Chicken & Mushrooms Vegetable Medley #FoodieExtravaganza

The September Foodie Extravaganza, hosted by Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm, is a celebration of National Mushroom Month!  Be sure to check out everyone's entries:

• Chicken & Mushroom Vegetable Medley by Reviews, Chews & How-Tos 
• Chicken and Mushroom Puff Pastry Pie by Food Lust People Love 
• Mushroom Quesedillas by Caroline's Cooking 
• Mushroom, Sausage, and Spinach Strata by Karen's Kitchen Stories 
• Mushrooms In Green Herb Sauce by Sneha's  Recipe
• Portabella Mushroom Cheesesteak Sandwich by Simple and Savory
• Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy by A Day in the Life on the Farm 
• Steak with Porcini Mushroom Gravy by Palatable Pastime

Yield: 4Author: Lynda Hardy

Chicken & Mushrooms Vegetable Medley

I am sharing a fast meal with you, full of summer vegetables, mushrooms, chicken, and rice. For this I use leftover rice to make it even faster on a busy weekday night, making this a one-skillet dish.

ingredients:

1 lb boneless chicken breasts, chopped into bite sized portions

3 T. avocado oil

1 cup chicken broth

1 package sliced button or cremini mushrooms

1/2 pint grape tomatoes

2 zucchini, sliced and quartered

1 bunch asparagus cut into 1" pieces, woody ends discarded

Salt & pepper to taste

Penzey's Mural of Flavor to taste

2 cups cooked rice

instructions:

1. This is easiest if you chop all the vegetables before you start cooking.
2. Saute chicken in half the avocado oil until browned and close to done.
3. Add remaining oil and the mushrooms and cook until tender.
4. Add asparagus, zucchini, and tomatoes, saute for a minute, season and add the broth. Simmer until the broth is reduced by half, then add the rice, and continue to cook on low until heated through.

That's all there is to it!  The vegetables can, of course, be switched up depending on the seasons or what you have on hand.  I came across the asparagus / zucchini / mushroom mixture several years ago at a restaurant who labeled it a 'low carb alternative' to the usual onions and peppers in fajitas, and I've loved it ever since.