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Sweet Crunchy Mustard Chicken

Recipe #123514 | 35 min | 10 min prep | SERVES 4 (Change Servings)

RECIPE BY: Mom4Life

Originally from Food and Wine, 01/03, I found it posted on Cooking Light Board. Below is the review given by another poster. It has become a regular at my house and I'm always delighted when my very selective husband requests more. I make mine with bone-in, skin-on breasts and panko crumbs. You can whip together the ingredients and prep the chicken while your oven heats up. **This is one of those "Why don't I make this more often??" recipes. It's easy, delicious, uses what most of us have on hand. The chicken is tender, a little sweet, a little savory, very moist. The original calls for bone-in, skin-on breasts. I use boneless, skinless. The chicken is cooked so quickly at a high temperature that the chicken doesn't dry out. I do have to fudge a bit to get the crunchiness- which gets lost without the fatty skin: I spray the outside with cooking spray after sprinkling on the crumb mixture. Using Panko or cornmeal instead of bread crumbs would up the crunch quotient even more, I'll bet.**

Posted on: May 25, 2005

Ingredients

  • tablespoons fine dry breadcrumb
  • teaspoons light brown sugar
  • teaspoon dried tarragon or dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 4 chicken breast halves, with skin-on bone-in
  • lemon wedge, for serving
  • Directions

    1. 1
      Preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
    2. 2
      In a small bowl, mix the bread crumbs, light brown sugar, tarragon or basil, kosher salt, and pepper.
    3. 3
      Spread the mustard all over the chicken breast and sprinkle with the crumb mixture.
    4. 4
      Set the breasts, skin side up, in a 9 x 13-inch glass or ceramic baking dish and roast in the upper third of the oven for about 25 minutes, or until they are cooked through and crisp.
    5. 5
      Serve the chicken breasts hot, with lemon wedges.

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    From: CindiJ

    On Feb 7, 2008

    This was very, very good and so very easy! I used a mix of panko & plain breadcrumbs so I could double the coating portion as the split breasts we got were on the larger size. The Dijon & brown sugar go together beautifully. I served with a wild rice mix, steamed green beans and dinner rolls for our dinner. I will make this recipe again. Thanks Mom4Life - a great recipe!!

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    From: QueenChefTC

    On Feb 13, 2007

    We really liked this recipe. It was easy and tasted great. I used spicy grain mustard because we like things spicy. Yum.

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  • From: Roxygirl in Colorado

    On Oct 11, 2005

    I was expecting a texture similar to chicken fingers, but this turned out to have a different taste and presentation. I used bone in chicken for this recipe (hadn't bought them in ages) and they gave the chicken an elegant look. The mustard combines nicely with the brown sugar (similar experience in Emeril's Cole slaw that I recently made). I used Corn Flake crumbs (great product) since I had them on hand. This recipe is so simple to prepare but would be great for company, too. Roxygirl

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    From: GaylaJ

    On Oct 26, 2005

    Simple preparation, but very nice flavor! I typically use boneless, skinless breasts for convenience and health considerations, but picked up some bone-in, skin-on breasts since I had chosen this recipe to review for the Pick-A-Chef game. I used panko for the breadcrumbs, basil rather than tarragon, and mixed up a little extra crumb mixture. Thanks for sharing this recipe--it was very good!

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    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 (121g)

    Recipe makes 4 servings

    Calories 182
    Calories from Fat 67 (37%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 7.5g 11%
    Saturated Fat 2.1g 10%
    Monounsaturated Fat 3.0g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1.7g
    Trans Fat 0.1g
    Cholesterol 46mg 15%
    Sodium 426mg 17%
    Potassium 216mg 6%
    Total Carbohydrate 10.9g 3%
    Dietary Fiber 0.8g 3%
    Sugars 3.1g
    Protein 17.0g 33%
    Vitamin A 89mcg 1%
    Vitamin B6 0.4mg 20%
    Vitamin B12 0.3mcg 4%
    Vitamin C 0mg 0%
    Vitamin E 0mcg 1%
    Calcium 41mg 4%
    Iron 1mg 8%

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