This One Skillet Mustard Chicken is an entire meal in just one dish! Crispy, juicy chicken in a creamy, tangy mustard sauce that’s destined to be a family favorite!
Tender, mouth-watering, budget-friendly chicken thighs nestled in a creamy, mustard sauce with green beans and red potatoes. Sound good? Well, it gets better. It’s quick and easy and made in just one skillet! It’s perfect as a weeknight meal for the family, but fancy enough for weekend company!
This One Skillet Mustard Chicken has a long history at our house. This was the first dish I ever made for my husband Tom when we were dating, and I’ve been serving it ever since. I’ve tweaked the recipe over the years, but this version with green beans and red potatoes is the easiest because it’s a one dish meal.
The best part of this dish is the sauce. It’s amazing! It’s creamy, but not too creamy. It has two kinds of mustard, Dijon and stone ground, white wine and chicken broth. I also add a few sprigs of rosemary and thyme which gives it a wonderful flavor. I like to thicken up my sauce a bit just before I serve it, so I take one tablespoon of all-purpose flour and whisk in about 1/2 cup of the sauce, then I add it back to the pan. Sprinkle some extra fresh thyme leaves on top of the chicken before you plate it and I guarantee this one’s going to be a family fave!
Don’t forget to grab a nice crusty bread for sopping up the sauce, and then just watch all the smiling faces at your dinner table. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 6 skin on bone in chicken thighs
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup white wine
- 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp. stone ground mustard
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 rosemary sprig
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
- 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 16 oz. red potatoes quartered
- 8-10 oz. fresh green beans halved
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat olive oil and butter over medium high heat. Add chicken thighs to skillet, skin side down, and cook for 5 minutes until nicely browned. Turn thighs over and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Remove to a plate.
- Add the minced garlic to the skillet and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 1 minute, stirring often. Add the wine and cook, scraping up brown bits from bottom of the pan until the wine is reduced by half.
- Add both mustards and the chicken broth and stir until well combined. Add the rosemary and thyme sprigs. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream, salt and pepper, to taste and parsley and heat through. Remove 1/2 cup of the sauce to a small bowl. Whisk in 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour until smooth. Whisk back into sauce in skillet.
- Add the chicken thighs (skin side up) and potatoes back to the skillet. Cover and continue to cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Add the green beans, cover and continue cooking for 10 more minutes or until vegetables are tender and chicken is completely cooked through. Spoon sauce over chicken and sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves. Serve immediately.
Mary Ann! I love on pot meals! they are so flavorful and easy to make! this chicken sounds like something I would like! cheers
Me too Gaila! This one is packed with flavor! Hope your week is off to a great start!
What an awesome weeknight meal Mary Ann. That sauce looks all kinds of delicious!
Thanks Alida! It’s such a flavorful sauce. Creamy, but not too creamy. Have a great week!
This is a perfect meal in one to me! And it’s always a win win when there’s just one pot involved with making a delicious dinner. You make plain old chicken thighs look so fancy and gourmet too!
It’s one of our favorites Chris! So easy and hearty. Hope you have a wonderful week!
This is my kinda dish girl. You know how we love our chicken thighs here at the Kelly house. Love that you added cream to make it that much more delicious!
Then you’ll really enjoy this one Karen! The thighs are always the best! So tender and juicy. And that sauce! Have a fantastic week!
Skillet meals are the best and this one looks fabulous, Mary Ann! I loooove mustard with chicken, so I’m thinking I may have to double the sauce… because I want to bathe in that creamy stuff!! Love the potatoes and green beans too! Such a delicious, quick and easy meal!! Pinned of course! Cheers!
P.s. So cute this is the first meal you made for the hubs!
They really are Chey! So easy. And the chicken thighs always work best. Never dry, just nice and juicy! Go for the extra sauce. You’ll be dipping everything in it! Have a great week!
This is sure to create smiling faces all around the table! I love quick and easy meals (always) but especially when they’re this flavorful!! Thanks for sharing, Mary Ann! Pinned!
Yes, it will Annie! I guarantee it! Have a wonderful week!
First of all, awwww! The first date dish! And second, I can’t tell you how much I love one pot dishes – this one is getting pinned right this second. Thanks Mary Ann! :)
It was way back when Kate. I served it with a nice big green salad, which Tom never even touched! Little did I know he hated lettuce and tomatoes. But he loved the chicken!
