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Chicken breast with creamy wine and tarragon sauce

Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine British
Servings 4 People

Ingredients
  

  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • knob of butter
  • 50 ml tomato passata (or 1 tbsp tomato puree)
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 50 ml red wine vinegar
  • 120 ml white wine
  • 500 ml chicken stock
  • 2 tomatoes, skinned and quartered
  • 200 ml whipped cream
  • ½ tsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp dried tarragon
  • salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180ºc / Gas 4.
  • Put the chicken breast at the bottom of a large casserole pot.
  • Heat the olive oil and butter in a frying pan, add the passata and stir for 1min. Add the garlic and stir for another min.
  • Add the vinegar and reduce until all has disappeared. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by a third.
  • Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a simmer, pour over the chicken and cook in the oven for around 40mins or until the chicken has cooked.
  • Whilst the chicken is cooking, put a cross at the bottom of each tomato and place in a bowl of boiling water for around 5mins. Remove from the water and peel, cut into quarters and remove the seeds, set aside.
  • Peel some potatoes and boil for around 20mins until soft. Drain, add some butter and milk, mash until no lumps, then beat with a wooden spoon until fluffy. Set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, gently heat the cream and mustard until just before boiling and set aside.
  • Remove the pan from the oven, take out the chicken and set aside.
  • Whisk in the mustard and cream, then simmer to reduce and thicken slightly. Add the diced tomato and tarragon, stir and season to taste.
  • Serve the chicken with mash and pour over the sauce.