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Chicken in Lemon Tarragon Mustard Cream Sauce with Roasted Grapes

Jan 102012

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Chicken in a Lemon Tarragon Mustard Cream Sauce with Roasted Grapes
Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon canola oil
2 bone-in chicken breasts, skin removed and trimmed of excess fat
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
1 cup halved red seedless grapes
1/4 cup chopped shallots
1 cup half and half
3 tablespoons Saucy Mama’s Tarragon Lemon Mustard

Directions:

Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Heat canola oil in an oven proof skillet over medium high heat. Once oil is hot, add the chicken, meat side down and cook for 3 minutes to brown. Place the pan in the oven, uncovered for 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and turn the chicken over and place meat side up on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle the grapes around the chicken. Return the chicken to the oven until cooked through, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, add the shallot to the same skillet used to cook the chicken and cook over medium heat. Cook shallot for 5 minutes, or until translucent. Add the half and half to the pan. Bring the mixture to a simmer and reduce the heat to medium low and cook until the mixture has reduced to about 2/3 cup, about 5 minutes. Whisk the mustard into the pan.

When the chicken is cooked through, remove it and the grapes from the oven and add both the pan of mustard sauce. If your grapes and/or chicken gave off liquid while cooking be sure to stir as much of it as you can into the sauce. Serve immediately.

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