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Servings: 4 people

French Chicken in Mustard Sauce

A wonderful family dish with lots of flavor, juicy and tender chicken, and the most delicious sauce.You can choose to cut up a whole chicken, buy thighs/drumsticks or use, for example, chicken fillets, but then of course you need to remember to reduce the oven time.
Author: Per Asmussen
Course: Dinner
Keyword: Chicken, Dinner, oven food
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour

Equipment

  • Frying Pan
  • Pot
  • Ovenproof dish
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • Butter for browning
  • 1 pcs. Whole Chicken
  • 0.5 package Mushroom sliced
  • 1 pcs. Onion finely chopped
  • 1 clove Garlic finely chopped
  • 100 gram White Wine
  • 200 gram Cream
  • 4 gram Tarragon fresh, chopped
  • 15 gram Dijon Mustard
  • 15 gram Coarse mustard Ravigotte
  • 2 gram Sugar
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Fresh spinach

Instructions

  • Brown the chicken in butter and season with salt and pepper.
  • Sauté mushrooms, onions, and garlic, then add the white wine.
  • Reduce for about 3 minutes on high heat.
  • Add the cream, both mustards, tarragon, and sugar.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Let the sauce simmer until it thickens.
  • Pour the sauce over the chicken.
  • Place the dish in the oven at 200°C for about 50 minutes.
  • Now spread the fresh spinach over the chicken and watch until the spinach "wilts" for about 4 minutes.
  • With a spoon, the spinach can now easily be mixed into the sauce between the chicken pieces.
  • Give the dish an additional 5-10 minutes before it's ready to serve.