Easy Black Currant Sauce for Chicken

This Black Currant Sauce for Chicken is a sweet and tangy topping for your dinner. We cook sweet black currant jam with a little broth and mustard to make a yummy glaze over pan-fried chicken. The main benefit is that it makes plain chicken taste like a fancy restaurant meal with very little work. Please follow the easy recipe card below to make it!

Black Currant Sauce for Chicken

A sweet and tangy meal made with cooked chicken breasts covered in a rich sauce of black currant jam, chicken broth, and mustard.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Servings 2

Calories 320 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Large Skillet For cooking the chicken and the sauce
• 1 Whisk To mix the sauce together
• 1 Tongs To flip the chicken breasts

Ingredients

  

• 2 whole Chicken Breasts Boneless and skinless
• 1 tbsp Olive Oil For cooking the chicken
• 1/2 cup Black Currant Jam The sweet base of the sauce
• 1/2 cup Chicken Broth To thin out the jam
• 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard Adds a little tangy bite
• 1 tbsp Butter Makes the sauce smooth and shiny
• 1 pinch Salt To taste
• 1 pinch Black Pepper To taste

Instructions

 

• Put the olive oil in a large skillet and turn the heat to medium.
• Add the chicken breasts to the pan and cook for 6 minutes on each side until fully cooked inside.
• Take the chicken out of the pan and put it on a clean plate.
• Keep the pan on the stove and add the black currant jam, chicken broth, and Dijon mustard.
• Whisk everything together in the pan until it starts to bubble.
• Let the sweet sauce cook for 3 minutes so it gets thick and sticky.
• Turn off the heat and stir the butter, salt, and black pepper into the hot sauce.
• Put the chicken breasts back in the pan and cover them with the warm sweet sauce.
• Serve warm right out of the pan.

Notes

Calories: 320 kcal Protein: 26 g Carbs: 28 g Fat: 12 g Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 20 g Sodium: 410 mg

Keyword Black Currant Sauce for Chicken, fruit glaze, sweet meat sauce

You can easily change this sweet dish by using pork chops instead of chicken breasts. If you want a little heat, add a tiny pinch of red pepper flakes to the boiling jam mixture. Be sure to look at our other quick and fruity meat recipes right here on Spoon and Spice. Please save and pin this tasty dinner to your Pinterest food board so you can make it again!