Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast

Name: Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 600g / 1.2lb chicken breasts (2 large) ((Note 1)); 1/2 tsp cooking salt ((kosher salt)); 1/4 tsp Black pepper; 1/4 cup flour ((plain / all-purpose)); 40g / 3 tbsp butter (, unsalted); 1 - 2 garlic clove, minced; 1 1/4 cups chicken broth/stock; 3/4 cup cream (, heavy/thickened (Note 2)); 3 - 4 tbsp lemon juice (adjust to taste, start with 3 tbsp); 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 3/4 cup parmesan cheese (, freshly grated OR store bought finely shredded (Note 3)); Pasta of choice ((I used linguine)); Finely chopped parsley

By Nagi Maehashi

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Published20 Nov '19 Updated23 Jun '25

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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 pan of yellow food. Golden brown (yellow!) chicken breast with a yellow lemon cream parmesan sauce. Bring on the yellow! 🙌🏻

Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast in a skillet, fresh off the stove, ready to be served

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.

Close up of fork stabbing piece of Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast

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

Fork twirling pasta coated with creamy lemon sauce from Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast

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:

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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

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

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