Chicken, Mushroom & Green Bean Skillet

Chicken, Mushroom & Green Bean Skillet

Makes: about 4 servings

Time: about 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups already-cooked chicken, cut or shredded into bite-size pieces
• 8 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 can green beans, drained and rinsed — or about 2 cups cooked/frozen green beans
• ½ medium onion, diced
• 1 teaspoon jarred minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth
• ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• Salt, only if needed
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

How to make it

1. Start with the onion.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for about 3–4 minutes, until it begins to soften.

2. Add those mushrooms. 🍄

Add the sliced mushrooms. Cook for 4–5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let them soften and release some of their moisture.

3. Add the garlic.

Stir in the jarred garlic and cook for about 30 seconds.

4. Add the green beans.

Stir in the drained green beans, Italian seasoning and black pepper. Cook for about 2 minutes.

5. Make it saucy.

Pour in ½ cup or less 1/4 cup chicken broth. Bring it to a gentle simmer and cook for 2–3 minutes.

This is especially helpful with already-cooked chicken because we’re giving it some moisture instead of cooking the poor bird for another time. 😂

6. NOW add chicken.

Stir the cooked chicken into the vegetables and broth. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for only about 3–4 minutes, just until the chicken is thoroughly heated.

If it starts looking dry, add another splash of chicken broth.

7. Parmesan!

Turn off the heat and sprinkle ¼ cup Parmesan over everything. Stir gently. Taste before adding salt—the chicken, broth and Parmesan may already provide enough.

🍄 Optional addition I think you might like

Throw in 2–3 big handfuls of fresh spinach during Step 5. It will wilt right into the broth.

Then you’d have chicken + green beans + mushrooms + onion + garlic + spinach with a little Parmesan tying everything together.

That would give you a vegetable-heavy, protein-containing meal with relatively little carbohydrate, and it’s exactly the sort of thing you could portion into containers for lunches or dinners.