How To Make Creamy Dijon Mustard Chicken
Enjoy this deliciously creamy Dijon Mustard Chicken dish made with butter-fried chicken cutlets mixed with a luscious sauce made of wine, and dijon mustard!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1¼lbschicken breasts,boneless, skinless
- salt
- 2tbspextra-virgin olive oil,plus more for lightly coating chicken
- 1tbspbutter
- 1cupshallots,sliced
- ½cupdry white wine,or chicken stock
- ½cupwater
- 4tbspdijon mustard,smooth, whole grain, or a mixture of both
- 1tspdried thyme
- ¼cupheavy cream
Instructions
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Remove chicken breasts from the package and sprinkle with salt.
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Remove the tenderloin from each breast and set aside.
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Cut each chicken breast into 3 pieces, approximately the same size. Coat with just a little olive oil.
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Place the breast pieces between two pieces of plastic wrap or parchment paper and use a mallet, empty wine bottle, or rolling pin to pound the chicken pieces to even thinness of about ¼-inch.
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Repeat with the tenderloin pieces.
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In a large, heavy-bottomed sauté pan, heat the olive oil on medium-high to high heat. Stir in the butter.
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When the butter is foamy, add the chicken pieces to the pan. Do not crowd the pan, if necessary work in batches.
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Lightly brown chicken on one side, turn over and brown the other side. Do not overcook the chicken.
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Remove the chicken pieces from the pan and set aside while making the sauce.
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Add the sliced shallots to the pan. Lower the heat to medium.
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Stir to coat with the remaining fat in the pan.
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Cook for about 5 to 6 minutes until softened.
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Add white wine to the pan and increase the heat to high.
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When most of the wine has evaporated, add the water, the mustard, and the dried thyme.
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Simmer until reduced by ½.
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Reduce the heat to low. Add the chicken back to the pan and coat with the sauce.
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Remove the pan from heat and drizzle in the cream.
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Taste and adjust the seasonings, adding more salt if necessary.
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Serve with egg noodles, rice, mashed potatoes, puréed celery root or parsnips, or serve alone or with vegetables for low carb version.
Nutrition
- Calories: 443.18kcal
- Fat: 28.82g
- Saturated Fat: 10.00g
- Trans Fat: 0.27g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.94g
- Carbohydrates: 8.97g
- Fiber: 2.00g
- Sugar: 3.99g
- Protein: 31.51g
- Cholesterol: 118.73mg
- Sodium: 655.23mg
- Calcium: 59.28mg
- Potassium: 504.16mg
- Iron: 2.21mg
- Vitamin A: 120.69µg
- Vitamin C: 3.46mg
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