# Chicken with Apples in a Mustard Cream Sauce

Chicken thighs braised with apples in a tangy mustard cream sauce, perfect for a cozy weeknight or a special occasion.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Difficulty: easy
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken thigh
- seasoned flour
- butter
- oil
- thyme
- fennel
- salt
- apple, chopped
- hard apple cider
- mustard
- creme fraiche
- black pepper
- chives

## Instructions

1. Coat chicken thighs in seasoned flour.
2. Heat butter and oil in a pan, then brown chicken thighs on both sides until a golden crust forms.
3. Remove chicken from pan.
4. Add a bouquet garni of thyme to the pan, then add fennel and salt.
5. Add apples to the pan and mix.
6. Pour in hard apple cider.
7. Stir in mustard.
8. Return chicken to the pan and bake at 350 degrees F.
9. Remove the chicken and the thyme bouquet garni from the pan.
10. Add creme fraiche and black pepper to the sauce, adding more salt if needed.
11. Pour the cream sauce onto a serving platter, top with chicken and garnish with chives.

## Equipment

- pan
- tongs
- oven
- serving platter
- spoon

## Tips

- Use a green apple like Granny Smith.
- Creme fraiche can be substituted with heavy cream.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Der_-kxP-3A/?xtok=MXI4eWE4cWExdmFtYg==
- Creator: Corre Larkin
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a8274637-58c9-4f5f-b401-52a660d09bb9
- Extracted: 2026-11-01

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