Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast

Chicken breast recipes can be so dull – time to step it up! Cream and lemon are a luscious combination and is sensational served over golden crispy chicken. A quick and easy 10 minute recipe with few ingredients, serve this Creamy Lemon Chicken with pasta, mashed potato or for a low carb option, creamy cauliflower mash!

Chicken Breast Recipe

I was browsing my Instagram feed the other day, and all I could think was “it’s so yellow and orangey.” I shared this observation with my mother, and her immediate response was “Well, of course. You post so many cheesy bread, potatoes and meat. Everything you like is yellow and brown. Even Dozer is yellow.” (Imagine this with a Japanese accent and finished with a snort of laughter).

I had no smart comeback for that. Because it’s completely true. 😂

So one of my (many) New Years’ resolutions will be (yet again) to post more green foods on RecipeTin Eats.

But for now – more yellow food.

In fact, a whole skillet of yellow food. 🙌🏻

What you need for creamy lemon chicken breast

• Chicken breast – or boneless skinless thigh

• Chicken broth/stock – gives the sauce flavour (it’s pretty dull without it)

• Cream and lemon – because we’re making a creamy lemon sauce

• Parmesan – for umami AND to help thicken the sauce

• Mustard – sauce thickening and extra flavour/tang

• Flour – to dust chicken (gives it a crust that the sauce wants to cling to, optional)

• Garlic – because garlic goes in 99% of my savoury foods

• Butter – because butter makes everything better

How to make creamy lemon chicken breast

You’re 10 minutes away from having this for dinner!

Here’s how it goes down:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper, dust with flour;

• Pan fry until golden then remove

• Add everything else in, then simmer for 3 minutes until thickened;

• Return chicken into skillet to rewarm; and

• Serve over pasta, mashed potato or for a low carb option, Creamy Mashed Cauliflower.

There’s plenty of creamy lemon sauce for this chicken breast recipe. Enough to toss through pasta!

What to serve with Creamy Lemon Chicken

Serve this with a crisp garden salad with a tangy French Dressing or Balsamic dressing. Or try one of these:

Side salad suggestions

Green Bean Salad with Cherry Tomato Feta

French Carrot Salad with Honey Dijon Dressing

Cucumber Salad with Herb Garlic Vinaigrette

Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing and Shaved Parmesan

JP’s Iceberg Lettuce Dill Salad

Roast Pumpkin, Spinach and Feta Salad

Also, some warm bread rolls to mop the plate clean wouldn’t go astray! If you’re in the mood for homemade bread, try these easy No Knead Soft Dinner Rolls or this simple Irish Soda Bread (I call it Emergency Bread!).

 – Nagi x

Watch how to make it

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Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast

Author: Nagi | RecipeTin Eats

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 15 mins

Dinner

Western

4.97 from 121 votes

Servings4

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Recipe video above. Cream and lemon is a luscious combination and is stellar served over crispy chicken! It's super easy and fast to make, and the sauce is absolutely to die for. A little dusting of flour creates a terrific crispy coating on the chicken and gives the sauce something to cling to.

Ingredients

Crispy Chicken

• ▢ 600g / 1.2lb chicken breasts (2 large) (Note 1)
• ▢ 1/2 tsp salt
• ▢ Black pepper
• ▢ 1/4 cup (35g) flour
• ▢ 3 tbsp (40g) butter , unsalted

• ▢ 1 - 2 garlic clove, minced
• ▢ 1 1/4 cups (325ml) chicken broth/stock
• ▢ 3/4 cup (185ml) cream , heavy/thickened (Note 2)
• ▢ 3 - 4 tbsp lemon juice (adjust to taste, start with 3 tbsp)
• ▢ 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• ▢ 3/4 cup (75g) parmesan cheese , freshly grated OR store bought finely shredded (Note 3)

To serve

• ▢ Pasta of choice (I used linguine)
• ▢ Finely chopped parsley

Instructions

Crispy Chicken

• Slice chicken breast horizontally to create two thin steaks (so you end up with 4 thin steaks in total).
• Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper, then coat with flour, shaking off excess.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook chicken 2 minutes on each side until golden and crispy, then remove onto plate.

Sauce

• Add a touch of butter if your pan is dry - but you shouldn't need it. Add garlic, stir 10 seconds.
• Then add chicken broth, cream, lemon and Dijon mustard. Bring to simmer and scrape the bottom of the pan to dissolve brown bits into the liquid. Use a whisk if needed to dissolve mustard.
• Add parmesan then simmer rapidly for 3 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. Add salt, pepper and adjust lemon to taste.
• Return the chicken to the pan (pour in any juices on the plate too), turn to coat.
• Place chicken on serving plates with pasta or mashed potatoes. Sprinkle with fresh parsley if using. Spoon over Lemon Sauce and serve! (Bread for mopping wouldn't go astray either)

Recipe Notes:

1. Chicken - use 2 large breasts split in half, or 4 small ones around 150g/5oz each and pound with fist to about 1.5cm / 1/2" even thickness.

You can purchase chicken breast steaks here in Australia at supermarkets and butchers. Sometimes they are labelled "chicken schnitzel" (but no crumbs, just thin slices of chicken).

2. Cream - light cream won't thicken as much. To decrease fat, better to use evaporated milk!

3. Parmesan - must use either finely grated yourself OR the store bought finely shredded ie very fine thin strands. Do not use store bought "sandy-like" parmesan, it just doesn't dissolve as well.

4. Nutrition per serving for chicken and all the sauce, assuming 4 servings.

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 276gCalories: 497cal (25%)Carbohydrates: 4g (1%)Protein: 41g (82%)Fat: 35g (54%)Saturated Fat: 20g (125%)Cholesterol: 193mg (64%)Sodium: 913mg (40%)Potassium: 670mg (19%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 1g (1%)Vitamin A: 1118IU (22%)Vitamin C: 2mg (2%)Calcium: 266mg (27%)Iron: 1mg (6%)

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Originally published January 2016, updated with new photos and video in November 2019.

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