Bacon, maple syrup, and Dijon in a creamy chicken stew, topped with cheddar biscuits. Fall in a skillet, as promised.
Some recipes politely suggest fall.
Others show up wearing a sweater, carrying a basket of apples, and demanding that you light a candle immediately.
This Maple Dijon Chicken Cobbler with Cheddar Biscuits from How Sweet Eats is the second kind.
It has chicken, bacon, maple syrup, and Dijon mustard in a creamy base with carrots, celery, onions, and garlic. Then it gets cheddar biscuits on top. Subtlety was not invited.
Somewhere Between a Pot Pie and a Stew
Think of it as chicken pot pie’s more interesting autumn cousin. How Sweet Eats calls it a stew and a pot pie combined, which is fair.
Cook the bacon and chicken in the same skillet. Add the vegetables next, then a little flour to make a roux and chicken stock to thicken it. Add the heavy cream, maple syrup, and Dijon last, then return the chicken and bacon.
The maple-Dijon pairing sounds questionable until you remember that sweet and tangy has been making meat taste better forever. There’s enough maple to feel like fall and enough mustard to keep it from turning into dessert.
And the bacon makes everyone else look smarter.
But Obviously, We Need Biscuits
You could stop at the stew and have a perfectly respectable dinner. That would mean skipping the cheddar biscuits, and I don’t know why you would do that.
Cut sharp white cheddar into the dough with the butter, and top the biscuits with the filling. Finish the filling on the stove, so the oven is only for the biscuits. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, until they’re golden.
That’s not much time for something this cozy. This is where it goes from “nice dinner” to “I would like to eat this while wearing socks that are much too thick.”
The Dinner Fall Was Made For
It doesn’t reinvent comfort food. A skillet bubbling around the edges with biscuits on top is old-fashioned in the best way, and a meal like this makes everyone sit down for a minute.
It’s what you make when the temperature finally drops enough that turning on the oven feels like a reward, not a threat. Butter, cheese, bacon, and maple syrup have also formed an extremely effective lobbying group.
Leftovers will become a sensitive topic.
Bacon, maple syrup, and cheddar biscuits in one skillet. Here’s the recipe.
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