This recipe was adapted from http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chicken-Thighs-with-Creole-Mustard-Orange-Sauce-5665
Note that, due to the amount of mustard used in the recipe, this is not a low-sodium dish. Thus, you will need to carefully select low sodium dishes to pair with this dish in order keep your daily sodium level within your desired range.
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (4 oz each)
- 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced.
- ¾ cup orange juice
- ¾ cup no-salt chicken broth
- 3 Tbsp Dijon mustard or spicy brown mustard
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 6-10 drops hot pepper sauce
- Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until brown, about 6 minutes per side.
- Add minced garlic and saute for 30 seconds (until garlic is fragrant).
- Add orange juice and broth to skillet. Bring to boil. Then reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove chicken from the skillet.
- Add mustard, honey and pepper sauce to skillet and mix well.
- Increase heat to boiling and cook until sauce thickens, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.
- Return chicken to skillet and simmer until heated through, about 1 minute.
Our estimates assume the use of fresh chicken with only 3% sodium per serving (instead of chicken that has been infused with a high-sodium broth).
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 240 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 7% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 16% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 24% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
