Name: Chicken au Champagne
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon olive oil; 4 chicken breasts or thighs ((skin-on, bone-in)); sea salt and black pepper ((to taste)); 1 large shallot ((minced)); 1 cup champagne; 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 cup sliced mushrooms; 2 Tablespoons fresh tarragon ((chopped)); fresh lemon juice ((to garnish))

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Bonjour, bienvenue à la nourriture de ce mois-ci du monde, la France! Hello, welcome to this month’s Food of the World – France! Let me just start by saying, this Chicken au Champagne is going to blow your mind!! The flavors are absolutely amazing. I am not a Champagne lover, I actually can’t stand the taste of it. When combined with chicken, and tarragon, il est magnifique!

How crazy is it, that I used a cast iron skillet to make a meal with Champagne? It worked perfectly, and adds a nice rustic touch to this gourmet meal. Oh yes, this is a restaurant quality meal that you can surely impress your dinner guests with!

Impressive, elegant, delicious, and simple to prepare. That is a perfect meal in my book. 😉

How do you make Chicken au Champagne?

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Heat 1 Tablespoon of olive oil in a large skillet. Seer the chicken, about three minutes on each side…..

Remove chicken, and place on a plate…..

Remove pan from heat, and add shallots……

Have the champagne ready to go BEFORE you add the shallots. They cook very quickly! Add the champagne…..

My shallots got a bit too brown, but don’t worry, it didn’t ruin the dish. 😉 Scrape the bottom of the pan to remove the cooked bits, and add the chicken back to the pan…..

Baste chicken with the sauce and place in preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes, until thoroughly cooked.

While the chicken is baking, heat butter in a non-stick pan. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes…..

Remove chicken from oven, and add the mushrooms and tarragon to the skillet…..

Gently stir to combine and drizzle with fresh lemon juice. Serve with brown rice and Hericot Vert (French green beans)…..

Pour sauce over the chicken and oooh, la la!!

Notes:

*Disclaimer* I did not use French Champagne – blasphème! I just could not wrap my head around the thought of using a $60 bottle of Veuve Clicquot, in a main dish. That is a champagne to savor and enjoy! I used Korbel Brut, at $14 a bottle it is a much better choice.
This dish would traditionally be made with skin on, bone in, chicken breasts, but those can be difficult to find. I used chicken thighs, and probably always will. 😉
Sorry, there is no substitute for the champagne in in this dish.

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Enjoy!

Chicken au Champagne

This rustic, yet elegant Chicken au Champagne is sure to please everyone around the dinner table! It's perfect for date night or a casual weeknight meal.

4.34 from 9 votes

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: French

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Servings: Servings

Calories: 436kcal

Author: Lisa Johnson

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon olive oil
4 chicken breasts or thighs (skin-on, bone-in)
sea salt and black pepper (to taste)
1 large shallot (minced)
1 cup champagne
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup sliced mushrooms
2 Tablespoons fresh tarragon (chopped)
fresh lemon juice (to garnish)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Heat olive oil in a large skillet.
Add chicken to skillet and seer for 3 minutes on each side.
Remove chicken, and place on a plate.
Remove pan from heat, and add shallots. Heat and stir for 1 minute.
Add the Champagne and scrape bottom of pan to remove all of the cooked bits.
Place the chicken back in the pan, baste with the champagne sauce and place in the oven. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until thoroughly cooked.
Heat butter in a large non-stick pan. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes.
Remove chicken from oven, and add the sauteed mushrooms. Stir in the tarragon and drizzle with lemon juice.
Serve with brown rice and Haricot Vert (French green beans).

Notes

*Disclaimer* I did not use French Champagne – blasphème! I just could not wrap my head around the thought of using a $60 bottle of Veuve Clicquot, in a main dish. That is a champagne to savor and enjoy! I used Korbel Brut, at $14 a bottle it is a much better choice.
This dish would traditionally be made with skin on, bone in, chicken breasts, but those can be difficult to find. I used chicken thighs, and probably always will. ?
Sorry, there is no substitute for the champagne in in this dish.
If chicken thighs are small, you can easily fit 6 in the pan.

