Chicken Breast in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Split breast - Cut each breast in half horizontally to form 4 thin steaks in total.

Dust with flour - Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with flour and use your fingers to spread it all over the surface.

Cook chicken - Melt 15g butter in a large non-stick frying pan over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook each side for 2 1/2 minutes until golden brown and just cooked through. Remove from pan, cover and keep warm.

Cook mushrooms - In the same frying pan, add remaining butter and increase heat to high. Add mushrooms and cook for 4 minutes, until starting to turn golden brown on the edges.

Add garlic later - Then add garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper, and continue cooking for another minute until both garlic and mushrooms are golden.

Deglaze skillet - Add white wine – it will bubble and be steamy! Cook for 30 seconds, scraping the bottom of the pan, until wine is mostly evaporated and the alcohol smell is gone.

Make creamy sauce - Add chicken stock, cook vigorously for 1 minute so it mostly evaporates. Then add cream, lower heat to medium and simmer for 2 minutes until it reduces and thickens slightly.

Add parmesan - Stir in parmesan, taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.

Finish chicken in sauce - Return chicken to sauce for 30 seconds (to warm through slightly.) Garnish with chives and serve as-is in the pan, for people to help themselves (or transfer to serving platter, if you prefer). Alternatively, serve a portion of chicken onto each plate, spoon sauce over and garnish with more chives.

Sides - Ideal served with mashed potato or rice – something to soak in that amazing sauce! See Note 5 for suggestions.