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Chicken in Creamy Yogurt Mushroom Sauce

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Pan-fried crispy chicken pieces with a flavorful creamy mushroom sauce with yogurt. Serve with rice or veggies.
4.34 from 6 votes
Course Chicken
Cuisine Filipino

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Heat braiser or saute pan over high heat.
  • Wash, dry and season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
  • When pan is very hot, put chicken pieces in skin side down.
  • Lower the heat to medium.
  • Cover pan.
  • When chicken is browned, flip to cook the other side.
  • Take chicken pieces out of the pan.
  • Discard some of the oil from the pan, leave about a tablespoon of chicken oil and add garlic, then the onion or shallots
  • When garlic and onion are soft, add mushroom.
  • Cook for about a minute then add whiskey to deglaze the pan.
  • Turn heat to high.
  • Pour in chicken stock or water, season with salt and ground black pepper (start with ¼ tsp salt and ⅛ black pepper, adjust to taste before you finish cooking)
  • Let simmer covered for about 10 minutes.
  • Add yogurt and lower the heat to low.
  • Let it simmer gently for about a couple of minutes or more.
  • Put chicken pieces back in the pan.
  • Cook for another couple of minutes more then sprinkle grated parmesan cheese over chicken.
  • Cover and cook 1-2 minutes more.
  • Adjust seasoning to taste.
  • Turn off heat.
  • Serve and Enjoy.
Keyword chicken in mushroom sauce, pan-fried crispy chicken, yogurt mushroom sauce
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