Family-Style ‘Shroom & Chicken Bake
2x the delicious portions!
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Homestyle chicken and potatoes is always a winning combination, but we’re raising the bar—classic us! You’ll roast hearty chicken thighs on a bed of balsamic sautéed mushrooms with garlic cream sauce and asparagus sprinkled with easy-melting mozzarella. Serve it all alongside a pile of mashed potatoes for a comfort food extravaganza. This recipe is double the typical servings, providing 4 servings and 8 servings for a 2 person and 4 person box respectively.
Ingredients
16 ounce
Potatoes
8 ounce
Button Mushrooms
12 ounce
Asparagus
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
4 tablespoon
Crème Fraîche
(Contains: Milk)
20 ounce
Chicken Thighs
5 teaspoon
Balsamic Vinegar
½ cup
Mozzarella Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Cooking Oil
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Sugar
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 8 servings) and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into 1⁄2-inch pieces. Trim and quarter mushrooms (skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!). Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus. • In a medium bowl, whisk together cream sauce base, stock concentrate, garlic powder, and 3 TBSP water (6 TBSP for 8).
• Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Drain and return potatoes to pot; mash with crème fraîche until smooth. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While potatoes cook, pat chicken* dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper. • Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 5-7 minutes per side. (For 8 servings, you may need to work in batches.) Remove from heat; transfer to a plate. Wipe out pan.
• Melt 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 8 servings) in pan used for chicken over medium- high heat. Add mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender, 3-4 minutes. • Add vinegar and 1 tsp sugar (2 tsp for 8); cook, stirring, until vinegar is mostly reduced, 30-60 seconds.
• Transfer mushrooms to an 8-by-8-inch baking dish; top with chicken (for 8 servings, divide mushrooms and chicken between two baking dishes). Pour cream sauce mixture over top to thoroughly coat. • Arrange asparagus in bundles around chicken; sprinkle everything with mozzarella. Season with salt and pepper. • Bake on top rack until asparagus is tender and cheese is melted and lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. (Bake on top and middle racks for 8.)
• Serve mashed potatoes and chicken and mushroom bake family style or divide between plates. • Plate it up: Divide mashed potatoes between plates and top with chicken and mushrooms. Top chicken with any remaining sauce from baking dish. Serve with asparagus on the side.
Poultry is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The balsamic mushrooms and garlic cream sauce are the stars of this dish — rich, savory, and deeply satisfying 🍲. Some found the balsamic vinegar too sharp against the cream sauce; adding a pinch of sugar helps balance it.
- Ease of prep: Straightforward steps, though the multiple pans and stovetop-to-oven process adds hands-on time — expect closer to an hour rather than the stated time.
- Suggestions: Use chicken breasts instead of thighs if you prefer leaner meat; many found the thighs fatty or tough. Pre-boil or roast the asparagus separately, as the oven time alone often leaves it underdone or too crunchy.
- Leftovers: This dish reheats well and makes a generous second meal; one reviewer tossed leftover sauce with pasta for a delicious next-day lunch.
- Portions: The mashed potatoes were a consistent favorite, but several reviewers felt the quantity was too small — add extra potatoes if you want a heartier side.
Reviews from our home cooks
Amazing meal. The mushrooms were absolutely delicious. We liked the tangy taste of the vinegar on the mushrooms. The gravy/sauce and cheese on the chicken was wonderful. The asparagus and mashed potatoes were perfect sides for this entree. We loved the whole meal!!
So delicious! The mushrooms in the balsamic vinegar and then topped with the chicken and cream sauce was very tasty. I was skeptical of the cheese, but it was good.
Easy to make.... Loved the portioned out ingredients. Tastes great!
One of the best meals; top 5 for sure. More mushrooms would be nice, as they cook down quite a bit. I also omitted the sugar and some salt, opting for a salt-free garlic and herb seasoning. Also a Montreal seasoning for the chicken. It was delightful.
Portions were large so we were able to have it for two dinners. You need time to prepare it but was delicious
The balsamic mushrooms with the cream sauce are spectacular. Fairly easy dish and tastes like restaurant quality at home. I'm a big fan of chicken madeira and this is very close.
This was an exceptional meal. My husband was able to have seconds and the next day he had lunch. I don't like mashed potatoes so I made a little stove top stuffing on the side and it was absolutely phenomenal.!! Perhaps next time, a little bit more mozzarella cheese to go over the top.
I didn't realize this came with thighs as I am one who only likes white meat. This was delicious. I would order again with white meat. Love asparagus and mushrooms and the sauce was flavorful.
Even the kids liked it! It was delicious but way too much work. Next time at least the mushrooms could come sliced already. It took forever to make, and you needed to pre-cook the asparagus, I boiled ours that way it wasn't hard as a rock after only being heated in the oven in 10 minutes. Also the chicken was a bit rubbery. Breasts would've been nice.
This was very tasty and seem so fancy, yet simple to make
