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Chicken with Creole Mustard Cream Sauce

Gina: This dish is a Southerner’s take on the classic French style sauté of chicken, shallots, cream, and tarragon a killer combination of flavors. Give this recipe to anyone who claims they don’t have time to make dinner, because it comes together in minutes, and the results are just as good as or better than anything you can order at a restaurant. I like to serve this dish with white rice to soak up the cream sauce, some steamed green beans with butter, and a crisp white wine. I remember complaining about being served chicken when I was a little girl, and my mother telling me, “Chicken is the house steak.” She was right! My mother could work a chicken over, from grilling, boiling, frying, baking, and so on she served it so many ways that I thought she was a magician. Well, you know the old adage that you become your mother? Spenser asked me the same question the other night (“Chicken again?”), and I couldn’t do anything but respond, “Chicken is the house steak.” We both laughed, and all those memories came flooding back to me. I loved it!

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