This Chicken Thighs recipe smothered in Spinach Mustard Cream Sauce is heavenly and ready in 20 minutes!
This is my first time making a recipe using chicken thighs as I usually use chicken breasts so I was very curious on how this would turn out. It all came together nicely and was so delicious and creamy. The spinach, whole grain and dijon mustard really brought out the flavor in the chicken.
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Chicken Thighs in Spinach Mustard Cream Sauce
Serves 8
Ingredients
8 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp whole grain mustard
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 tbsp chopped onions
2.6 oz. cream cheese, cut in cubes
1/4 cup sour cream
3 cups spinach
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Directions
In a small bowl mix together smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Season both sides of chicken thighs with the mixture.
Add olive oil to a skillet and heat on medium high heat. Cook the chicken thighs in the skillet flipping every few minutes until golden brown on both sides. Set chicken aside when done and leave the liquid in the pan.
Using the same pan add whole grain mustard, dijon mustard, minced garlic, chopped onions, cream cheese and sour cream. Cook on medium heat and mix together until sauce thickens. Add spinach in the same pan and cook till they wilt in the sauce.
Add the chicken back to the pan and pour sauce over chicken.
Serve immediately.
Recipe
Chicken Thighs in Spinach Mustard Cream Sauce
Ingredients
- 8 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp whole grain mustard
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tbsp chopped onions
- 2.6 oz. cream cheese cut in cubes
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 3 cups spinach
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- In a small bowl mix together smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Season both sides of chicken thighs with the mixture.
- Add olive oil to a skillet and heat on medium high heat. Cook the chicken thighs in the skillet flipping every few minutes until golden brown on both sides. Leave liquid in pan and set aside when done.
- Using the same pan add whole grain mustard, dijon mustard, minced garlic, chopped onions, cream cheese and sour cream. Cook on medium heat and mix together until sauce thickens. Add spinach in the same pan and cook till they wilt in the sauce.Â
- Add the chicken back to the pan and pour sauce over chicken.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
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Jim
It was delicious and I was a stranger to chicken thighs a while back. They have much more flavor than chicken breasts and are much more tender. I loved the flavors of the ingredients, however I added 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and 1/2 cup chicken broth before wilting the spinach because I felt that the cream sauce was too thick without the added cup of liquids. Either way, I thought the flavors were delicious!
Alison
We were the same way with chicken thighs. 🙂 So glad you liked the recipe.