This recipe looked great as is, but after reading other reviews, I decided to take some of their suggestions. I coated the chicken with lightly seasoned flour prior to browning them. After the breasts were cooked, I removed them from the pan and sautéed 2 minced cloves of garlic, ½ of an onion, chopped, and 1 cup of sliced mushrooms until the onion was soft and the mushrooms were mostly cooked. Then I added the cream, mustard and tarragon with the garlic, onions, and mushrooms. I also tripled the cream-mustard-tarragon “gravy” as we like extra. I served this wonderful chicken with mashed potatoes and asparagus. We will definitely make this again! UPDATE: I have made this dish again, and this time I made a few more changes that previous reviewers had mentioned. I rubbed a light coating of Dijon mustard on the chicken breasts a few hours before cooking and let them sit. I still coated the breasts in seasoned flour before browning. Once the chicken was cooked and I removed it from the pan, I added a splash of white wine (slightly less than a quarter cup) to deglaze the pan prior to sautéing the onions, garlic and mushrooms. My husband said it was the best! This time I served it with Stove-Top chicken dressing and a salad.
This recipe was very good. I added a few things that rounded out the flavors. Changes I made:
1. I coated the chicken with seasoned flour before sauteing in butter/oil mixture.
2. Once the chicken was done, I added 2 minced garlic cloves and 1 minced shallot to the drippings and cooked until soft.
3. I deglazed the pan with a glug of white wine before adding the cream.
The garlic, shallots and wine deepened the flavors and gave the dish a better finish. This will definately be one of our favorites from now on!
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As is I would say this was an okay recipe but with a few modifications it is excellent. I coated the chicken in dijon mustard about 3 hours before cooking. Then I dipped in flour and sauteed in oil & butter. I made the sauce as directed but increased the cream so there would be more sauce. Yummy! The chicken was incredibly tender and moist. My husband raved about it.
I too made some adjustments on this recipe. I took the advice of others and dusted the chicken with flour and I doubled the sauce recipe. PLUS, after removing the chicken I deglazed the pan with dry white wine, after it reduced by half I added finely chopped shallots. After the shallots cooked for a few minutes I then added the cream. Instead of tarragon in the sauce I added Herbes de Provence, stirred then added back the chicken. I garnished the chicken with fresh chopped tarragon. We used the sauce for the asparagus on the side. My kids (10 & 12) loved the sauce and the chicken. They actually used the sauce to disguise the taste of the asparagus. This is a keeper recipe and I've shared it with friends. Nice and easy but definitely a show stopper.
Tasty easy recipe. My husband loved it and I didn't let on just how easy it was. I changed it some based on the reviews and on our dietary needs: Marinate the chicken breasts for a few hours in white wine and lemon juice. Convection bake at 325 for 20 minutes while making sauce. (These two pre-steps tenderize the chicken.) In a sauce pan melt 1 TBS unsalted butter and add about 1/4 cup diced red onions cooking a few minutes. Add about 1/3 cup sliced portabello mushrooms and saute until mushrooms are cooked. Pour into bowl and set aside. Pour 1/2 cup of fat-free half & half to heated saute pan and heat on medium until hot. Whisk into cream 2 TBS Dijon mustard. Stir in 2 TBS chopped fresh Tarragon. Add in onion-mushroom mixture and lower heat to a low simmer. Place baked breasts on a lightly greased heated grill pan and grill 3 minutes each side or until chicken is cooked through. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place on plates and ladle sauce on top. Voila! A gourmet meal awaits.
Excellent recipes and good company fare. The only changes I made is to deglaze the pan with white wine (next time I will try brandy) added some chopped garlic and used unsalted butter. Always find that unsalted butter (or sweet butter) gives a much better flavor and does not burn as quickly
I used to make this recipe all the time when I still ate meat. Now that I'm a vegetarian I still eat this but with mock-chicken instead. It's a delicious and quick recipe that has impressed every single person I know who tried it!
coated chicken with salt pepper and herbs of provence and let sit for the afternoon. increased tarragon to 1 Tbs used white wine to deglaze the pan and added 1 tsp of garlic with the wine. used only 1/2 and 1/2 and milk to cut down on fat. good and classically french recipe
At first I didnt understand. Ive never made something with high ratings that went so bad. I read over the other reviews and I see a lot of people have not made this recipe as is. People have made their changes and then rated the recipe 4-5 stars so I really think this 5 star rating is way off. Way too strong of a mustard taste for me. I tried again with less mustard and garlic and served it over chicken stuffed with prosciutto and smoked gouda. It went better with it but I still dont think its that great. Wont be making it again.
