Chicken Diane

Name: Chicken Diane
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 boneless chicken breasts, pounded thin; 8 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced; 2 tbsp cognac or brandy; ½ cup chicken broth; ½ cup heavy cream; 2 tbsp Dijon mustard; 1 tbsp fresh chives; 3 tbsp butter

Classic French bistro chicken in a mustard-cognac cream sauce with mushrooms. Flambéing the cognac, or at least cooking it down properly, burns off its sharp alcohol edge while keeping its warm flavour in the sauce.

Total time

30 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

French

comfortchicken

Ingredients

4boneless chicken breasts, pounded thin

8 ozcremini mushrooms, sliced

2 tbspcognac or brandy

½ cupchicken broth

½ cupheavy cream

2 tbspDijon mustard

1 tbspfresh chives

3 tbspbutter

Instructions

Sear chicken in butter; remove.

Sauté mushrooms.

Add cognac (carefully flambé or just cook 30 sec).

Add broth, cream, and mustard; simmer 3 min. Return chicken. Garnish with chives.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

319

Protein

8.3g

Fat

31g

Carbs

2.5g

Fiber

0.3g

Sodium

340mg

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