Seared chicken layered with sliced baby bella mushrooms and topped with fresh mozzarella cheese and baked to melty perfection.
Prep Time15 minutesminutes
Cook Time40 minutesminutes
Total Time55 minutesminutes
Yield 6servings
5 from 1 vote
Ingredients
2Tbspunsalted butter divided
4boneless, skinless chicken breast
1/2tspgarlic powder
1tspItalian seasoning
2Tbspolive oildivided
1mediumyellow onionsliced
3clovesgarlicminced
16ozbaby bella mushroomssliced
1/2cupchicken broth
8ozfresh mozzarella ballsliced
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F and spray 9x13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Add butter to skillet and heat over medium-high.
While skillet is heating, place chicken into plastic bag and pound to 1/2 inch thickness. Remove from bag and season on both sides with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning.
Add chicken to skillet and sear on each side; approximately 2-3 minutes per side.
When chicken is browned, place into prepared baking pan. It does not need to be cooked through at this point. Do not turn off skillet.
Add olive oil to skillet with onions and sauté over medium-high heat until just translucent; about 3-4 minutes.
Add minced garlic and sliced mushrooms and stir to combine. Cook for about 3-4 minutes until mushrooms are slightly wilted.
Remove mushroom mixture from skillet and add to top of chicken. Deglaze skillet with chicken broth, scraping all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently until slightly reduced.
Pour skillet broth over chicken then place into heated oven. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
Remove 9x13 pan from oven and top chicken with sliced mozzarella cheese. Place back into oven and cook additional 4-5 minutes until cheese is melted.
Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes before serving.