Main DishFrench

Tarragon Chicken

French pan-seared chicken with caramelized shallots and a silky tarragon cream sauce. Elegant for date night, easy for Tuesday.

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Prep

10 min

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Cook

30 min

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Total

40 min

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Servings

4

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Calories

450 calories

Tarragon chicken ingredients mise en place

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Ingredients

Browning chicken for tarragon sauce

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Browning

Cooking shallots for tarragon chicken

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Shallots

Building the tarragon cream sauce

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Sauce

Reduced tarragon cream sauce ready for chicken

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Reduced

Tarragon chicken hero shot — creamy sauce with fresh herbs

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Tarragon chicken ingredients mise en place

01

Ingredients

Browning chicken for tarragon sauce

02

Browning

Cooking shallots for tarragon chicken

03

Shallots

Building the tarragon cream sauce

04

Sauce

Reduced tarragon cream sauce ready for chicken

05

Reduced

Tarragon chicken hero shot — creamy sauce with fresh herbs

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Hero

Tarragon chicken overhead top-down shot

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Tarragon Chicken — finished dish

Main Dish

10 min prep · 30 min cook · 4 servings

Recipe

Full recipe for Tarragon Chicken

grocery Ingredients

  • 4 bone-in chicken thighs
  • 4 shallots, halved
  • 200ml dry white wine
  • 200ml double cream
  • 3 tbsp fresh tarragon, chopped
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • Salt and pepper to taste

menu_book Instructions

1

Season chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper.

2

Heat butter and olive oil in a heavy pan. Brown chicken skin-side down for 6 minutes until golden. Flip and cook 4 more minutes. Remove.

3

Add halved shallots cut-side down. Cook 4 minutes until caramelized. Add garlic, cook 1 minute.

4

Deglaze with white wine, scraping up browned bits. Simmer until reduced by half.

5

Stir in cream, Dijon mustard, and half the tarragon. Return chicken to the pan.

6

Simmer covered for 15 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Finish with remaining fresh tarragon.

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