Easy Chicken Dijon Recipe

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• 6  skinned and boned chicken breasts (about 2 lb.)
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  pepper
• 3  tablespoons  butter
• 1  medium-size red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
• 1  medium-size sweet onion, diced
• 1  (14 1/2-oz.) can chicken broth
• 3  tablespoons  all-purpose flour
• 3  tablespoons  Dijon mustard

Preparation

1. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.

2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add chicken, and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove chicken from skillet; add bell pepper and onion, and cook, stirring often, 4 to 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Return chicken to skillet.

3. Whisk together broth and next 2 ingredients, and pour over chicken. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes or until chicken is done.

Frances Matthews, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Living, JANUARY 2010