Roast Chicken Breast with Creamy Tarragon Sauce

When it comes to roasting chicken breasts the question comes down to two options,  "Bone-In" or "Boneless"? Cooking meat on the bone brings more flavor to the table.

Recipes Tip: - Meat cooked closer to bone often cook quicker than meat cooked off the bone.

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There is one more thing to mention when it comes to chicken breast cookery. Have you ever heard of an Air-Line Chicken Breast? It's more of a European style of cooking a chicken breast. The chicken breast is butchered, but the wing bone is kept attached. The meat close to chicken wings is very moist and flavorful. They really got this one right. It's not mainstream in America, yet. It's actually catching on these days with Chefs trying to impress their guests with new and exciting ways to present dishes.

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Perfect Roast Chicken Breast

Steven Pennington

Simple chicken breast recipe with a creamy tarragon sauce. A skill every good cook needs in their toolbox. 

5 from 3 votes

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Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine French | American

Ingredients

  

• ▢ 4 Chicken Breasts. Bone-In will cook quicker & offer more flavor
• ▢ 3 tablespoon Olive Oil
• ▢ Salt & Pepper to taste
• ▢ 6 Carrots sliced in half - lengthwise
• ▢ Half onion - sliced thinly

Tarragon Cream Sauce

• ▢ 1 Cup Half & Half
• ▢ 1 tablespoon chopped Tarragon
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Honey Mustard
• ▢ Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

 

Chicken & Oven Prep

• Preheat over to 400 degrees.
• First salt and pepper the chicken breasts.
• Next paint on olive oil making sure to cover all parts of the chicken breast

Creating Roasting Rack To Place Chicken On

• Slice Carrots lengthwise and place them in the bottom of a roasting pan.

  A second option I like, using a cast iron skillet to cook the chicken. 
• Slice half of the onion thinly and layout on top of the carrots.
• Next, place the chicken breasts on top of the carrots and onions.

Cooking Chicken Breasts

• Place chicken breast in the middle of the oven at 400 degrees. Roast chicken until internal temperature of 158 is reached (Suggest using meat temperature probe/ meat thermometer. The chicken will rest outside of the oven and continue to increase in temperature all the way up to 165 degrees, Rest a minimum of 3 minutes.

Making the Cream Sauce

• Add 1 cup of half & half to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a strong simmer and reduce a little, not all the way to reduced by half, about reduced by 3rd. Be careful that the heat doesn't get too high and burn the milk. Medium heat.
• Once the sauce has tightened up from reducing add in 1 teaspoon of mustard and mix.
• Next, add the fresh chopped tarragon.
• Salt & Pepper to taste.Such an easy recipe, but so good. Enjoy

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