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Mustard Sauce

Name: Mustard Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: ~¾ cup
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 small shallot, minced; ½ cup chicken stock; ¼ cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; Salt and pepper

Published July 8, 2026

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A quick, versatile cream pan sauce that gets its character from Dijon mustard rather than wine or pepper. Built in a few minutes in the pan you cooked chicken or pork in, it's tangy, savory, and rich — the kind of easy sauce that makes a plain seared cutlet feel like a real meal.

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 10 min
Total: 15 min
Yield: ~¾ cup
Category: Sauce
Cuisine: French

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Ingredients

Directions

Reduce the base

In the pan used to cook your chicken or pork, melt the butter over medium heat, add the shallot, and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Add the stock, scraping up any browned bits, and simmer until reduced by about half.

Finish with cream and mustard

Stir in the cream and mustard and simmer gently for 2–3 minutes, until slightly thickened — don't let it boil hard, or the mustard can turn bitter. Season with salt and pepper.

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