Easy Creamy Dijon Chicken and Potatoes
We love chicken and potatoes for dinner. Juicy chicken breasts in creamy Dijon sauce served with crispy potatoes is the perfect easy recipe.
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Ingredients
Full recipe with amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
- Chicken breasts. Boneless chicken thighs can also be used.
- Potatoes.
- Onion.
- Fresh garlic cloves.
- Chicken stock / Chicken broth.
- Heavy Cream / Whipping cream.
- Dijon mustard.
- Lemon juice.
- Oregano.
- Salt and pepper.
How to make Dijon chicken and potatoes
- Roast the potatoes: Peel the potatoes then chop into cubes with a sharp knife. Add the potatoes to a large sheet pan or roasting dish and drizzle with a few tablespoons of olive oil. Season generously with salt and pepper then toss to coat. Place in a preheated oven and allow to roast for 30 minutes, tossing halfway, or until the potatoes are golden and crisp. The potatoes can be cooked in the air fryer too.
- Cook the chicken: Place the chicken breasts in between two sheets of parchment paper then gently flatten out with a meat mallet or rolling pin. You want the chicken to be approximately 1-2cm thick. Drizzle with olive oil then season on both sides with salt, pepper and oregano. Heat a large, deep pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and sear for 2-3 minutes per side until golden brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Make the Dijon cream sauce: In the same pan, add a splash of oil then cook the onion and garlic for a few minutes until fragrant, scraping off the brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the chicken stock and allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes then add the cream and Dijon. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce easily coats the back of a spoon. Add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Finish: Place the chicken back in the sauce and allow to cook for another 5 minutes then scatter over fresh parsley and serve with the crispy potatoes. I like to add the potatoes to the pan so some of them soak up the creamy sauce but you can serve the potatoes on the side too, if preferred.
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Ingredients
- 4 potatoes
- 500 g (1lb) chicken breasts (approximately 4 chicken breasts)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp dried oregano
For the sauce
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup cream
- 3 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1-2 tsp lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat to 200°C/390°F.
- Peel the potatoes then chop into cubes with a sharp knife.
- Add the potatoes to a large sheet pan or roasting dish and drizzle with a few tablespoons of olive oil. Season generously with salt and pepper then toss to coat.
- Place in a preheated oven and allow to roast for 30 minutes, tossing halfway, or until the potatoes are golden and crisp.
- Place the chicken breasts in between two sheets of parchment paper then gently flatten out with a meat mallet or rolling pin. You want the chicken to be approximately 1-2cm thick.
- Drizzle with olive oil then season on both sides with salt, pepper and oregano.
- Heat a large, deep pan over medium-high heat. A
- dd the chicken and sear for 2-3 minutes per side until golden brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- In the same pan, add a splash of oil then cook the onion and garlic for a few minutes until fragrant, scraping off the brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
- Add the chicken stock and allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes then add the cream and Dijon.
- Allow to simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce easily coats the back of a spoon.
- Add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Place the chicken back in the sauce and allow to cook for another 5 minutes then scatter over fresh parsley and serve with the crispy potatoes.
Nutrition
Calories: 426kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 894mg | Potassium: 1566mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 271IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 119mg | Iron: 3mg