Chicken with Mustard Sauce: a Healthy Recipe
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This popular and tasty recipe is affordable and takes little time to prepare. In this article, we'll show you how to make chicken with homemade mustard sauce.
Maintaining a varied diet can often seem like a challenge. Chicken is a very healthy food and can be prepared in a variety of ways and served with many different sides. In this article, we’ll show you a great recipe for chicken with mustard sauce.
Chicken meat tends to have less fat than red meats, making it a healthier option. In addition, it contains fewer purines, which over the long term can cause hyperuricemia.
How to make the mustard sauce
There are a number of ways to make this sauce, depending on the ingredients you use and the presentation you choose. Let’s take a look at one recipe so that you can complement the chicken perfectly.
Ingredients
- Three egg yolks
- One egg white
- One tablespoon of mustard
- One tablespoon of capers
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Tarragon vinegar
- Salt
Preparation
- Take three eggs and separate the yolks.
- Then, place the yolks in a mixer.
- Add a pinch of salt and a splash of olive oil.
- Next, mix everything together, gradually adding olive oil until you’re left with a white cream.
- Transfer the contents to a bowl and add a tablespoon of mustard and a splash of tarragon vinegar.
- Chop the capers and add them to the bowl.
- Then, separate one egg white and beat it until stiff, before adding it to the bowl.
- Finally, mix everything well and put it in a sauce boat.
How to make tarragon vinegar
Ingredients
- Two cups of fresh tarragon leaves
- Two cups of white vinegar
Preparation
- Crush the tarragon leaves to amplify their aroma.
- Then, put the leaves in a container.
- Add the white vinegar to the container.
- Next, cover the container and leave it for two to three weeks, allowing the flavor of the tarragon to mix with the vinegar.
- Finally, put the tarragon vinegar in a bottle and add an extra sprig of tarragon.
Recipe for baked chicken with mustard sauce
The ingredients required for this recipe are as follows:
- One whole chicken
- Half an onion
- Two cloves of garlic
- One leek
- Half a lemon
- Broth
- Half a cup of white wine
- Salt
- One tablespoon of mustard
Follow these steps to use the ingredients to make the recipe correctly:
- Place the chicken on a baking tray. Squeeze the lemon juice on the chicken and place the lemon inside the chicken.
- Then, cover it with a glass of white wine, a splash of oil, and salt to taste.
- Next, place the vegetables around the chicken and add the broth.
- After pre-heating the oven, add a mix of spices to the chicken and put it in the oven at 374 degrees for approximately 75 minutes. Turn the chicken over several times during baking.
- When it’s cooked on both sides, remove it from the oven and chop it up. Finally, add the previously-made mustard sauce.