Best Chicken Breasts With Chive And Mustard Sauce Recipe Epicuriouscom Recipes

SAUTÉED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CREAMY CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place chicken between sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet or heavy skillet until flattened. Season both sides with ½ teaspoon salt. Place ¼ cup flour in a small glass baking dish and drag the chicken in it. Discard excess flour.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until golden brown. Transfer to a plate, cover and keep warm.
• Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in the pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon flour; stir to coat. Add wine, broth, and the remaining ½ teaspoon salt; bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Return chicken and any accumulated juices to the pan, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until heated through, about 6 minutes. Stir in sour cream and mustard until smooth; turn the chicken to coat with the sauce. Stir in chives and serve immediately.

SPINACH-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Cool slightly. Blend spinach, cream cheese and chives in medium bowl. Mix in mushrooms; season with salt and pepper.
• Run fingers under skin of each chicken breast to loosen, creating pocket. Spread 1/6 of cheese mixture between skin and meat of each breast. Arrange chicken breasts on baking sheet. Spread 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard over each chicken breast. Bake chicken until golden brown and cooked through, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN PAILLARD WITH CHIVE AND MUSTARD SAUCE DIANE

Steps:

• Since each pounded, flattened chicken should have a large circumference, it will be necessary to cook the four breasts one at a time, setting each aside on a warm platter as you finish those that remain or use two pans to cook two simultaneously.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add 1/2 tablespoon of butter to the hot pan and heat the butter until it begins to foam. Add the first
• breast and sear, cooking for 3 to 4 minutes on a side before turning it over and allowing another 4 minutes on the second side. Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a warm platter. Repeat for the remaining chicken breasts, adding butter to the pan and sauteeing both sides. After all the chicken has been cooked and removed from the pan, add the shallots and cook two minutes until translucent. Lower the heat, move the pan away, and cautiously add the brandy. Being careful not to flame the brandy, return the pan to the stove, and over low heat, allow it to cook off. Add the white wine to the pan, raise the heat, and bring quickly to the boil. Stir in the mustard. Allow this to cook for 1 minute before adding the veal stock. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes more. Add the cream. Bring just to the boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the chives.
• Place the ovenproof platter of chicken breasts in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 to 2 minutes to reheat them very quickly before placing them on individual dishes and topping with some of the Diane Sauce. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes.

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY MUSTARD CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place chicken between sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet or heavy skillet until flattened to an even thickness, about 1/2 inch.
• Season both sides of the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Place 1/4 cup flour in a shallow glass baking dish and dredge the chicken in it; discard the excess flour.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the chicken and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.
• Transfer to a plate, cover and keep warm.
• Heat the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in the pan over medium-high heat.
• Add shallots and cook, stirring constantly and scraping up any browned bits, until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon flour; stir to coat.
• Add wine, broth and salt; bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Return the chicken and any accumulated juices to the pan, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until heated through and no longer pink in the center, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in sour cream and mustard until smooth; turn the chicken to coat with the sauce.
• Stir in chives and serve immediately.

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH DIJON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F with rack in middle.
• Pat chicken dry and sprinkle with 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Heat oil in an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Working in 2 batches, brown chicken, skin side down first and turning once, about 5 minutes per batch.
• Return all chicken, skin side up, to skillet and roast in oven until just cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a platter, then add shallots, wine, and broth to pan juices in skillet and boil, scraping up any brown bits, until reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add cream and boil until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
• Strain sauce through a sieve into a bowl. Whisk in mustard, chives, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve chicken with sauce.

PAN-ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST WITH VINEGAR, MUSTARD, AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and when it is almost smoking, add the chicken breasts, skin side down. Lower the heat to medium and cook the breasts 6-7 minutes, then turn them (they should have an even, golden brown color) and continue cooking for about 5 more minutes. Rotate the skillet if the heat on your burner is uneven, so that you don't get any dark or burned spots, and reduce the heat if the chicken seems to be browning too quickly. When the chicken is cooked, remove it to a platter and keep warm in the oven (don't cover). Pour the excess grease from the pan and deglaze with the stock and vinegar, whisking to scrape up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Let the liquid bubble briskly in the pan, whisking, until it's reduced to about 1/2 cup, then whisk in the butter, mustard, and tarragon.
• The sauce should have a slightly creamy consistency If it's too acidic, whisk in a little more butter or stock. Remove it from the heat and spoon over the warm chicken breasts. Sprinkle with chives, if desired.