Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sage Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 0.5 cup shallots chopped
• 8 ounces button mushrooms sliced
• 1 teaspoon parsley fresh chopped
• 1 cup vermouth dry white dry (such as Sauvignon Blanc)
• 0.7 cup heavy whipping cream light ( cream may curdle, so use heavy cream)
• 3 tablespoons sage fresh chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil extra virgin 
• 1.3 pounds chicken breasts pounded to an even boneless skinless
• 4 servings salt and pepper black freshly ground

Equipment

• frying pan
• wooden spoon

Directions

1. Cook the shallots and mushrooms: Melt the butter in a large sauté pan on medium high heat.
2. Add the shallots and sauté for one minute.
3. Add the mushrooms and parsley and sauté for 7-10 more minutes, or until the mushrooms have browned. If you are using unsalted butter, sprinkle on a pinch of salt.
4. Add the vermouth and deglaze the pan, scraping up any bits that may be sticking to the bottom of the pan.
5. Stir in the cream. Bring to a simmer and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
6. the chicken cutlets: While the sauce is simmering, heat the olive oil in another large sauté pan on medium high heat.
7. Sprinkle salt and pepper over both sides of the chicken breast cutlets.
8. Add cutlets to pan and cook for about 3 minutes on each side, until browned and cooked through.
9. the sauce and serve: Stir the sage into the sauce, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
10. Pour the sauce over the chicken.
11. Serve alone or with a vegetable (for low carb version) or with rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta (use gluten-free pasta for gluten-free version).
12. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.