Name: Winner winner:RecipeTin’s honey mustard chicken makes the perfect midweek dinner
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 700g chicken thigh fillets,cut in half then into 1cm pieces; ¾ tsp cooking salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 3 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 brown onion,sliced; 2 garlic cloves,finely chopped; 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves; ⅓ cup (80ml) white wine (optional); 3 tbsp plain flour; 1½ cup chicken stock,salt reduced; 4 tbsp Dijon mustard; 3 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 3 tbsp thickened cream

RecipeTin Eats’ honey mustard chicken.Nagi Maehashi

easyTime:<30 minsServes:4

This meal is made with a home-made version of the honey mustard simmer sauce you see sold in jars at the supermarket. Skip those. Home-made is so quick and has none of those artificial flavours you can’t avoid with pre-bottled sauces.

I’ve used chicken bites here but this sauce has all sorts of possibilities. Pork,prawns and fish are lovely. Just the other week,I found myself smothering steamed broccoli with this sauce. Yup,it makeseverything scoffable!

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Feeds four for under $20 ✔
Fewer than 12 ingredients ✔
Ready in under 30 minutes ✔

Ingredients

700g chicken thigh fillets,cut in half then into 1cm pieces
¾ tsp cooking salt
½ tsp black pepper
3 tbsp unsalted butter
1 brown onion,sliced
2 garlic cloves,finely chopped
2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
⅓ cup (80ml) white wine (optional)
3 tbsp plain flour
1½ cup chicken stock,salt reduced
4 tbsp Dijon mustard
3 tbsp honey
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
3 tbsp thickened cream

Method

Step1
Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper and set aside.
Step2
Melt the butter in large (30cm) non-stick pan or large heavy-based pot over high heat until it starts foaming.
Step3
Cook onion for 2 minutes. Add garlic and thyme,and cook for 1 minute.
Step4
Add the seasoned chicken and cook until changes from pink to white (about 3 minutes). Keep stirring so it doesn’t become watery (see note).
Step5
Add wine,if using,and simmer rapidly until it mostly reduces and the winey smell is gone.
Step6
Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Pour in the chicken stock while stirring (the flour stuck on the chicken will dissolve into the liquid and thicken the sauce as it continues to cook).
Step7
Add the mustard,honey and vinegar. Bring to a simmer,stirring,and simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes until the sauce thickens to a syrupy consistency. Stir in the cream then serve over mash,rice or small pasta (risoni,small macaroni,ditalini or everybody’s favourite,alphabet pasta).

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