Breast of chicken with tarragon and mustard sauce

Name: Breast of chicken with tarragon and mustard sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 French shallots, finely sliced; 200 ml (6½ fl oz) thick (double) cream or crème fraîche; 80 g (2¾ oz) Dijon or tarragon mustard; 100 ml (3¼ fl oz) dry white wine; 500 ml (16 fl oz) chicken stock; 15 g (½ oz) fresh tarragon; oil, for cooking; 4 skinless chicken breasts

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Chicken

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1997

About

French tarragon (as opposed to its coarser cousin, Russian tarragon) has a subtle anise-like flavour, which perfectly complements other gently flavoured foods such as eggs, fish and chicken. The Latin name means ‘little dragon’, from the belief that the herb could cure the bites of venomous creatures.

Ingredients

oil, for cooking
4 skinless chicken breasts
4 French shallots, finely sliced
100

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Heat about 1 tablespoon oil in a roasting tin on the stove top and fry the chicken breasts for 5 m