! Many Thanks and Happy New Year
terri says
what is the butter used for? We had this growing up!
Jacqueline says
The butter is in the sauce. That is the way that my mom made it.
Alex says
The directions do not say what to do with the butter
Jacqueline says
I believe one stick is 113g.
Amber says
I don’t have sherry. Can I use another liquid?
Jacqueline says
You could probably use a dry white wine, but I have never subbed it out.
Liz says
What kind of sherry? Is it just a wine or a special cooking wine? I googled it and several options came up. I’m clearly not a cook 😂
Lori says
This recipe was delicious, my family loved it!! I misread the butter and put 1/2 cup instead of 1/4 but it came out fine!! Will make this many times!!
Jenny says
My mother gave me this recipe and my husband and I love it. She didn’t put in butter but she made it with Golden Mushroom soup. Delicious. I serve with mashed potatoes instead of rice.
Amy Resser says
My mother had this recipe. She cooked it a lot while we were growing up. She called it Mrs Steigmeier’s chicken. Mrs Steigmeier was a friend of the family, and I think she served this at a dinner party back in the ’60s (before I was born).
I couldn’t find it anywhere in my mother’s old recipe box, so I appreciate you sharing it. The only problem I had was that the directions didn’t mention what to do with the butter. But common sense dictated that it was to be mixed in with the rest of the ingredients. Thanks again! A++++