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Lemon Butter Chicken - juicy and moist chicken in a skillet of super creamy, lemony and cheesy white sauce, topped with yummy spinach and tomatoes!
Tasty Lemon Butter Chicken
Lemon butter chicken is one of the easiest and complete meal you can make for your family, especially on those busy weeknights.
The recipe is wholesome, with juicy chicken, a creamy sauce, with healthy spinach and tomatoes.
Plus, it’s so easy to make and takes only 20 minutes.
This Lemon Butter Chicken is so delicious and satisfying, it’s something I will make over and over again!
Ingredients For Lemon Butter Chicken Skillet Recipe
- Chicken
- Unsalted butter
- Garlic
- Heavy whipping cream
- Chicken broth
- Lemon juice
- Tomatoes
- Spinach
- Parsley
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Cooking Tips
- For the chicken, I used boneless and skinless chicken thighs, but you can use chicken breasts, bone-in chicken thighs.
- First pan-sear and cook the chicken to a nice golden brown and crisp up the surface, then make the creamy sauce.
- The spinach and tomatoes go in last so you don’t overcook them.
Frequently Asked Questions
If the juices that come out of the chicken are slightly pink, it is probably not done yet. The chicken should be firm, rather than rubbery.
It should take about 8 to 12 minutes, and the meat should run to 170 degrees F.
This recipe has 581 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Lemon Butter Chicken
This dish is best served over pasta. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Lemon Butter Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs (750g) boneless and skinless chicken thighs
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Japanese mirin, optional
- salt , to taste
- 2 small tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 2 cups spinach
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Instructions
- Season the chicken with salt and ground black pepper on both sides. Heat up a skillet with 1 tablespoon of butter. Pan-sear the chicken thighs until both sides are nicely browned, with crispy edges. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
- In the same skillet, add the remaining butter and sauté the garlic until aromatic. Add the chicken broth and heavy whipping cream, and bring it to a light simmer. Return the chicken to the skillet, followed by the Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, mirin (if using), and salt.
- Add the tomatoes, spinach, and parsley. As soon as the spinach wilts, turn off the heat and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Great recipe, we used arugula instead of spinach. It was delicious.
Why is there not a key to be able to print off the recipe?
The print button is right there.
wow just loved it..from now i am a big fan of yours..
So so so good! Made it this evening for football! It was a huge hit and I doubled the recipe and it was fantastic. No chips and dip in this house.
I am always such a sucker for creamy white sauces… this looks great.
Yes, this is very yummy!
Spot on. Thank you. Paired it with the Cilantro Lime Rice. Delicious!!!!
Yummy! :)
My daughter made it yesterday and they are delicious! She said it was a quick, easy recipe-definitely a keeper! 5 stars for sure!
That’s awesome. I am glad she liked my lemon butter chicken recipe.
My stove doesn’t work. If I was to use the oven, how would I do this?
I guess you could use the broiler to brown the chicken prior to doing the rest of the recipe, but it is pretty difficult to do lots of things like reduce a sauce, and pull out the pan in order to add ingredients at the proper time. I would invest in an inexpensive electric burner–discount stores such as Target and Walmart have single and double burner models under $25, and I’ve seen induction tops under $50. It’s hard to even warm a can of soup without some sort of stovetop.
This looks delicious! :D
I re read the article 3 times and can’t find the recipe…where is it?
The recipe is where it says CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE in red bar.
I love some of your recipes, but do you ever figure up the nutritional info?