Skillet Chicken with Roasted Garlic and Mushroom Gravy

Ranae

2 garlic bulbs

2 tsps. olive oil

4 chicken breasts

½ cup flour

½ tsp. dried thyme leaves

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

¼ cup butter

8 oz. sliced mushrooms

1½ cups chicken stock

½ cup heavy whipping cream

Heat oven to 350°. Cut ¼ to ½ inch from top of each garlic bulb to expose cloves. Place each cut side up on 12-inch square of foil. Drizzle each bulb with 1 tsp. of the oil. Wrap and place in pie plate or shallow baking pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until garlic is tender when pierced with toothpick or fork. Cool slightly. From root end, squeeze soft cloves out of papery skins, chop finely and set aside.

Meanwhile, between pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper, place each chicken breast smooth side down, gently pound with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about ¼ inch thick. In shallow pan, stir together flour, thyme, salt and pepper. Reserve 3 tbsps. of the seasoned flour for the sauce. Coat both sides of chicken with remaining flour mixture.

In skillet, heat 2 tbsps. of the butter over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in butter 6 to 8 minutes, turning once, until no longer pink in the center. Transfer chicken to plate; cover to keep warm.

In same skillet, heat remaining 2 tbsps. butter over medium heat. Cook mushrooms in butter until lightly browned. Sprinkle the 3 tbsps. reserved seasoned flour over mushrooms. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Stir in chicken stock, cream and roasted garlic. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Place chicken back into skillet with sauce about 1 minutes or untilheated through. Serve with mashed potatoes.

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