
How To Make French Mustard Chicken Breasts
Decadence is what you get with this recipe for French mustard chicken breasts! It’s coated in a creamy and herbed mustard sauce for a richer meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken:
- 2chicken breasts,boneless, skinless, halved horizontally to make 4 fillets
- 1tspgarlic powder
- 1tspsalt
- ¼tspcracked black pepper
- 4tbspflour,for dredging
- 1tbspbutter
- 1tbspolive oil
For Mustard Sauce:
- 2tbspbutter
- 1brown shallot,chopped
- 4garlic cloves,minced
- 1cupdry white wine,or chicken broth
- 2tbspdijon mustard
- ¾cupchicken broth
- 1tspfresh tarragon leaves,chopped
- 1tspdried thyme
- ½tspfresh rosemary leaves,chopped
- ½cupheavy cream,(thickened cream)
- salt and cracked black pepper,to taste
Instructions
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Season the chicken breasts with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Dredge in flour, shaking off the excess. Set aside.
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Heat the butter and olive oil in a large pan or skillet over medium-high heat.
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When hot, fry the chicken breasts for about 3 to 4 minutes each side, depending on the thickness of the chicken, until golden on each side and just cooked through. Transfer to a warm plate.
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Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in the pan. Sauté shallots for about 4 minutes, then add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute until fragrant.
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Add the wine to deglaze the pan, scraping up the browned bits from bottom of pan with the end of a wooden spoon. Simmer for about 4 minutes until reduced to half.
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Stir the Dijon mustard into the pan juices. Add the chicken broth and herbs.
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Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium. Stir in cream and let simmer for about 3 minutes until sauce starts to thicken.
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Add the chicken back into the pan. Simmer gently for about 5 minutes until chicken is heated through and sauce has thickened. Taste test and adjust salt and pepper, if desired.
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Serve chicken with sauce, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 477.58kcal
- Fat:Â 32.05g
- Saturated Fat:Â 15.31g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.44g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 11.66g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 3.02g
- Carbohydrates:Â 15.33g
- Fiber:Â 1.50g
- Sugar:Â 3.43g
- Protein:Â 21.98g
- Cholesterol:Â 120.69mg
- Sodium:Â 628.49mg
- Calcium:Â 67.75mg
- Potassium:Â 418.33mg
- Iron:Â 1.90mg
- Vitamin A: 218.15µg
- Vitamin C:Â 2.67mg
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