Winner winner chicken dinner! Love chicken thighs and this on looks scrumptious, Mary Ann! Love how you used two kinds of mustard here and thickened the sauce up a bit. We had a huge amount of snow last night and this would be absolutely perfect to have today. Cold weather definitely calls for comfort food and this one hits the spot :) Pinned! Have a wonderful week, my friend!
YES!! This is one delicious comfort food dish Dawn! I hope you love it as much as we do if you try it! Stay warm! XO
This sounds awesome! Those mustard seeds in there are gorgeous! I like how you have mustard flavor but you also balance it out with other ingredients. I definitely need to try this!
Thanks Shelby! It really is one of our favorites! Yes, the mustard flavor is not overpowering at all. Just the right amount! Hope you enjoy if you try it!
Love one pot meals! We have lots of garden canned green beans left… I think if I add them in at then end it will work best?
Yes, that would work Amy! This is one of our favorite skillet meals! That sauce!
Who wouldn’t want a seat at your dinner table with this one. One pan means less to clean up and that I would do with some bread to get every last drop of this mustard chicken sauce. Love this!
The sauce is sooo good Kevin. Tom loves sopping it up with some crusty bread! And I love the one pot!!
One pot meals are all the rage lately, I can totally understand why! This mustard chicken looks finger-licking good!
Thanks Bethany! It’s totally finger-licking good!
As I’ve been menu planning lately, I’ve been leaning more and more towards one skillet/pan dishes like these. They are always beautiful and less dishes is such a bonus. The flavors here, the mustards and the wine, sound just wonderful. Adding it to my list of dinners to make. :)
I’m so glad Emily! You’re going to love this one! The sauce is delicious and the chicken thighs are always so moist and meaty! And way less time cleaning up the kitchen for Ryan! (wink wink) Enjoy!
What a beautiful looking dish! You know you’ve got a winner when it’s one you keep coming back to! I love that this is a one pot meal!
Yes! Easy to make, delicious and a simple clean up! It’s a win-win-win Kathy!
Love me a god mustard sauce and love me a one-skillet dinner! This looks so flavorful and so delicious- I’ve gotta try it soon!!
Please do Karly! You’ll love it!
This looks delicious! I love mustard, cream, and chicken thighs… let’s just say this is my kinda dish, and I’ve definitely made similar ones! This would totally warm me up right now.
Glad you like it Natasha! It’s a favorite around here too! What’s not to love?!
I love chicken and mustard and one skillet meals! I think you must have made this dish for me, Mary Ann! Thanks!
Yay! Glad you like it Rachelle!
I love this sauce, Mary Ann. A good sauce can elevate any dish to the next level. I’m putting this on my must try list – it’s perfect to dress up veggies – I bet it would be awesome with asparagus!
Yes, that sauce! OMG! It’s perfect on pork tenderloin too Geraldine! And it would be perfect on asparagus!
Yummm! This dish is calling my name one night this week – love the simplicity and comfort of it, but by looking at these gorgeous pictures I can tell its packed with delicious flavors!
Thanks Michelle! You need to try it!
Would you consider adding a Yum button to your blog. Love your recipes.
Hi Caroline! So happy you like my recipes. If you click on the last icon in the sharing area to the left of each photo or the last icon on the top of each photo, the Yummly button is there. Thanks so much!
Yes please to a flavorful, one skillet meal! I need this in my life! :)
Yes, you do Laura! You’d love it!
Absolutely love a one-pot meal!! Looks delicious Mary Ann!! xox
Me too Rebecca! You’ve got to try this one!
What a delicious dish with a very tasty sauce, perfect for a nice dinner. All we need is a glass of wine and the clean up is easy.
Yes, a nice glass of wine (or two) would be perfect with it Gerlinde! Prost!
This flavor combo looks incredible. I love mustard and I am always amazed how it transforms a sauce! The veggie mixed with the potatoes looks like it rounds this one-pot wonder perfectly. YUM.
You’ll love this one Cindy!! Enjoy!
This chicken looks so amazing, Mary Ann! Easy, tasty, and so creamy! I love that it’s a meal in one. Yum!
You’d love it Jessica!! The sauce is so delicious!!