roast chicken with dijon sauce
This is a story about closets, and how messy they can get when you spend a year caring for a baby and put things away so haphazardly that one day, they won’t close at all and you beg your in-laws to watch the baby for a few hours so you can . Yep, things can get that bad. But if I hadn’t cleaned out this closet, I wouldn’t have snuck off to the bedroom for a while with an old issue of Gourmet I discovered in a totebag, , and found a chicken recipe I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made yet. That I had to make immediately.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Chives | 1 tbsp (3g) | 1 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken parts (thighs, drumsticks, and/or breasts), with skin and bones
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 small shallots, thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 3/4 cup reduced-sodium or sodium-free chicken broth
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons smooth Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives or the green parts of scallions