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Home ยป Easy Chicken Dishes and Recipes

Sous Vide Chicken and Mushroom Sauce

Published: Nov 9, 2018 ยท Modified: Apr 8, 2025 by Madalaine ยท This post may contain affiliate links ยท

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All mushrooms work well with this recipe for Chicken and Mushroom Sauce, but if you really want to make the most of this recipe use 2 or 3 different types.ย  Using various mushrooms will give you deeper flavor and wonderful textures.ย  Sous vide chicken is divine!ย ย Not only does the sous vide lock in all the nutrients, but it also keeps the chicken tender and juicy too.ย  The rubber chicken dinner is a thing of the past! chicken breast smothered in morel mushroom sauce with rice and spinach salad on a plate

Can I pick my own mushrooms?

Morel mushrooms are one of the most unique and scrumptious wild fungi.ย  Because they're so distinctive, you won't accidentally pick one that will have you rushing to the hospital.ย  So unless you're forging for morels, stick to the grocery isles for your fresh mushrooms.ย  Depending on where you live, morel season only lasts a few weeks a year in the months of April and May.ย  So grab a basket and check out these tips for finding morels. A hand holding 4 morel mushrooms If your morel mushroom hunting adventure proves unfruitful, head over to the Firefly Grill for the best Fried Morels ever!ย  Or if you want to play in your own kitchen, slip over to your local grocer (or farmer's market) and see if they have any morels in the produce isle.ย 

How to Make a Simple Mushroom Sauce

Making a mushroom sauce is one of the easier and quickest sauces you can pull together.ย ย 
  1. Clean & cut 8 ounces mushrooms
  2. In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat
  3. Add the mushrooms to the butter after it starts to foam, roll them around the pan to coat them in the fatย 
  4. sauteing mushrooms
  5. After the mushrooms brown and release their liquid, put them and their juices in a bowl & set aside
  6. Melt another 2 tablespoons butter in the skillet, 2 tablespoons flour and stir
  7. After 2 minutes, whisk in 1 cup cold milk until it starts to simmer and thicken
  8. Stir in ยผ cup dry sherry, ยฝ teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt, ยฝ teaspoon ground pepper, and theย mushrooms and their liquid back inย 
a bottle of dry sherryKeep warm until ready to serve. What really makes this recipe is dry sherry and the ground nutmeg.ย  Use fresh ground nutmeg if you can!ย  creamy mushroom sauce in skillet

Variations:

Garlic is very nice in this sauce.ย  If you're a fan of garlic, like I am, mince up 1 or 2 cloves and add them to the skillet right after the mushrooms start to brown.ย  Lower the heat so you don't burn the garlic.ย  Another way to deepen the flavors even more, instead of 1 cup of milk, add ยฝ cup milk and ยฝ cup heavy cream.ย  Simply heavenly! This mushroom sauce is not only excellent over chicken but it's fabulous over pork chops and steak too.ย 

Why use a Sous Vide?

Sous Vide cooking is a great if you like easy cooking methods that are impossible to screw up.ย  Pop your thawed boneless chicken breasts into a freezer ziplock bag with a little salt and pepper at 146F for 1-4 hours and it always comes out juicy and tender.ย  Are your chicken breasts frozen?ย  No problem!ย  Just keep them in the sous vide for 3-8 hours.ย ย 
If this wasn't going to be chicken with mushroom sauce, I would give it a quick sear in a skillet to give it a little color.

The sous vide cooks food slowly and evenly without ever over cooking it.ย  As an experiment, I've cooked a chicken breast at 146F in the sous vide for 24 hours and the texture was a little soft for my liking, but it was perfectly edible.ย  Try cooking it in the oven for 24 hours and you'll end up with a massive brick that might be useful as a doorstop.ย  Check outย Sous Vide Mag.ย for some really great info about the sous vide.

If you're in the market for a sous vide, I recommend either the Anova Sous Vide or the Joule Sous Vide.ย  However, they both have their pros and cons.

What I like about the Anova Sous Vide is that it operates independently from your phone.ย  Unlike the Joule sous vide, you can turn it on and off by simply touching the device.ย  I love how easy it is to use, plus it's less expensive than the Joule model. What I don't like about it is... well, actually, there isn't anything I don't like about it. What I like about the Joule Sous Vide is its slick, sexy design, and it heats up fast.ย  What I don't like about it is that you have to use your phone to turn it off, on, and adjust the temperature.

