Chicken Breasts and Mashed Potatoes with Creamy Dijon Sauce
Description
This meal is so delicious you will put it on your regular dinner rotation. The chicken is perfectly seasoned, tender, juicy and is made in a wonderful Dijon sauce.
Ingredients
Mashed Potatoes:
2 lb. russet potatoes, washed, peeled and cut into quarters (about 4-6 potatoes)
2 T. butter
1/2 c. heavy whipping cream
1 t. salt
Chicken:
2 T. butter
1 T. olive oil
4 chicken breasts
1/2 t. garlic powder
salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste
Dijon Cream Sauce:
2 T. butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 T. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. chicken broth/stock
1/2 c. dry white wine (or additional chicken broth/stock)
3 T. Dijon mustard
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. black pepper
1 c. heavy whipping cream
freshly chopped parsley, optional garnish
Directions
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Mashed Potatoes:
Add potatoes to a large pot; cover with water; bring water to a boil; cook potatoes until fork tender.
While the potatoes cook, make the chicken and sauce.
When potatoes are done cooking, discard the water; add potatoes back to the pot. Add butter, heavy cream and salt. Mash the potatoes until smooth and creamy. Cover; while the chicken finishes baking.
Chicken:
Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Melt butter and olive oil in a large, oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. When hot, add chicken; cook for about 5 minutes until browned; flip over; cook more 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a platter. The chicken will finish cooking in the oven.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make the Dijon cream sauce.
Dijon Cream Sauce:
Reduce heat to medium. In the same skillet used to cook the chicken, add the butter and garlic; cook until butter is melted. Whisk in flour; cook for 1 minute.
While whisking, gradually pour in chicken broth/stock; add white wine. Whisk in Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. Whisk in heavy cream; simmer 1-2 minutes until slightly thickened to a gravy consistency.
Add chicken back into the skillet with the sauce. Place the skillet in the oven. Bake 15-18 minutes, or until chicken is fully cooked.
Serve chicken and mashed potatoes with the cream sauce over the potatoes and garnish with parsley, if desired.
4 servings.