Best 11 Chicken With Dijon Tarragon Cream Sauce Recipes

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Chicken with Dijon Tarragon Cream Sauce is a classic dish that combines the rich, buttery flavor of Dijon mustard with the bright, earthy notes of tarragon. The creamy sauce is perfect for serving over chicken breasts, thighs, or even roasted vegetables. This dish is relatively easy to make, and it can be tailored to your liking. For a richer sauce, use heavy cream instead of milk. For a more pronounced tarragon flavor, add a tablespoon of fresh, chopped tarragon to the sauce. And for a bit of heat, add a pinch of cayenne pepper. No matter how you choose to make it, Chicken with Dijon Tarragon Cream Sauce is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

CREAMY TARRAGON DIJON SKILLET CHICKEN



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This easy skillet chicken dish gets elevated with the flavor of fresh tarragon. Creamy Tarragon Dijon Skillet Chicken is a 30 minute meal you will want to eat every day!

Provided by Rachel Farnsworth

Categories     Dinner

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 9

4 chicken breasts (pounded thin)
4 tablespoons dijon mustard
salt and pepper (to taste)
2 tablespoons olive oil (divided)
1 pound mushrooms (sliced)
4 shallots (diced)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
2 cups heavy cream or half-and-half
1/4 cup fresh tarragon (chopped)

Steps:

  • Brush both sides of chicken breasts with dijon mustard. Season generously with salt and pepper.
  • Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken breasts until they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees, flipping half way through. This should take about 6 to 8 minutes if using thin chicken breasts.
  • Remove the cooked chicken from the skillet and set aside.
  • Using the same skillet, pour in the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add in mushrooms and shallots. Saute for 3 to 5 minutes. Add in garlic and cook 1 minute more.
  • Pour in heavy cream and tarragon. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes.
  • Return the chicken to the sauce and let them heat through. Serve hot over cooked pasta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 542 kcal, Carbohydrate 16 g, Protein 57 g, Fat 28 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, Cholesterol 189 mg, Sodium 493 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 4 g, ServingSize 1 serving

CHICKEN WITH DIJON-TARRAGON CREAM SAUCE



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25-minute main dish! Dijon mustard adds zest to a creamy sauce that coats tender chicken and pasta.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Entree

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

8 oz uncooked fettuccine
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, if desired

Steps:

  • Cook and drain fettuccine as directed on package.
  • Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until no longer pink in center.
  • In small bowl, mix sour cream, milk and mustard until smooth. Stir in tarragon. Pour into skillet with chicken. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until thoroughly heated. Serve chicken mixture over fettuccine; sprinkle with parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 470, Carbohydrate 41 g, Cholesterol 155 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 2 g, Protein 35 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 310 mg, Sugar 3 g, TransFat 1/2 g

DIJON-TARRAGON CREAM CHICKEN



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Chicken breasts bathed in a delicate mustard tarragon sauce. A quick and simple recipe that you can serve on a weeknight but tastes like a French chef came to your house!

Provided by DELTAQUEEN50

Categories     Meat and Poultry Recipes     Chicken     Chicken Breast Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
salt and pepper to taste
½ cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon

Steps:

  • Melt the butter and heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and place in the skillet. Brown on both sides. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and continue cooking 15 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear. Set aside and keep warm.
  • Stir cream into the pan, scraping up brown bits. Mix in mustard and tarragon. Cook and stir 5 minutes, or until thickened. Return chicken to skillet to coat with sauce. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 310.1 calories, Carbohydrate 2.1 g, Cholesterol 120.3 mg, Fat 21 g, Protein 27.1 g, SaturatedFat 10.2 g, Sodium 226.8 mg

CREAMY MUSTARD & TARRAGON CHICKEN



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Make this easy chicken dish with breasts or thighs. Half-fat crème fraîche keeps it light

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Dinner, Main course

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 tbsp sunflower oil
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
200ml tub half-fat crème fraîche
½ tbsp each Dijon and wholegrain mustard
¼ tbsp dried tarragon , or 2 sprigs of fresh if you have it

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat the oil in an ovenproof pan. Season the chicken breasts, then brown for 1 min on each side. Remove from the pan, then set aside.
  • Add the crème fraîche, mustards and tarragon to the pan, stirring to combine everything. Bring to a simmer, then return the chicken to the pan, spooning some of the sauce over the fillets. Lift into the oven, then bake for 20 mins until the chicken is cooked through and sauce bubbling. Great with green beans and rice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 367 calories, Fat 25 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 2 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Protein 35 grams protein, Sodium 0.46 milligram of sodium

DIJON-TARRAGON CREAM CHICKEN



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Quick and simple recipe, chicken breast in a wonderful mustard-tarragon sauce. Adapted from a cooking websites newsletter.

