Chicken Gruyere one of our favorite “special” dinners, and I didn’t realize I hadn’t shared it with you yet! I found this recipe years ago on AllRecipes.com, and it has become my stand-by special company dinner. But Chicken Gruyere is also great for the family. My husband and kids DEVOURED it last night.
Here are the ingredients. It’s all pretty basic stuff that you can get at any grocery store. You will probably find the gruyere in the specialty cheese section.
Since I’m all out of the boneless chicken breasts that I get from the farm, I picked up some organic, free-range chicken at Trader Joe’s.
You start by chopping up the onions and mushrooms.
Set those aside, and prepare the chicken. I like to slice through them to make them thinner. You can also pound them, but that’s too messy and I don’t bother.
When that’s done, you can mix up the flour and salt and herbs.
Now it’s time to assemble. Melt some, okay, LOTS OF butter in a stainless steel Saute Pan
Then dredge the chicken in the flour.
Coat it well on both sides, shake off the excess, and then put it in the pan.
Brown it well on both sides and then remove it to a baking dish.
Now, in the same pan, add more butter, and cook the onions and mushrooms a few minutes until they start to soften.
Yum scrum. I love the smell of onions and mushrooms sautéing in butter.
Okay, next, you pour in the wine. Make sure to pour a glass for yourself, while you’re at it.
Simmer for a few minutes, and then pour the whole mess of it over the chicken in the casserole dish.
And pop it in the oven! While it’s cooking, shred the gruyere. I just used a box grater on the coarsest side.
After the chicken’s been in the oven about 20 minutes, take it out, spread the cheese on top, and return it to the oven until it’s all melty and delicious.
I served it with a side of herbed new potatoes and green beans.
Chicken Gruyere Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (or gluten-free all purpose flour, or brown rice flour)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 or 2 teaspoons fresh parsley
- 1/2 tsp dried dill
- 6 to 8 tablespoons butter
- 3 or 4 boneless chicken breasts, pounded or sliced thin
- 1 pound fresh mushrooms
- 1 onion, sliced into rings
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 8 ounces shredded Gruyere
Instructions:
- Mix the first 5 ingredients in a pie plate or even on a dinner plate is fine.
- Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture.
- Heat 3 or 4 tablespoons of butter in a saute pan over medium heat.
- Place dredged chicken into the hot buttered skillet, and fry until it’s nice and brown on both sides. Then put the chicken pieces in an oven-safe casserole or baking dish and set aside.
- Add another 2 or 3 tablespoons of butter to the skillet, and fry the mushrooms and onion until they’re soft and starting to brown.
- Stir in the white wine. Lower your heat and simmer for a few minutes while it gets all happy.
- Pour the mushroom mixture over the chicken in the dish. Cover and bake for about 20 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
- After 20 minutes, take it out and sprinkle with shredded Gruyere. Bake for another 5 or 10 minutes, until it’s nice and brown.
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Oh SUPER yummy! Gonna go print this one off!! Thanks for sharing girlfriend.
That looks delicious!!
That looks awesome! I think my DH will love this one!
Thanks.
Thanks for the recipe — looks delicious!
So do your kids really eat the onions and mushrooms????
LOL. My daughters do. My son does not. My youngest LOVES mushrooms and she ate all of hers, all of my son’s, and then begged for more. My other daughter cleaned her plate. Now my son HATE onions with a passion and he pushes the mushrooms aside. Fortunately they’re easy to scrape off.
I registered for that class on picky eaters today….hope my day will allow me to watch it. Recipe looks great…..will try. Just wanted to know if you had a secret to getting your kids to eat mushrroms and onions. Actually if I am honest with myself dont think I liked mushrooms and onions at 11 years old either.
I’m sure I didn’t either. I don’t push it. I just serve them, and they eat what they want and leave the rest.
ssly? omg so yummy just looking at the picts. gruyere, wine, mushrooms… chicken… oh twist my arm!
Looks awesome and easy – a great combination!! We’ll be trying this for sure!
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
exactly what I keep thinking looking at those pics!
Thanks, looks delicious and easy!
That looks YUMMY!
Looks delicious!!! Love me some gruyere!!!
Oh, that looks fantastic! I’ve never had gruyere. I may have to try it soon.
Oh, my mouth is watering! It looks delicious!
Oh gosh. That looks so yummy and I don’t even like mushrooms and onions.
Yummmm! That looks yummy!
Unfortunately my husband like neither mushrooms or onions AND we’re cutting back on butter. How fun are we?
Anyway thanks for sharing! I will have that glass of wine tho!
That looks really, really good and I don’t even like mushrooms!
This looks ridiculously yummy. Totally making it!
Jo-Lynne, May I ask what kind of wine you used?
I’ve heard two schools of thought; one is to use good wine, because when you are cooking with it and concentrating the flavor, you want something that tastes good to start with. That makes perfect sense to me, but I’ve heard others say that it doesn’t matter.
We are not drinkers in this house (not that we see anything wrong with it, necessarily, in moderation, but we just never have bit the bullet and bought any–in 10 years of marriage, can you believe it?) so I would have NO idea what to buy. I have a TJ’s about an hour and a half from me, and I’ve heard their 3 buck stuff is really good. Can you give a girl some help in this predicament?
This looks delish!!
Hey Devin. My parents don’t drink either, and my mom keeps those little 4-packs of Sutter Home around for cooking purposes. The stuff at Trader Joe’s would be fine, but then you’d have a whole bottle to contend with.
Sorry to be such a nerd, but…red? White? The pink kind?
I’m obviously totally sheltered.
LOL! I can’t remember what the recipe called for, but probably a dry red is best.
I have always heard you use white wine in cooking with chicken and fish and red wines in cooking with beef. That’s what I’ve always done and everyone seems to enjoy!
That DOES look amazing… thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for sharing, this looks so yummy!
Oh my! I have some Gruyere in the fridge, so this caught my eye. I LOVE mushrooms and onions too. . .
Jo-Lynne, do you think I could use boneless, skinless chicken thighs for this recipe? I don’t usually have chicken breasts on hand as the whole family prefers the dark meat.
I’m sure my children would scrape off the mushroom and onion bits too, and then my husband and I would be “stuck” eating their portions of the good stuff!! Hee hee.
Probably. Might not taste quite as “refined” but I don’t see why not.
Ooooooh boy… I love me some gruyere, but am allergic to onions. Green bell pepper instead, perhaps?
Oops… allergic to mushrooms I mean!
That looks yummy!
I made this for the first time last night and I had to come back to tell you that I get so many great recipes from you–this one included. It’s a keeper. Thanks!
Isn’t it AWESOME!!!!??? So glad you liked it!
I tried this recipe and got a great reaction from my family. This is officially one of our dinner “staple” meals for the week. Thanks so much! So easy and yet full of flavorful.
Awesome! That’s so nice to hear.
Yum! I will definitely be trying that recipe! By the way, an easy way to pound out chicken breasts is to put them in a gallon-size ziploc bag, zip it shut, and then pound them out. You’ll be left with a slightly abused baggie, but that’s the beauty of it being disposable
Keep the delicious recipes coming!
Of course I printed this; it sounds wonderful.
Rita
I just stumbled this and my mouth is watering yummy.
I’ve been making this for years. I got the recipe from an old Food Editor’s Favorites volume. It is soooo delicious! Though, it’s not been on my menu much lately because my son HATES mushrooms and onions. And my daughter is the same way, she’ll eat everyone’s mushrooms and onions!
Adding to our meal plan for next week- thanks!
Great recipe, I did not have any wine so I substituted with red wine vinegar and a little olive oil. Came unit delicious.