What to serve with Sous Vide Chicken and Mushroom Sauce

Then try this rich and creamy recipe for morel mushrooms sauce over a delicate sous vide chicken breast.ย  This is comfort food on the lighter side.ย  Even though the sauce is completely decedent, the chicken is light, tender and juicy.ย  Serve it with a side of rice pilaf with fresh herbs and toasted pecans and a salad.ย  You can't go wrong with a Garlic and Parmesan Salad or a simple spinach salad made with a light Italian vinaigrette, red onions, and mandarin oranges.ย  Soooooo good!ย  chicken breast smothered in morel mushroom sauce with rice and spinach salad on a plate
chicken breast smothered in morel mushroom sauce with rice and spinach salad on a plate
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Sous Vide Chicken Breast with Morel Mushroom Sauce

Once you find a handful of morels in the woods or in the wilderness of your local grocer, try your hand at this morel mushrooms sauce.  If morels are out of season, no worries.  This is a great recipe for baby bella mushrooms or white button mushrooms.  YUM! | www.lakesidetable.com
Calories 226 kcal
Author Madalaine

Ingredients

For the Chicken:

  • 3 chicken breasts thawed or frozen
  • salt

Morel Mushroom Sauce

  • 6-8 medium morels or 8 ounces button mushrooms, chopped
  • 1 cup dried shitake mushrooms broken up
  • 2 cups boiling hot water
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large shallot minced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 4 tablespoons butter divided
  • ยผ cup dry sherry
  • ยฝ cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 ยฝ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • ยฝ teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg

Instructions

  1. Place the thawed or frozen chicken breasts in vacuum bags or ziplock bags.ย  Place them in the sous vide at 146F for 2-4 hours.ย ย About 20 minutes before your ready to eat, start on the mushroom sauce.*
  2. Pour the 2 cups of boiling water over the dried shitake mushrooms to rehydrate them.ย  Save the liquid to use later in this recipe.
  3. While the shitakes are hydrating, melt 2 tablespoons butter with the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat.ย  Then add the chopped morels.ย 
  4. When the shitakes are soft, add them to the morels.ย  Reserve the liquid.
  5. Stir the mushrooms, coating them in the oil and butter for 3-4 minutes.ย  After the morels soften and start to brown, turn down the heat to medium low and add the shallots.ย  Stir for 2 minutes, then after they soften, add the garlic, salt and pepper.
  6. Push the mushroom mixture to the far edges of the skillet and melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the center of the pan.
  7. After the butter has melted, add 1 tablespoon flour and whisk it until it bubbles and starts to turn an off white or slightly brown.ย  Then whisk in the reserved mushroom water and sherry.ย  Whisking the whole time until the sauce has thickened and there are no clumps.ย 
  8. Stir in the cream and nutmeg.ย  Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding more salt or pepper if needed.
  9. Remove chicken breasts from sous vide and slice.ย  Spoon sauce over chicken, serve, and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

*The mushroom sauce can also be made 2-3 days ahead and refrigerated in an air tight container.ย  Reheat it in the microwave or stove top.ย  It also freezes well for up to 2-3 months.

This is a great dish to serve with rice pilaf with fresh herbs and toasted pecans and a spinach salad made with a light vinaigrette, mandarin oranges, and red onions.

This mushroom sauce is also delicious over pork chops, pork loin, steak, pasta, rice, quinoa, over a poached egg, or mixed in with a tuna casserole.ย  The possibilities are endless!

If you'd like to find out how to find morel mushrooms yourself check out my postย https://lakesidetable.com/how-to-find-morel-mushrooms/

Nutrition Facts
Sous Vide Chicken Breast with Morel Mushroom Sauce
Amount Per Serving (4 ounces)
Calories 226 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 70mg23%
Sodium 419mg18%
Potassium 0mg0%
Carbohydrates 5g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 500IU10%
Vitamin C 0.8mg1%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 1.8mg10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. Deb Hatfield says

    November 25, 2018 at 9:08 am

    5 stars
    This mushroom sauce is divine! So much flavor!! And if you haven't used a Sous Vide - GET ONE!! The chicken is so moist and tender! It's unreal! Thanks for sharing this recipe Madalaine!

  2. Heidi Donaldson says

    November 25, 2018 at 12:10 pm

    4 stars
    Great recipe and so easy

  3. neil says

    March 05, 2020 at 2:12 pm

    dis baie lekker dis n wenner

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