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Comments

Karly says
June 29, 2014 at 4:07 pm

My family would love this! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!

Michele says
September 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm

Made this for dinner tonight. Quick, easy, and DIVINE! Quick for a weeknight dinner, but “fancy” enough for a dinner party! Love it, thanks!

Denise says
October 2, 2014 at 6:25 am

This was amazing!!! Wow what flavor and so easy! Thank you.

- Lisa Johnson says
  October 7, 2014 at 12:36 pm
  
  Thank you so much Denise!! I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
  
Allison says
January 13, 2015 at 7:31 pm

This recipe looks great and I don’t anticipate having a problem using the extra bubbly!

Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
February 4, 2015 at 10:43 am

Absolutely gorgeous dish!! With Valentine’s Day coming up, this would make a nice special dinner for two! 🙂

Diane Balch says
February 9, 2015 at 8:04 am

I never made this wonderful recipe and I have a lot of sparkling wine from a promotion… can’t wait to check it out. Hope all is well with you.

Lesley says
February 15, 2015 at 1:24 pm

Trying this tonight. 🙂 Can’t wait! 🙂

Alex says
February 21, 2015 at 7:19 am

Dear Lisa, thank you for sharing this amazing recipe. I prepared it yesterday together with a good friend of mine and we really enjoyed the taste of it. It made a lot of fun using this great amount of different fresh herbs. We had a bottle of Hugo (which is a sparkling wine, flavored with elderflower and mint) with it, which fits perfectly 🙂
p.s. if somebody else is wondering how to heat the oven up to 375 degrees, he or she should convert it from degree Fahrenheit in centigrade 😀 its about 190 °C That caused a bit of confusion in the beginning 😀
Best wishes from Germany 🙂

- Lisa Johnson says
  February 22, 2015 at 7:53 pm
  
  Thank you so much Alex, I’m so glad that you enjoyed it….and thanks for the tip about converting the oven temperature!! I love the idea of using a flavored sparkling wine! 🙂
  
steen says
March 6, 2015 at 9:40 am

French advise : You can also try this receipe with 1/2 cup of cognac instead of champagne and add a little bit of french cream at the end … It taste a little bit different but it is also fabulous… and no need to open a bottle of champagne just to cook.

Amber says
April 7, 2015 at 7:43 pm

So I made this tonight for my hubby and my dad. I served with green beans and potatoes. I feel it needs some kind of starch because it’s hard to imagine the chicken and sauce without it. This dish was yummy and made me feel like I was in a fancy traditional French restaurant. And it was boy approved!

I also live in New orleans so if you want more of that creole french feel, this isn’t it. But if you want more of that yummy traditional flavor from the shallots and champagne, this is sure to hit the spot. Great job on the recipe!

Christal says
April 7, 2015 at 7:54 pm

This was fantastic, and easy, thanks! We had it over mashed potatoes. I added too much oil to the pan for fear of sticking and it may have prevented some of the browning, so I’ll use less in the future. I don’t cook with tarragon much, but this is going to be added to the regular rotation. The leftover champagne is just a bonus. I am going to try growing tarragon!

Janette says
May 13, 2015 at 10:10 pm

i love champangne and would have never thought to use it when cooking chicken! Thanks for the recipe!!’

- Lisa Johnson says
  May 19, 2015 at 12:11 pm
  
  You’re welcome Janette, I hope you love it as much as we do. Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂
  
Patty Saugar says
January 2, 2016 at 12:45 pm

My neighbor gave me four little bottles of Barefoot Bubbly Brut Cuvée for New Years (California). Little did she know that I rarely drink and I don’t like the taste. Very happy to find this and other recipes to try 🙂

Jessica says
January 27, 2016 at 3:49 pm

Thank you so much for this recipe! I made this last night for supper and it was divine. Not only was the presentation lovely but the chicken was full of so much flavor! Juicy, sweet and the tarragon gave it just a hint of warmth. Easily one of my new favorites 🙂
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Theresa says
February 9, 2017 at 2:20 pm

Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight Party @DearCreatives Pinned & shared.