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Close-up of a cooked, seasoned chicken thigh garnished with parsley, surrounded by browned mushrooms and onions in a savory garlic butter sauce—perfect for keto chicken thighs and mushrooms lovers.
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One Pot Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs and Mushrooms

One Pot Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs and Mushrooms - decadently delicious chicken thighs and a mushroom side dish all in one pan with the most amazingly delicious garlic butter sauce!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Chicken Thighs
Cuisine: American
Keyword: #eatclean, #ketochicken, chicken thigh recipe, easy, easy chicken thigh recipe, keto, keto chicken, keto chicken thigh, one pot chicken thigh recipe
Servings: 6
Author: Courtney O'Dell

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Heat a heavy pan on medium high until very hot.
  • Add butter, swirl around pan, and let melt.
  • When butter is foamy and melted, add chicken thighs.
  • Very lightly salt chicken thighs.
  • Cook chicken thighs 5 minutes on each side, until lovely golden brown.
  • When chicken thighs are well browned, remove them from pan - do not drain pan grease. Set the chicken aside.
  • Add garlic to pan, stir well.
  • Add mushrooms to pan, stirring occasionally to keep mushrooms and garlic from burning.
  • Add second half of butter to pan, let melt.
  • Brown the garlic and mushrooms for about 4-6 minutes. Do not let garlic burn, reduce heat if needed.
  • Add red pepper flakes and cilantro to the mushrooms and stir.
  • Sprinkle the flour over the sauteed vegetables, stir and let it cook off for a minute or two.
  • Add stock, lemon juice, and cheese.
  • Stir well, being sure to scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pan.
  • Bring to a boil, let reduce and thicken slightly for 2 minutes.
  • Add chicken thighs back to pan, let sauce reduce another 5-8 minutes, flipping chicken occasionally, until thick and chicken thighs are 165 internal temp.
  • Remove from pan and serve immediately!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 253mg | Potassium: 401mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 442IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 74mg | Iron: 1mg

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