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    Home » Recipes » Main Dish Recipes

    Chicken and Apples in Honey Mustard Sauce

    Modified: Jun 27, 2022 · Published: Oct 16, 2012 by Ashley

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    We're almost out of apples from this year's apple picking adventure. I picked this recipe for dinner tonight, and it was wonderful!

    The pan sauce is delicious, and this is really easy to put together. The chicken is juicy and tender, and we really enjoyed it!

    I served this with baked potatoes and some brussels sprouts that I tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper and roasted in the oven. It was a great meal!

    Chicken with apples, brussels sprouts, and a baked potato.

    Chicken and Apples in Honey Mustard Sauce
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    Prep time: 5 minutesCook time: 25 minutes

    The sauce this recipe produces is fairly mild. If you would like a more intensely honey-mustard sauce, double up on the apple cider/mustard/honey mixture and skip the broth. Whatever you do, do not use red delicious apples for this recipe. That variety of apple simply does not cook well.

    ½ cup apple cider
    1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
    Salt
    Freshly ground black pepper
    1 tablespoon honey
    2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    ½ cup flour, for dredging
    1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
    2 tablespoon olive oil
    2 small unpeeled apples, cored and cut into eighths (use Fuji, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Jonagold, Pippin, or McIntosh apples, good cooking apples)
    ½ cup chicken broth
    Fresh parsley for garnish

    1. Whisk cider, cornstarch, mustard, honey, salt and pepper (to taste) in a bowl. Set aside.

    2. Salt the chicken well and dust in flour. Shake off the excess.

    3. In a large non-stick skillet, heat the oil on medium to medium high heat. Once the oil is hot add the chicken breasts to the pan. Cook until golden brown on one side, about 3-4 minutes. Turn chicken, add apples, and cook until the chicken has browned on the other side.

    4. Add chicken broth and cider mixture to the pan and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down to low, cover the pot and simmer until chicken is tender, about 15 minutes.

    5. With slotted spoon, remove chicken and apples to serving plates. Spoon sauce over chicken and apples and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with rice or noodles.

    Yield: Serves 4.

    Big Flavors Rating: 4 Stars

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    Comments

    1. Big Dude

      October 18, 2012 at 5:44 am

      You're sure turning apples into some delicious looking dishes.

      Reply
    2. Ashley

      October 18, 2012 at 9:54 am

      Thanks! I found a lot of good new recipes this year 🙂

      Reply
    3. Chris

      October 30, 2012 at 8:31 pm

      Just had this for supper and it was delish! Not sure if the cider in the recipe is alcoholic or not, but I used the alcoholic version (1/2 for the recipe, 1/2 for me..) and it turned out yummy! Thx!

      Reply
    4. Ashley

      November 02, 2012 at 9:51 pm

      Oooh I didn't even think of using alcoholic cider...I love any excuse to crack one of those open! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed!

      Reply

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