Tarragon Chicken - A Fast, Easy, Tasty Midweek Meal

One of our go to cookbooks is "MinuteMeals - 20-minute Gourmet Menus", it does a great job of providing fast, tasty and healthy meals for those nights that you don't have a lot of time for cooking but want something more than grilled cheese.  We have found numerous dinners from this book that are great for fast and tasty mid-week meals and Tarragon Chicken with sauteed mushrooms and onions is one of our favorites.

This recipe is also quite forgiving, we were out of white wine so substituted with white wine vinegar which gave the sauce a nice tangy, zesty.  Accompany with a salad of spring greens and jasmine rice or quinoa.

Tarragon Chicken with Mushrooms & Onions

Source: MinuteMeals

4 Boneless/skinless chicken breast halves (about 5oz each)
2 Garlic cloves
1 tsp Tarragon finely chopped
2 tsp olive oil
8 large mushrooms sliced
1/4 thinly sliced white onion
14oz chicken broth
1/2 cup white wine (white wine vinegar works fine too, adds a little zip)
3 tbls all purpose flour

Rise and dry the chicken breasts.  Heat a sauce pan to medium-high heat, add 1 tsp olive oil, swirl around.  Add chicken breasts, salt and pepper, in 4-5 min flip and repeat.  Remove the chicken and cover loosely.

Add the onions and sauté for about 5 min or until just beginning to get tender.  Add the mushrooms and garlic and sauté for another 5 min or so.  Since the onions take longer to cook that's why we start them before the mushrooms, and we don't want to burn the garlic, which doesn't take much.  Remove the mushrooms and onions when cooked to your taste.

In a small bowl stir together the white wine vinegar and flour till smooth.  Drop the heat to medium/low on the pan.  Microwave the chicken broth 30 seconds to help match it to the temperature of the pan.  Add the broth to the pan, stir in the vinegar/flour mixture and cook till the sauce is thickened, about 2-3 min.  Add the mushroom & onions then add the chicken stirring to coat everything. 

Remove and serve.

Enjoy!

-Dan

Comments

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I do love tarragon, but don't use it half as often as I'd like.
Most of my tarragon chicken recipes are hopelessly cream-ridden, so this would definitely make a healthier alternative!