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Chicken Stroganoff Brazilian Style in a bowl with a tomato based sauce, cream, mushrooms and cilantro leaves on top all over rice.

Chicken Stroganoff Brazilian Style

Chicken Stroganoff Brazilian Style is delicious and quick 30 minute dinner. It's a bit different from it's Russian cousin. It’s base is a garlic flavored tomato sauce with chicken broth, mushrooms, cilantro, and half and half to give the sauce that beautiful pink-orange color. It’s served over rice, which soaks up all of the delicious sauce.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Brazilian
Keyword 30 Minute Meal, chicken, chicken and rice, rice recipes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 336 kcal
Author Carrie Tyler

Ingredients

  • 2 pound Chicken Breasts, boneless, skinless
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
  • 1 Yellow onion, medium
  • 4 Garlic Cloves, minced or 4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 8-10 oz Mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 15 ounces Tomato sauce (1 can)
  • 1 Tablespoon Tomato paste
  • 2 cups Chicken broth or stock
  • 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
  • ¾ cup Half and Half you can also use heavy cream
  • ½ cup Fresh Cilantro, chopped
  • 2 cups Uncooked Long Grain Rice

Instructions

Prep-Ahead Steps

  1. Cut the chicken breasts into 1 inch bite-size pieces and sprinkle with salt and ground black pepper. Set it aside.

  2. Dice the onion and mince the garlic cloves. Chop the cilantro and separate 2 tablespoons out for garnish.

  3. Slice the mushrooms if they’re not already sliced.

Cooking Steps

  1. Make the rice.  Rinse the rice under water in a strainer until the water runs clear.  Add to 4 cups of water with a pinch of salt and bring up to a boil.  Turn the water down to a low simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes. 

  2. Preheat a Dutch oven or high sided large pan over medium-high heat, add olive oil, the mushrooms, and the onions. Cook for about 5-6 minutes, until the mushrooms reduce by half and the onions start to turn translucent.

  3. Add the garlic and chicken and cook until the chicken is completely white, no longer pink on the outside, about 8 minutes (you can cover to speed up the cooking time to 4-5 minutes)

  4. Add the fresh cilantro, dijon mustard, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and broth. Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Add salt and pepper according to taste. Once it begins boiling (takes about 2 minutes on med-high heat), reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.

  5. Add the cornstarch to half and half or heavy cream and stir to dissolve the cornstarch. Then add to the pot and stir to combine. Simmer for a final 5 minutes so sauce can thicken.

  6. Serve over rice and garnish with fresh cilantro or parsley. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

sour cream, plain or Greek yogurt, or coconut milk can be substituted for the heavy cream.