This is so good and sooooooo easy!
Ingredients:
- 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced horizontally to create 4 thin fillets
- olive oil for cooking
- 1 pound fingerling (any color!) potatoes, unpeeled, halved lengthwise (You can also use baby Yukons too.)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons water
Spice Rub
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dry basil
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dry thyme
Dijon Maple Sauce
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 3 cups baby spinach (I just used 1 heaping handful and then roughly chopped.)
Garnish (optional)
- Feta cheese
- Fresh parsley
- crumbled bacon
- (I didn't bother with the parsley or bacon.)
Directions:
- Add potatoes to a microwave safe dish and add 3 tablespoons water and ¼ teaspoon salt. Cover and microwave for 5 minutes. (Be sure to cut them so that they are all pretty equally sized. Test there doneness after the 5 min. If they are still pretty hard, microwave for another minute or so.)
- Meanwhile, whisk together all of the spice rub ingredients in a medium bowl. Remove 1 tablespoon (you use these reserved spices for the sauce later). To the remaining spices, stir in 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add chicken and massage with spices until evenly coated.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a 12 inch skillet over medium-high heat until very hot. Add chicken and cook until golden brown on bottom, about 2-3 minutes, flip, cover, and reduce heat to medium and continue to cook for 3-4 minutes or until completely cooked through. Transfer to plate and tent with foil.
- To the remaining juices/oil in the now empty skillet, heat 1 tablespoon additional olive oil over medium high heat. Add potatoes and garlic and saute 1 minute. Add Dijon, maple syrup, heavy cream, chicken broth, and reserved spices. Simmer until sauce has thickened and potatoes are cooked through. Stir in spinach and cook until just wilted, about 30 seconds.
- Add chicken back to skillet and heat through. Garnish with feta, bacon, and fresh parsley (optional).
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