Lemon Butter Chicken Recipe
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 580kcal
Make this tender and juicy lemon butter chicken for a quick weeknight dinner. It comes together in under 30 minutes using pantry staples.
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Ingredients
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breast
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon powdered parmesan cheese
- 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
For the sauce
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 6 tablespoon cold butter cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Instructions
- Start by preparing the chicken. Wash the boneless chicken breast and pat them dry using a kitchen tissue. Pound them using a meat pounder until they are quite thin.
- Mix ¼ cup all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoon powdered parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper to taste in a large shallow bowl. I shredded the cheese but powdering it will be better.
- Dredge the chicken breast in the flour mixture on both sides.
- Heat 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil in a 9-inch skillet. Shake the chicken breasts to remove the extra coating and add them to the hot skillet in a single layer. Cook for 4-5 minutes on medium heat on each side until nicely browned.
- Remove on a plate once cooked and keep aside. Add the remaining oil to the pan and cook the other breasts as well.
- Add the ingredients to make the sauce that is ½ cup lemon juice, 1 teaspoon lemon zest, 2 teaspoon minced garlic, 1 teaspoon red chili flakes, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, and salt & pepper to taste to the same pan in which we cooked the chicken. I used a different pan for cooking the sauce and realized my mistake later. All the flavors are in the bits of chicken sticking to the pan in which we fried it. We don’t want to lose those flavors.
- Cook on medium heat until the sauce is reduced to ⅓rd, 10-12 minutes.
- Add 6 tablespoon cold butter (cut into 1 inch cubes) to the pan and cook until everything comes together, 3-4 minutes.
- Transfer the cooked chicken breast to the serving plates. Pour the sauce over the chicken pieces. Garnish with parsley and serve hot.
Notes
You can use lime juice and zest in place of lemon if you want it tangier.
Nutrition
Calories: 580kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 50g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 191mg | Sodium: 462mg | Potassium: 906mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 855IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2mg