I Wish Doing Laundry Was This Easy

The next time my friend was coming into town on business and wanted to stop guess what she requested for dinner? Yep! This amazing one skillet dinner, and because I wasn’t getting every pan in the kitchen out to cook in the clean up was pretty darned fast. Less time cleaning meant more time catching up on important things, like who REALLY toilet papered the school after the homecoming game.

 

30 Minute Maple Dijon Chicken Skillet

 

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts sliced horizontally to create 4 thin fillets
  • olive oil for cooking
  • 1 pound fingerling potatoes, unpeeled, halved lengthwise
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons water

Spice Rub

  • 1 tsp EACH salt, dry basil, paprika
  • 1/2 tsp EACH garlic pwdr, onion pwder
  • 1/4 tsp EACH pepper, dry thyme

Dijon Maple Sauce

  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
  • 3 cups baby spinach

Garnish (optional)

  • feta cheese
  • fresh parsley
  • crumbled bacon

INSTRUCTIONS

 

  1. Add potatoes to a microwave safe dish and add 3 tablespoons water and ¼ teaspoon salt. Cover and microwave for 5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, whisk together all of the Spice Rub ingredients in a medium bowl. Remove 1 tablespoon (you use these Reserved Spices for the sauce later). To the remaining spices, stir in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add Chicken and massage with spices until evenly coated.
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a 12 inch skillet over medium high heat until very hot. Add chicken and cook until golden brown on bottom, about 2-3 minutes, flip, cover, and reduce heat to medium and continue to cook for 3-4 minutes or until completely cooked through. Transfer to plate and tent with foil.
  4. To the remaining juices/oil in the now empty skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat. Add potatoes and garlic and saute 1 minute. Add Dijon, maple syrup, heavy cream, chicken broth and reserved spices.
  5.  Simmer until sauce has thickened and potatoes are cooked through.
  6. Stir in spinach and cook until just wilted, about 30 seconds.
  7. Add chicken and heat through. Garnish with feta, bacon and fresh parsley (optional).

Quick Tip: Go ahead an spring for real maple syrup! You will be glad you did! Since you only need a few tablespoons you can get a super small bottle. Hey have you seen the price of vanilla? I think pure syrup might even be cheaper!

Image and recipe courtesy of Jen at Carlsbad Cravings

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