Provided by lauralie41

Categories     Chicken Breast

Time 45m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
salt and pepper
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, chopped

Steps:

  • In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil and melt the butter. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place chicken in the skillet and brown on both sides. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and continue cooking approximately 15 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Remove chicken and set aside, keep warm.
  • Stirring cream into the pan, scrap up brown bits left in bottom of the pan. Mix in mustard and tarragon, cook and stir 5 minutes or until thickened. Return chicken to skillet and coat with sauce. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce to serve.

CHICKEN BREASTS IN TARRAGON CREAM



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If you're an herb lover, this dish, which takes 10 minutes to prepare from start to finish, will become a standard in your repetoire.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 pounds)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small shallot, finely chopped (about 3 tablespoons)
1/4 cup dry vermouth or dry white wine
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 to 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh French tarragon
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

Steps:

  • 1. Browning the chicken. Season both sides of the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large (10 to 12-inch) skillet over medium-high heat. Using tongs, carefully lower the chicken breasts into the pan and cook them for about 1 minute on each side just until hey begin to brown slightly. Transfer the still-raw chicken to a plate.
  • 2. Poaching in cream. Reduce the heat under the skillet to low. Add the shallot and cook, stirring constantly, until softened but not browned, less than 1 minute. Add the vermouth and cook for 30 seconds, then add the cream and half the tarragon. Return the chicken breasts to the pan and adjust the heat so that the cream gently simmers. Cover and cook until the chicken is firm and just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. To check for doneness, cut into the thickest part of a breast with a paring knife ¿ there should be no sign of pink or translucence.
  • 3. Finishing. Transfer the chicken breasts to a warmed serving platter or individual dinner plates. The sauce should be thick enough to lightly coat a spoon. If it is too thin, continue to simmer it for about 1 minute and it will thicken. Stir in the remaining tarragon and the lemon juice, then taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve right away with buttered egg noodles.

CREAMY DIJON CHICKEN



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This chicken dish is extremely fast and economical. It makes a nice sauce that works well over brown rice or wide noodles. If you want extra sauce for leftovers, double the recipe. -Irene Boffo, Fountain Hills, Arizona

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Time 25m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup half-and-half cream
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 ounces each)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 teaspoons butter
1 small onion, halved and very thinly sliced
Minced fresh parsley

Steps:

  • Whisk together cream, mustard and brown sugar. Pound chicken breasts with a meat mallet to even thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper., In a large skillet, heat oil and butter over medium-high heat; brown chicken on both sides. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion and cream mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, 10-12 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 295 calories, Fat 11g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 114mg cholesterol, Sodium 621mg sodium, Carbohydrate 6g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 36g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH FRESH TARRAGON- DIJON MUSTARD PAN SAUCE



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I was looking for recipes using fresh French tarragon and stumbled upon this chicken dish. Please use only fresh tarragon for this recipe. From karynskitchen.com

Provided by COOKGIRl

Categories     Chicken

Time 22m

Yield 4 chicken breasts

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon olive oil (use more or less, depending on your pan)
salt and pepper
1/2 cup chicken stock
1/3 cup half-and-half or 1/3 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 -3 teaspoons finely chopped fresh French tarragon
whole french tarragon leaf, for garnish

Steps:

  • If chicken breasts are quite thick, pound them with a meat mallet or other heavy object until they are about 3/4 inch thick.
  • Finely chop the tarragon leaves.
  • Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a heavy frying pan just big enough to hold all the chicken without crowding. While oil heats, season chicken with salt and pepper.
  • Add the chicken and sautè until chicken is cooked through and well-browned, about 10 minutes.
  • Remove chicken to a plate and tent with foil to keep warm.
  • Add chicken stock to pan, scraping off any browned bits, and cook until reduced by half, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Whisk in mustard, tarragon, half and half (or heavy cream) and any juices from the chicken which have accumulated on the plate.
  • Cook until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes more.
  • Arrange the chicken breasts on a platter and drizzle the sauce over each piece of chicken.
  • Garnish with a few tarragon leaves and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 199.1, Fat 7.6, SaturatedFat 2.4, Cholesterol 76.8, Sodium 169.9, Carbohydrate 2.2, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.6, Protein 28.8

