Description
Delicious and easy-to-make lemon garlic chicken breasts served with a buttery sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (cut into 1 inch cubes)
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Instructions
- Rinse chicken breasts with water and pat them dry using paper tissues.
- Pound them using a meat pounder until they are quite thin.
- Mix all-purpose flour, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper powder in a large shallow bowl.
- Dredge the chicken breast in the flour mixture from both sides.
- Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a 9-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Shake the chicken breasts to remove the extra flour coating and line them in the hot skillet in a single layer.
- Fry for 4-5 minutes without disturbing and then flip the chicken breast using a pair of tongs.
- Fry for another 3-4 minutes until nicely browned from the other side as well.
- Remove the fried chicken breasts on a plate and cover the plate with a lid.
- Add the remaining oil to the pan and cook the other breasts as well.
- Add lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper powder to the same pan in which we cooked the chicken and stir well to combine.
- Cook on medium heat until the sauce is reduced to ⅓rd (3-4 minutes), stirring frequently.
- Add butter to the pan and cook until everything comes together (1-2 minutes), stirring frequently.
- Transfer the chicken breast to the serving plates.
- Pour the buttery sauce over the chicken.
- Garnish with chopped fresh parsley and serve hot.
Notes
- This dish pairs well with a side of vegetables or pasta.
- Adjust the level of spice by varying the amount of red pepper flakes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast with sauce
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 100mg