Lemony Chicken with Mustard Sauce
Cookbook
An Irish Country Cookbook: More Than 140 Family Recipes from Soda Bread to Irish Stew
Published by Forge Books
Editor's note: For a zesty and flavorful weeknight meal, try your hand at this Lemony Chicken with Mustard Sauce. It's a recipe that is sure to become a family favorite.
Serves4 people
CostInexpensive
OccasionCasual Dinner Party
Recipe CourseMain Course
MealDinner
Taste and TextureSavory, Tangy
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sunflower or canola oil
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 10 ounces chicken stock
- A knob of butter
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
- Grated zest of 1 lemon plus ½ large lemon, sliced (or slice a whole lemon if small)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black peppe
- 8 ounces heavy cream
- 2 ounces dry white wine
- Lemon Rice
Instructions
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Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat, add the chicken, and cook until browned.
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Pour the chicken stock over the chicken breasts and add the butter, mustard, tarragon, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes.
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Remove the chicken to a serving dish and keep warm.
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Now add the cream and wine to the pan and boil up to thicken the sauce and reduce it by about a third.
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Add the lemon slices and simmer gently for a further 5 minutes. Adjust the seasoning if necessary.
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Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve with lemon rice.
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Copyright Patrick Taylor, 2017