CHICKEN WITH MUSTARD AND TARRAGON CREAM SAUCE



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Categories     Chicken     Mustard     Braise     Sauté     Low Carb     Quick & Easy     Brandy     Tarragon     Shallot     Bon Appétit

Yield Makes 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 3-pound whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
3/4 cup chopped shallots
1/4 cup brandy
1 cup low-salt chicken broth
1/2 cup whipping cream
4 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

Steps:

  • Melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Cook, skin side down, until brown, about 5 minutes. Turn over; cook 1 minute. Using tongs, transfer chicken to plate.
  • Add shallots to same skillet; reduce heat to medium-low. Sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Add brandy; simmer until liquid is reduced, scraping up browned bits, about 2 minutes. Whisk in broth. Return chicken to skillet, skin side up. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked, about 20 minutes. Transfer to platter; reserve skillet.
  • Whisk cream, tarragon, and mustard into same skillet. Increase heat to high; boil until sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken.

DIJON-TARRAGON CREAM CHICKEN



Dijon-Tarragon Cream Chicken image

Chicken breasts bathed in a delicate mustard tarragon sauce. A quick and simple recipe that you can serve on a weeknight but tastes like a French chef came to your house!

Provided by DELTAQUEEN50

Categories     Chicken Breasts

Time 45m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
salt and pepper to taste
½ cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon

Steps:

  • Melt the butter and heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and place in the skillet. Brown on both sides. Reduce heat to medium, cover, and continue cooking 15 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear. Set aside and keep warm.
  • Stir cream into the pan, scraping up brown bits. Mix in mustard and tarragon. Cook and stir 5 minutes, or until thickened. Return chicken to skillet to coat with sauce. Drizzle chicken with remaining sauce to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 310.1 calories, Carbohydrate 2.1 g, Cholesterol 120.3 mg, Fat 21 g, Protein 27.1 g, SaturatedFat 10.2 g, Sodium 226.8 mg

CHICKEN WITH TARRAGON CREAM SAUCE



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Categories     Chicken     Dairy     Herb     Poultry     Roast     Kid-Friendly     Summer     Bon Appétit     Small Plates

Yield Makes 4 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 4- to 4-1/2 pound whole chicken
4 large fresh tarragon sprigs
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, room temperature
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup dry vermouth or dry white wine
3/4 cup whipping cream
3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Rinse chicken thoroughly inside and out. Pat dry. Sprinkle chicken inside with salt and pepper. Place tarragon sprigs in cavity. Rub butter all over outside of chicken. Place chicken in roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour 1/2 cup water into roasting pan.
  • Roast chicken until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175°F and juices run clear when thigh is pierced, basting occasionally with pan juices, about 1 hour. Transfer chicken to platter; cover with foil while making sauce.
  • Transfer pan juices to medium saucepan. Freeze until fat rises to top, about 10 minutes. Spoon off fat; discard. Add vermouth to pan juices in saucepan. Boil until slightly reduced, about 3 minutes. Add cream and tarragon and boil until mixture thickens to sauce consistency, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Serve with chicken.

Tips:

  • For the best flavor, use fresh tarragon leaves. If you don't have fresh tarragon, you can substitute 1 teaspoon of dried tarragon.
  • To make sure the sauce is smooth, strain it through a fine-mesh sieve before serving.
  • If you don't have white wine, you can substitute chicken broth or water.
  • To make the sauce richer, you can add 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
  • Serve the sauce over grilled or pan-fried fish, chicken, or pork.

Conclusion:

This Dijon tarragon cream sauce is a delicious and versatile sauce that can be used to enhance a variety of dishes. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. Whether you are looking for a simple sauce to serve over grilled fish or a more complex sauce to use in a gourmet dish, this Dijon tarragon cream sauce is a great option.

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