Creamy Chicken and Mushrooms With Egg Noodles

All the action for this creamy chicken and egg noodles with mushrooms entree happens in one large straight-sided skillet. We love an easy chicken dinner on a weeknight, especially when there’s a creamy sauce, silky egg noodles, and it takes just 45 minutes from start to table. Simply pound chicken breasts thin, then sauté them, add the mushrooms and shallots, and cook. Stir in Dijon mustard, chicken broth, egg noodles, and cream cheese—they quickly create a rich and delicious pan sauce that the noodles cook in. The result is a dinner everyone will adore—and ask you to make on the regular.

Key Ingredients for This Easy Dinner Recipe

Chicken breasts: Boneless, skinless chicken breasts cook up quickly, making them perfect for this weeknight-friendly dish. To ensure they cook evenly, pound them one by one between sheets of parchment paper until they're a uniform thickness.

Mushrooms: Affordable, easy-to-prep button mushrooms add delicious depth to this simple recipe. Use creminis or another mushroom variety, if you prefer.

Shallots: We love the mild, savory flavor that shallots provide—plus, they take hardly any time at all to soften in the pan. In place of shallots, use a small yellow or white onion.

Egg noodles: Quick cooking egg noodles become silky in no time, making them a perfect fit for this one-pan recipe. We don't recommend swapping in another type of noodle as it may soak up more liquid than the egg noodles, and impact the sauciness of the dish.

Cream cheese: Tangy cream cheese melts into the sauce to lend a lovely richness without weighing the dish down. If you have a tub of mascarpone or crème fraîche, swap in an equal amount of either instead.

The Right Way to Clean Mushrooms

Before prepping the mushrooms for this recipe, you'll want to clean them thoroughly to remove dirt or grit. To do so, wipe each one with a damp paper towel, paying close attention to the base of the stem and the gills or caps, which tend to trap the most dirt.

Since mushrooms are incredibly porous, it's best not to soak them. Excess moisture can impact their ability to brown in step 2, which is what builds delicious flavor. If the mushrooms are very dirty, you can quickly run them under cool water before wiping them clean. Pat them with a clean kitchen towel or a few paper towels, then let them air dry for 5 to 10 minutes before slicing.