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Chicken with Bacon and Mustard Sauce - an absolute comfort food! In this recipe, chicken breast is moist, tender, and flavorful because it's smothered in the most delicious sauce ever!
This bacon and mustard chicken is one of my most favorite ways to cook chicken breast. It's easy and always a popular recipe with everybody who tries it!
Ingredients you'll need for bacon and mustard chicken recipe:
Dijon mustard
paprika
salt
pepper
bacon
onion
olive oil
chicken breasts
chicken broth
This whole dinner takes only 30 minutes to make!
How to make bacon and mustard chicken (step-by-step photos):
First, make the simple mustard sauce by mixing Dijon mustard with paprika, salt and pepper. Spread the mustard sauce over 3 chicken breasts and set them aside:
In a large skillet cook chopped bacon just until browned:
Remove the bacon and add the chopped onions to the same skillet with bacon fat and cook until softened:
Remove the onion from the skillet, and cook chicken breasts just a little bit on each side (you'll continue cooking them in the next step):
Finally, add the rest of the ingredients to the skillet, add back the bacon, cooked onions, and the chicken, and cook for 20 minutes until chicken is done:
Chicken with Bacon Mustard Sauce
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 8 strips bacon uncooked, chopped
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 lb chicken breasts , boneless, skinless
- 1 ½ cups chicken broth
Instructions
- Combine Dijon mustard, paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl, to make a paste. Spread the paste evenly on both sides of chicken breasts. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, cook chopped bacon on medium-high heat just until it starts to brown. Remove to a plate, leaving a small amount of the bacon fat in a skillet, discarding most of it. To the same skillet, add chopped onion and cook in bacon fat until softened. Remove to the same plate, with bacon.
- Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the same, now empty, hot skillet. Cook chicken breast (with mustard paste on it), on medium heat, about 1.5 minutes on each side. The chicken will not be done as you will continue cooking it in the next step. Remove chicken to a plate.
- To the same skillet, add 1 and ½ cups chicken broth, bring to boil, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add back bacon and onions, mix well. Add back the chicken breast, reduce the heat to low-medium and cook for about 15-20 minutes, turning chicken once, until chicken breast is fully cooked and no longer pink in the center.
Nutrition
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I made this tonight. Thank you for the effort of putting it out there. I considered it worth the effort.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment!
Delicious!! I added sautéed mushrooms and held the bacon.
Delicious!! I added sautéed mushrooms but held the bacon.
Mushrooms are a delicious addition!
Mushrooms are a delicious addition to this chicken!
Julia it tasted amazing and my family and I loved it and will surely make it again. Thank you for sharing your receipt with us.
Thank you, Eugene, for taking time to leave a comment! So glad you liked the recipe! 🙂
Making it tonight with mashed potato’s so I will let you know what I think and it looks amazing.
I am glad you're trying this recipe! Mashed potatoes sound delicious as a side dish to this chicken with bacon mustard sauce.
Delicious! definitely putting this one on the list, all I had was honey Dijon mustard, it worked. thanks again for the recipe.
Thank you! I am so glad you liked the recipe!
Tastes amazing and so easy to make. Served with white rice. Hubby loved it. Thanks for sharing
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Made this tonight for dinner. Super yummy, definitely a Pinterest success. I added mushrooms & about a tsp of heavy cream, served over linguini. Will be making this again, for sure!
So happy you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂 Serving Linguine with this chicken is a great idea!
Do you cook them covered or uncovered? I am doing them right now uncovered and the smell is AMAZING!
It would say in the recipe to add a cover so I'm sure you do not use a cover.
You can cover the skillet with the lid when you cook the chicken for 15-20 minutes in the sauce.
Absolutely delicious! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Great recipe. The sauce has that kind of taste and mouth feel that encourages eating just one more small piece. We will serve from the stove the next time. I sauteed 2 cloves of minced garlic with the onions and added a cup of sliced mushrooms when I added the chicken back to the pan. Before serving I cut the chicken into thick slices and returned to the sauce for a couple of minutes. Very flavorful. Family says this one is a keeper and it is simple and quick to prepare. I made pasta for them and this would also be great on mashed potatoes. As a low carb eater I can honestly say I did not miss the pasta. Delicious.
Thank you, Carol! I am glad your family liked it! Thank you for sharing your tips, too!
Making this tonight and it was simple and the sauce is divine serving asparagus and salad with it !
I am glad you liked it! Asparagus is a great side dish to go with this chicken!
Made this last night. Tastes great, however, it's a bit too salty for my taste, but I still ate it all.
Thank you, Eugenia! Glad you liked it! Yes, I think it all depends on bacon and mustard - some bacons and mustards are saltier than others. 🙂
Easy & Flavorful recipe! I was looking for something different to make my husband to take to work (keeps him from ordering out!) I only had 1 breast defrosted, so I eyeballed the mustard, using about a tbsp and less then 1/8 tsp of the paprika. I had cooked bacon in the morning, putting aside some strips to crumble for my dinner salad, so that was a time saver (of course my salad was missing the crunch LOL)! I always save the bacon grease, so I heated up a tbsp to saute the onions. I started with 1/4 c of chicken stock, then added a few more tbsp to thin out the sauce when I turned the chicken over. Being the cook, I tasted it and Yumm! Hubby said it hit the spot when he came home. Can't wait to make it again for everyone. I think it will go great on top of spaghetti squash (or fettuccine if you're carbing!) and some sauteed mushrooms.
Thank you so much for such a sweet and detailed comment! Glad you and your husband liked this recipe! Sounds like you adjusted the recipe perfectly to what you had on hand at the moment! 🙂
Made this last night and I glanced over the 1st set of instructions and those skip the boiling of the broth. Please edit and add those in. Away, I made some adjustments because I did not have broth, but the hubby really liked it and commented that it was different form anything he had before. The tangy mustard and the savory bacon is a good combo. But, when he smelled the bacon first, he was thrilled and later came in the kitchen confused. hahaha. Where's the bacon? Served with Zucchini Fritters and everything had enough flavor. No other condiments were used.
Thank you, Lea! So glad you and your enjoyed the recipe! Zucchini Fritters are a great side dish to this chicken! 🙂
Just curious, has anyone ever tried this in a slow-cooker? Getting home from work at a super late hour makes it tricky to cook dinner, but this sounds so delicious and I miraculously have all the ingredients on hand!
Yes, I was wondering if this could be made in the slow cooker too. I think if you did the bacon and onion first and then added it all in, I don't see why not! I might give it a go 🙂
Made this for dinner tonight, with boneless pork chops instead of chicken, and added portobella mushrooms. The ENTIRE family loved it!!!! Definately plan to remake, with chicken. Added sauteed zuccinin and squash, and mashed cauliflower.
What a great idea to use pork! Sounds so delicious. 🙂