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Pan seared, crispy, juicy chicken thighs in a smooth and creamy garlic Dijon sauce with fried bacon, spinach and parmesan! SO EASY and deliciously low carb!
Both Creamy Chicken With Herbs and this dish are perfect for busy weeknights, ready in just 15 minutes! The family goes crazy for this Creamy Dijon Chicken — crispy bacon pieces, a flavourful creamy Dijon sauce and perfect, golden chicken!
Chicken Recipes
Chicken thighs are easy to make without worrying too much about drying out the meat. They are juicy, flavourful and so versatile they go with absolutely anything! Since making these Creamy Mushroom Thighs and these Crispy Garlic Buttery Thighs, readers have been asking for more more MORE easy low carb thigh recipes!
I’d just like to take a moment to THANK YOU for making our dinners incredible. This easy chicken recipe is crazy good.
Dijon Mustard
Dijon adds amazing flavour to a creamy sauce, just like it did in this Creamy Beef Stroganoff With Mushrooms. If you’re hesitant, start with 1 tablespoon. Don’t taste test it straight away as it is quite strong and may throw you off. Give it time to dissolve through the sauce, add the rest of your ingredients, then taste test. You may like it at this point and wish too leave it, OR you can add the extra tablespoon as suggested in the recipe for a deeper flavour.
How To Make Dijon Chicken
We take some pride in the comments and feedback we receive by readers all over the world about our recipes being super simple, easy to follow and cook! As usual, this recipe only needs a few main ingredients to come together and create the best flavours!
- Garlic — use minced or finely chopped. Fresh always yields better results, but you can use jarred or bottled.
- Herbs — Thyme, Rosemary and Parsley are our herbs of choice that go extremely well with Dijon! You can use fresh OR dried.
- White wine — Use good quality wine for this. I always keep a $20 bottle of Pinot Gris in my kitchen just for creamy sauces. You can also use Sauv Blanc or Riesling. A good quality wine means an incredible flavoured sauce!
- White wine substitute — I understand many readers cannot include wine in their meals for different reasons. You can substitute it with chicken stock or broth.
- Chicken bouillon powder or seasoning salt adds deeper flavour to the chicken and sauce. You can of course use salt if you wish or stock powder.
Tips and Tricks
- Use skinless, boneless chicken thighs for the best flavour and results. You can also use breasts if you wish.
- Sear thighs until golden with crispy edges. You need your heat on medium-high and a good quality pan that the chicken will not stick. Cook them in batches of two or three, depending on the size of your pan, to ensure they sear with crisp results.
- Remember to leave some of the bacon fat in the pan to add those crucial flavours into the sauce.
- I used half and half for this, but you can also use heavy cream or thickened cream. If using half and half, remember, BE CAREFUL with it and go gentle. Do NOT bring your sauce to a rapid boil, instead gently simmer until slightly thickened.
- Please use fresh parmesan! Nothing from a container or bottle.
- Fresh spinach is best in this! If you don’t have fresh, frozen will work too, but you must make sure all excess water is drained before adding it in.
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Creamy Dijon Chicken Thighs with Bacon and Spinach
Ingredients
For The Chicken:
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 teaspoon seasoning salt or regular salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 5 ounces bacon
For The Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves garlic minced, or 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/3 cup dry white wine Pinot Grigio/Gris, Sauv Blanc, Riesling – substitute with low-sodium chicken stock or broth
- 1 1/2 cups half and half thickened cream or heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder substitute with salt or stock powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 2 cups baby spinach leaves
Instructions
- Season chicken with seasoning salt and pepper.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil a large pan or skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until crispy and cooked through (about 8 minutes each side, depending on thickness). Transfer to a plate; set aside.
- To the same pan or skillet, add the bacon and fry until crispy. Transfer to plate, set aside. Drain some of the bacon fat, leaving about 2 tablespoons.
- Heat butter in the pan and sauté onion until transparent. Sauté garlic, parsley, thyme and rosemary for about 1 minute until fragrant.
- Add in the white wine to deglaze the pan while scraping up any bits from the bottom of the pan; simmer for 3-4 minutes or until wine has reduced by half.
- Pour in cream and Dijon, mix through and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat and cook gently for a further minute to allow the sauce to thicken.
- Add the Parmesan and allow to melt through the sauce. Season with bullion powder and pepper, to taste.
- Add the spinach and allow to wilt. Return chicken to the skillet. Top with the crispy bacon. Sprinkle with extra herbs if desired. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Really yummy! The only change I made was adding a little bit of red pepper flakes since I like my food a little spicy. Perfectly fine without it, though.
Wow 🤩, we really enjoyed this recipe and it won’t be long until we use this again. We added some sliced mushrooms with the onions and eased back on the salt a little as the bacon was salty enough. Served on a bed of mash. Perfect 👌
Thanks 🙏
I made this tonight and it was delicious. Next time I’ll use the full amount of Dijon, and add some sautéed mushrooms. I used twice the amount of spinach, making it unnecessary to fix a side dish. Served it with red lentil pasta. My family really enjoyed it.
Wonderful Fixed this evening and it was a hit.
I love this meal. Everyone does. The 20 minute promise is a stretch … allow 40 minutes and enjoy a wonderful meal
This dish was awesome! So much dimension and the bullion at the end made the difference. We can’t have dairy so used oat milk and still can’t out great. I added parmesan only after removing chicken for our milk allergy option. Very yummy and will make again
Jen, you can use nutritional yeast as a sub for parmesan cheese if you like. it’s a great way to go around dairy allergies and still get that savouriness from parmesan.
Dairy allergy here. Can we substitute with oat milk? Thanks!
This was so delicious! The sauce is amazing and it really elevates the chicken. I used a thick turkey bacon but it still gave it great flavor;
I used chicken stock with a splash of lemon juice in place of the wine and it was awesome. I served it with yellow squash and a baked potato…so yummy. Will definitely be making this a lot.
This is one of my go-to recipes when I want chicken and hav3 some spinach on hand. That creamy Dijon sauce is so good! I usually serve this with mashed potatoes and green beans and the sauce ends up being a gravy for the taters. I’ve used thus recipe for over 2 years and probably a dozen times or more and it always comes out delicious with no tweaks or subs. Thanks!
Super yummy. Everyone loved it!
This was very good. Thank you for the recipe.
This was so delicious! My family enjoyed it and I will definitely make it again !