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    By: Melissa

    Easy Skillet Lemon Butter Chicken

    Skillet lemon butter chicken is the chicken recipe of your dreams. This juicy one pan lemon butter chicken cooks up in less than 30 minutes, uses only a few ingredients and makes the perfect easy weeknight meal. This lemon butter chicken recipe is easy, tasty and full of flavor. Definitely a keeper recipe and one that everyone will love.

    lemon chicken in skillet
    Skillet Lemon Butter Chicken
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    Total Time: 30 minutes

    About this Lemon Chicken Recipe:

    This lemon butter chicken recipe is very easy to make. The chicken is pounded thin for quick cooking and the lemon butter sauce only takes minutes to come together.

    Since there are only a few ingredients to this recipe, you want to make sure that you do not skip any of them. All of the ingredients come together to balance each other out and make the most delicious sauce.

    lemon butter chicken closeup
    Closeup of that lemon chicken!

    Ingredients To Make Lemon Butter Chicken:

    • Boneless Chicken Breast (cut thin into cutlets- see recipe below for more info on this.)
    • Flour
    • Parmesan Cheese
    • Lemon
    • Olive oil
    • Butter
    • Chicken stock
    • Garlic
    • Oregano
    • Kosher salt and pepper
    • Fresh Italian parsley and lemon slices for garnish (optional)

    Notes about the ingredients:

    As I mentioned earlier, you want to try to not leave out any of these ingredients since they all work so well together. You can omit the Parmesan portion for the chicken if you do not have that on hand and just bread your chicken with a flour and spice mixture.

    You can also leave off the garnish portion of the recipe, the parsley and lemon slices. Just make sure you follow the rest of the recipe as is for the best results!

    How to make One Pan Lemon Butter Chicken:

    ingredients for lemon chicken
    1. Gather Ingredients.
    flour for lemon chicken
    2. Mix flour, Parmesan and spices.
    chicken in flour
    3. Add chicken to flour mixture.
    sautéing lemon chicken
    4. SautΓ© chicken in pan.
    pan for lemon chicken
    5. Remove chicken when cooked on both sides.
    garlic for lemon chicken
    6. SautΓ© garlic in butter.
    adding butter to pan for lemon chicken sauce
    6. Add chicken stock, lemon and remaining butter.
    lemon chicken in skillet
    7. Add chicken back to pan with parsley and lemon slces.

    I told you this lemon butter chicken was a very easy recipe! The garlic, parmesan, lemon and chicken stock all come together beautifully and taste so amazing.

    What to serve with Lemon Butter Chicken

    I really love serving this chicken with a light pasta like olive oil and garlic pasta but you can serve this with Italian potatoes, roasted asparagus , or any other side dish that goes well with a lemon flavor.

    Tips:

    I really prefer working with chicken stock in all my recipes but you could also use chicken broth here too. If you are really in a pinch, a bouillon cube added to water can also work though it won't be as good as the real thing.

    Although parsley is an optional ingredient, I recommend it for two reasons. First, it makes the dish beautiful by adding that pop of color (we eat with our eyes first).

    Second, parsley actually aids in digestion which makes it a great addition to any meal.

    lemon butter chicken skillet

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    5 from 3 votes

    Easy Skillet Lemon Butter Chicken

    Skillet lemon butter chicken is the chicken recipe of your dreams. This lemon chicken recipe is easy, tasty and full of flavor. It is definitely a keeper and one that everyone will love.
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time15 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Servings: 4 servings

    Tried the Recipe? We Would Love To Hear From You In The Comments Below!

    Author: Melissa

    Ingredients

    Chicken

    • 2 boneless chicken breasts pound thin and cut in half
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • ΒΌ cup Parmesan freshly grated
    • ΒΌ cup All purpose flour
    • 1 tablespoon Dried Oregano
    • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt

    Lemon Butter Sauce

    • ΒΌ cup chicken stock
    • 3 tablespoon Lemon juice
    • 4 tablespoon unsalted butter divided
    • 4 cloves garlic finely minced
    • Β½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 2 tablespoon Italian parsley chopped fine. Optional
    • lemon slices garnish. Optional
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    Instructions

    Making the chicken

    • On a large plate, mix your flour, Parmesan, salt and oregano.
      ΒΌ cup Parmesan, ΒΌ cup All purpose flour, 1 tablespoon Dried Oregano, 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
    • Place your chicken breasts one at a time in a large ziploc bag.
      2 boneless chicken breasts
    • Pound thin to about half of its original thickness.
    • Cut your pounded out chicken breasts in half to make 4 thin chicken cutlets.
    • Dip the chicken into your flour mixture making sure to coat both sides then set aside.
    • Pre-heat a large sautΓ© pan over medium heat.
    • Add your olive oil.
      1 tablespoon olive oil
    • Now add your chicken and cook for 2-3 minutes a side until the chicken is browned on both sides.
    • Remove your chicken from the pan on to a plate and set aside.

    Lemon Butter Sauce

    • Reduce heat to medium low.
    • Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the pan.
      4 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • Add your minced garlic and cook for 10 seconds. The pan is very hot so make sure to not cook the garlic too long or it will burn.
      4 cloves garlic
    • Now add your chicken stock to the hot pan and scrape up the brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
      ΒΌ cup chicken stock
    • Add your lemon juice and the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
      3 tablespoon Lemon juice, 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • Taste for any additional salt needed and add more to taste.
      Β½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • Once the butter has fully melted, place your chicken back into the pan and cook for an additional few minutes to make sure the chicken is cooked all the way through.
    • Top with fresh parsley and lemon slices.
      2 tablespoon Italian parsley, lemon slices
    • Enjoy!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 1033mg | Potassium: 192mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 615IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutrition Values are estimates only.

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    Course :Main Course

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    1. Kathleen says

      January 28, 2022 at 1:10 am

      5 stars
      I made this last night w/ angel hair pasta w/ a very generous sprinkling of freshly grated oarmesan/ reggiano..this is the very best lemon chicken I've had..and I often order this when dining out.
      Also,thank you for adding the ingredients along w/ the instructions..saves slot of unnecessary scrolling

      Reply
    2. Natasha says

      December 07, 2021 at 1:29 pm

      5 stars
      Yum! This came out great. We served it with spaghetti which was perfect for picking up the sauce.

      Reply
      • Kathleen Hannon says

        January 27, 2022 at 6:40 pm

        I made this last night w/ angel hair pasta w/ a very generous sprinkling of freshly grated oarmesan/ reggiano..this is the very best lemon chicken I've had..and I often order this when dining out.
        Also,thank you for adding the ingredients along w/ the instructions..saves slot of unnecessary scrolling

        Reply
        • Melissa says

          January 27, 2022 at 6:53 pm

          I am so glad you loved it! Thanks for sharing πŸ™‚

          Reply

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