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!
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Ingredients for Lemon Butter Chicken Skillet Recipe
- Chicken
- Unsalted butter
- Garlic
- Heavy whipping cream
- Chicken broth
- Lemon juice
- Tomatoes
- Spinach
- Parsley
Cook’s 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
How Do You Know If Chicken Is Done Cooking?
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.
How Long Does It Take to Cook Chicken in a Pan?
It should take about 8 to 12 minutes, and the meat should run to 170 degrees F.
How Many Calories?
This recipe has 581 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
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
Lemon Butter Chicken - juicy and moist pan-fried chicken in a super creamy, lemony and cheesy white sauce, with spinach and tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. 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
Directions
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1Season the chicken with salt and ground black pepper, on both sides. Heat up a skillet with 1 tablespoon butter. Pan-sear the chicken thighs until both sides are nicely browned, with crispy edges. Remove fromthe skillet and set aside.
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2
On the same skillet, add the remaining butter and saute the garlic until aromatic. Add the chicken broth, heavy whipping cream and bring it to a light simmer. Add the chicken back into the skillet, follow by the Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, mirin (if using), and salt.
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3
Add the tomatoes, spinach and parsley. As soon as the spinach wilts, turn off heat and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Serve the chicken with plain spaghetti, penne or rotini. Just ladle the chicken and sauce over the pasta.
Eva Castro
Great recipe, we used arugula instead of spinach. It was delicious.
Heather
Why is there not a key to be able to print off the recipe?
Rasa Malaysia
The print button is right there.
tasmia shomi
wow just loved it..from now i am a big fan of yours..
Sonia Leyva
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.
Ben Myhre
I am always such a sucker for creamy white sauces… this looks great.
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, this is very yummy!
Michelle
Spot on. Thank you. Paired it with the Cilantro Lime Rice. Delicious!!!!
Rasa Malaysia
Yummy! :)
MyKacey
My daughter made it yesterday and they are delicious! She said it was a quick, easy recipe-definitely a keeper! 5 stars for sure!
Rasa Malaysia
That’s awesome. I am glad she liked my lemon butter chicken recipe.
Audrey
My stove doesn’t work. If I was to use the oven, how would I do this?
Janet
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.
Sabrina Templin
This looks delicious! :D
Ann Waters
I re read the article 3 times and can’t find the recipe…where is it?
Rasa Malaysia
The recipe is where it says CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE in red bar.
Melissa Grcich
I love some of your recipes, but do you ever figure up the nutritional info?