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creamy mustard chicken.

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Admittedly I don’t cook French food very often…it feels a bit fussy and too fancy for my get-dinner-on-the-table-in-30-minutes lifestyle these days, plus I assume that there will be all sorts of expensive ingredients to buy that aren’t already sitting in my pantry.  But this dish is different – it’s sauteed chicken topped with an easy, creamy mustard sauce that may have caused me to lick my plate clean. And about $1 per serving!

Forget what you knew about French food – you can do this!!

So after sauteeing the chicken, simmer some white wine, half and half, dijon and herbs until you have a divinely thick sauce.

Then pour on top of the chicken and dinner is served!  The sauce is also incredible over roasted fingerling potatoes too.  Enjoy!

creamy mustard chicken.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1/4 of the recipe

Calories per serving: 300

Fat per serving: 14

This chicken resembles one you might find at a french bistro! Pour any extra sauce over roasted potatoes or veggies - bon appetite!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 cup dry white wine or chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup half and half or cream
  • 1 tablespoons dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano, sage or tarragon (or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh)

Instructions

  1. Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
  2. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute until cooked through, 10 to 12 minutes, turning once. Transfer to a plate to keep warm.
  3. Pour wine or broth into skillet; cook, stirring, until reduced by half, about 1 minute. Whisk in half and half, mustard, and herbs. Cook, whisking, until thickened, about 2 minutes.
  4. Pour any accumulated chicken juices from plate into sauce. Right before serving, drizzle cream sauce over chicken.

Notes

300 calories per serving, 14 grams of fat, 2 carbs, 38 grams of protein

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TOTAL: $4.10 or about $1 per serving calculated based off the prices I pay as listed on this spreadsheet (i.e. I buy chicken breast on sale for $1.99 at Sprouts, etc).


4 Comments Post a comment
  1. Heather #

    This sauce is delicious! Soooo easy and so versatile! Family friendly and definitely adding this in to our rotation. Thanks!

    July 7, 2013
    • kellyhartman #

      Hooray for family friendly and easy!! Glad you enjoyed it.

      July 7, 2013
  2. Grace #

    This dish was amazing! Used shallots since I didn’t have fresh oregano and it was heavenly. Thank you

    July 9, 2013
    • kellyhartman #

      That’s great!!

      July 9, 2013

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