Chicken with Dijon Sauce

Chicken with Dijon Wine Cream Sauce is a delicious chicken dish cooked in one skillet.  Chicken breasts are sautéed until fully cooked and served with a light mustard cream sauce made with 4 ingredients. Mouthwatering and delightful, this chicken dish will make a great dinner.

Chicken with Dijon Wine Cream Sauce

We’re always looking for new ways to make dinner with chicken breasts or chicken cutlets that are quick, easy, and big on flavor. And, rarely make cream sauces for chicken. 

But I remembered a chicken dish I had ordered in a little charming bistro restaurant while visiting Prague.  It was so delicious, I ordered the same dish every time I went there.  At that moment, I knew I had to try this recipe at home.

I came across this recipe for chicken with mustard cream sauce in an old cookbook, Everyday Food: Great Food Fast.  But, of course, I added my little twist to it, adding in the wine and fresh thyme as the herb. 

And let me tell you, it turned out fantastic!

It’s a delicious chicken recipe, and you can easily serve it with your favorite steamed vegetables, or with roasted baby potatoes as I did here.  YUM!!

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Ingredients You Will Need

For our Chicken with Dijon Sauce recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

• Boneless Chicken Breast: Choose skinless, boneless chicken breasts. These come already cleaned and prepped for you.
• Seasonings:  You will need some salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste.
• Olive Oil: We always prefer to use extra virgin olive oil with our recipes.
• White Wine: A good quality drinking white wine is what we prefer.
• Heavy Cream: Any heavy cream or light cream can be used with this recipe.
• Herbs: We used some sprigs of fresh thyme.
• Mustard: We also prefer using the course ground Dijon mustard. But if you do not have any on hand, you can use the regular creamy Dijon mustard.

How to Make Chicken with Dijon Sauce?

For this recipe, there are 4 easy-to-follow steps. And our full recipe card is located at the bottom of this page. But first, let’s go over the 4 steps so you can understand what’s involved before you start:

1. STEP 1: SEASON & SAUTE THE CHICKEN: Lightly season the breasts with salt and black pepper.

Next, add olive oil to a 9 or 10-inch skillet, and add the chicken. Sauté the chicken on medium heat until they turns golden brown on both sides, and is fully cooked, about 10 to 13 minutes. 

Helpful Tip! You may cover your skillet with a splatter screen while sautéing to keep the oil from splattering.

Then, remove the chicken and transfer to a serving platter or to individual dinner plates.  Cover with foil wrap to keep warm.

2. STEP 2: DEGLAZE THE SKILLET: Pour in the wine and deglaze the pan. 

Stir the wine with a wooden spoon, and scrape all the bits on the bottom of the skillet.  Simmer the wine for about 1 minute or so, until it reduces.

3. STEP 3:  ADD THE CREAM, THYME, & DIJON: Pour in the heavy cream, and toss in fresh thyme and coarse-ground Dijon mustard.

Helpful Tip! To remove thyme leaves from each sprig, hold at the tip of the sprig and pull your fingers down over the stem.  The leaves will come right off.

4. (FINAL) STEP 4:  SIMMER THE SAUCE: 

Stir and simmer on low heat for 2 minutes, until the sauce thickens a little.  Turn off the heat and spoon over the chicken. Then serve!

Options for Sides to Serve It With

Everyone always asks us what sides we can serve with this chicken recipe. There are so many sides that pair wonderfully with this chicken dish. Feel free to try any of these suggestions:

• Easy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• Mashed Cauliflower
• Roasted Lemon-Garlic Potatoes
• Mom’s Best Mashed Potato Pie

A Delicious Chicken Dinner

A delicious chicken dinner that’s quick and easy! The Dijon wine cream sauce is what makes the chicken so flavorful!  The aromatic flavor that comes from fresh thyme infused with the Dijon mustard is the secret to its divine flavors!

Not only is the sauce so flavorful, but it also presents an elegant appearance!  The only thing missing was a glass of Pinot Grigio to go with it! Heck- what’s not to love!

 More Chicken Recipes You’ll Love

• Mom’s Best Chicken Piccata
• Chicken Thighs with Lemon, Garlic & Thyme
• Chicken Pot Pie Without Pie Crust
• Sauteed Chicken Cutlets with Cherry Tomatoes, Olives, Feta and Basil

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Have a delicious day…Happy Cooking!  🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

 xo Anna and Liz