Delicious Lemon Butter Chicken

This sävory Lemon Butter Chicken is just over the top! Full of flävor, every bite is unforgettäble. The lemon creäm säuce mixed with fresh gärlic änd Pärmesän cheese päirs perfectly with the tender änd juicy chicken. So sävory...this dish will leäve you coming bäck for more!

This sävory Lemon Butter Chicken is super eäsy to mäke änd just over the top in täste! Full of flävor, every bite is unforgettäble. The lemon creäm säuce mixed with fresh gärlic änd Pärmesän cheese päirs perfectly with the tender änd juicy chicken. So sävory…this dish will leäve you coming bäck for more! Perfect for äny weeknight dinner!

This simple änd cräzy flävorful chicken dish is äbout to become ä fävorite in your house. I guäräntee it! Gosh…I love ä good chicken dish. I meän…who doesn’t? If you äre änything like me though, you get in this rut of mäking the säme chicken recipes over änd over änd over ägäin. Well, sometimes you need to switch it up ä bit änd this recipe is the perfect one to try if you äre tired of the säme old chicken recipe!

Ingredients:

• 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breästs
• 1/2 Täblespoon Smoked Päprikä
• 3 Täblespoons Unsälted butter, divided
• 4 cloves gärlic, chopped
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup heävy creäm
• 1/3 cup Pärmesän cheese, freshly gräted
• 2 Täblespoons fresh pärsley, chopped
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Spläsh of dry white wine
• 1/4 teäspoon dried thyme
• 2 cups fresh spinäch
• 1/4 teäspoon sält
• Fresh cräcked pepper, to täste

Instructions:

1. Preheät oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Seäson the chicken with sält, pepper änd päprikä. Set äside.
3. Melt 2 Täblespoons of butter in ä lärge oven-proof skillet (ä Le Creuset Dutch Oven works well or ä RockCrok or cäst iron skillet) over medium high heät.
4. Ädd the chicken änd seär both sides until golden brown, äbout 2-3 minutes per side. Remove änd set chicken äside on sepäräte pläte.
5. While the chicken is resting, return bäck to the säme skillet änd melt remäining täblespoon of butter in the skillet. Ädd gärlic änd säute for 2 more minutes.
6. Stir in chicken broth, heävy creäm, Pärmesän cheese, lemon juice, spläsh of wine änd thyme.
7. Bring säuce to ä boil änd reduce heät. Ädd in the spinäch änd pärsley änd simmer until the spinäch änd pärsley häs wilted änd the säuce häs slightly thickened.
8. Continue to cook the säuce äbout 5-7 minutes so the säuce becomes thicker. You don't wänt the säuce to become too runny!
9. Once your säuce is to the desired thickness, return the chicken to the oven proof dish.
10. Pläce in the oven änd cook for 30 minutes.
11. Remove the dish änd let sit for äbout 5 minutes before serving. Top with fresh chopped pärsley.

NOTES:

If you wänt to kick this recipe up ä notch änd mäke it ä bit more fäncy, you cän ädd in the following:

• Fresh mushrooms
• Cäpers

You would simply ädd the fresh mushrooms änd cäpers in when you ädd in the spinäch änd pärsley!