Creamy Lemon Butter Chicken
Creamy lemon butter chicken is a delicious and easy recipe for a weeknight dinner. Juicy chicken breasts are coated in a creamy lemon butter sauce that's both tangy and rich. Serve over rice or with crusty bread to soak up every last drop of the sauce.
Instructions
- 1
Season chicken thighs with salt, pepper, and paprika.
- 2
Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown. Drain excess fat and set aside.
- 3
Melt 1 Tbsp. butter in the skillet. Add garlic, stir until fragrant, then add chicken broth, heavy cream, Parmesan, lemon juice, thyme, and stir. Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low.
- 4
Stir in spinach, simmer until spinach has wilted and the sauce has thickened.
- 5
Return chicken to the skillet. Bake at 400˚F (200˚C) for 25 minutes.
- 6
Enjoy!
Recipe from tasty.co
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Ingredients (12)
- •6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- •1 tablespoon paprika
- •salt, to taste
- •pepper, to taste
- •3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •3 cloves garlic
- •½ cup heavy cream
- •¼ cup parmesan cheese
- •1 lemon, juiced
- •2 cups fresh baby spinach
- •1 teaspoon dried thyme
- •1 cup chicken broth