Baked Chicken with Cheese and Cream Sauce

1.Preheat oven to 450°F. Season chicken to taste with salt and pepper. Spread chicken out in a roasting pan, skin side down, and bake for 20 minutes.

2.Turn chicken pieces over and continue to bake until skin is golden and chicken is cooked through, 15-20 minutes more. Transfer chicken, skin side up, to a baking dish large enough to hold pieces in a single layer. Pour off fat from roasting pan and set pan aside.

3.Preheat broiler. Sprinkle half the cheese over the chicken, then lightly brown under the broiler, 3-4 minutes. Set chicken aside.

4.Heat roasting pan on top of stove over medium-high heat. Add cream, stock, and mustard and cook, whisking, until slightly thickened, 3-5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and whisk in remaining cheese, whisking until smooth. Pour sauce around chicken. Serve with cooked egg noodles, if you like.