Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, lemon butter chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
With this recipe you get perfectly tender, golden brown pan seared chicken breasts that are coated in that quick lemon pan sauce. Lemon Butter Chicken - Easy crisp-tender chicken with the creamiest lemon butter sauce ever - you'll want to forget the chicken and drink the sauce instead! LEMON BUTTER CHICKEN THIGHS, So simple and tasty.
Lemon Butter Chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lemon Butter Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon butter chicken using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Butter Chicken:
- Make ready 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- Get 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- Prepare to taste Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- Take 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 cup chicken broth
- Make ready 1/2 cup heavy cream
- Take 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- Make ready Juice of 1 lemon
- Prepare 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- Make ready 2 cups baby spinach, chopped
Add the chicken broth, lemon juice + zest, and remaining butter to the pan and let it bubble for a couple of minutes. Here's what you need: bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, paprika, salt, pepper, unsalted butter, garlic, heavy cream, parmesan cheese, lemon, fresh baby spinach, dried thyme, chicken broth. Lemon Butter Chicken - juicy and moist chicken in a skillet of super creamy, lemony and cheesy white sauce, topped with yummy spinach and tomatoes! Lemon Butter Chicken is a quick & easy dinner, packed full of flavor.
Instructions to make Lemon Butter Chicken:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Season chicken thighs with paprika, salt and pepper, to taste.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side; drain excess fat and set aside.
- Melt remaining tablespoon butter in the skillet. Add garlic, and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, heavy cream, Parmesan, lemon juice and thyme.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat, stir in spinach, and simmer until the spinach has wilted and the sauce has slightly thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
- Return chicken to the skillet.
- Place skillet into the oven and roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 25-30 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
- Plated dish served with orzo pasta.
Great for a weeknight meal when you are staring at the fridge and pantry "what to make… what to make?!" Chicken with Lemon Butter Sauce: Boneless chicken breasts sautéed; then topped with a lemon butter sauce. I love lemon chicken, but most recipes are too lemony or too thick or too something. This Lemon Butter Chicken is one of those meals that can be whipped up in a snap. It is so easy and a one-pan dish, which makes clean up super simple. Succulent crispy skin chicken with lemon butter cream sauce.
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