Tarragon Chicken

Creamy Tarragon chicken packed with delicious flavor. It's the ultimate comfort food, perfect for any weeknight dinner!

If you love creamy sauce and are a big fan of one-pan chicken recipes, try this French Tarragon chicken!

This Tarragon chicken recipe uses minimal ingredients and is so easy to make. It is delicious and aromatic! It will become your family's favorite chicken recipe!

Crispy and juicy pan-fried chicken in a rich and creamy tarragon sauce. It's absolutely the best recipe for tarragon chicken!

Homemade Tarragon Sauce

Poultry tastes great with pretty much any herb but pairing chicken with tarragon in a recipe is phenomenal!

Tarragon has a pungent, licorice-like taste. It adds a distinctive flavor to sauces. 

This homemade tarragon sauce with dijon mustard is inspired by the classic France pan sauce. It's so versatile, the best sauce you can use for any type of food; fish, eggs, chicken, and vegetables.

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Tarragon Chicken Ingredients:

To make this tarragon chicken, you will need the following main ingredients:

• Chicken. You can use any type of chicken that you'd like. This tarragon chicken recipe works well with chicken breasts or chicken thighs.
• Fresh tarragon
• Shallots
• Garlic
• Dijon mustard
• Dry white wine. You can use either Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, and unoaked Chardonnay.
• Chicken broth, lower sodium
• Heavy cream. You may substitute an equal amount of heavy cream for half-and-half or whole milk with extra butter.  Heavy creams contain more fat than half-and-half-creams and also more resistant to curdling, so they are a better choice in soups and sauces. 

How to Make Tarragon Chicken:

Step 1. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and season both sides of chicken with a generous pinch of kosher salt and black pepper.

Step 2. Heat oil in a large skillet pan (about 12-inch) over medium heat and pan-fry the chicken thighs for about 15 minutes on each side or longer until they are fully cooked.

Another option is to sear the chicken for 15 minutes in a skillet then transfer to the oven at 425°F for 15 minutes or longer or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.

If you are using chicken breasts, the amount of time needed to cook chicken breast varies based upon the thickness of the breast, between 3-5 minutes on each side. Do not overcook it!

Step 3. Remove the chicken from the pan and add shallots. Cook for about 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, stir for 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Add dijon mustard and stir for 1 minute.

Step 4. Deglaze the pan with dry white wine. As the liquid simmers, scrape up any crispy bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon or spatula. Also, you want to reduce the alcohol/liquid by more than half.

Step 5. Add chicken broth and bring it to a boil for about 2 minutes.

Step 6. Lower the heat, add heavy cream and tarragon sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally until the sauce is heated through for about 3 minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken. Season with salt and black pepper if necessary.

How to Thicken the Sauce:

If the sauce is too watery to your liking. You can mix 1 tablespoon of softened butter with 1 tablespoon of flour to make a thickening paste.

Stir the thickening agent into the sauce and continue cooking for 1 minute or until thickened.

If you are on a low carb diet, you can thicken the sauce with freshly grated parmesan cheese. Do not use Kraft's parmesan to avoid gritty sauce.

Also, remember that the sauce will get thickened as it sits. 

Step 7. Return the chicken, skin side up, and any accumulated juices to the skillet and simmer for about 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, serve and enjoy!

How to Store Leftover Creamy Chicken:

• First, you need to cool them completely.
• After that, store the chicken separately from the sauce. You can use an airtight container or Ziploc bag. If properly stored, the cooked chicken will last in the fridge for up to 4 days.

How to Reheat a Cream-Based Chicken Dish:

• Remove the leftovers from the fridge and put the chicken and tarragon sauce in a pan.
• Add a small amount of chicken broth, cover the pan, and heat very slowly at low heat, stirring occasionally.

I hope you will enjoy this chicken with a tarragon sauce recipe! If you try it, don’t forget to rate and leave a review on the recipe card/comment box below.

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