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Creamy Garlic Chicken Breast Recipe
Lightly floured boneless chicken breasts are pan fried until golden and crispy before being added to a mouth-watering garlic cream sauce!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 35 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Karina Carrel📖 cafedelites
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- pan
- skillet
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Season the chicken with salt, garlic powder and pepper.
salt2 teaspoongarlic powder1 teaspoon
2
In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, parmesan cheese. Dredge chicken in the flour mixture; shake off excess.
flour (all purpose or plain)4 tablespoonsparmesan cheese (finely grated, fresh )4 tablespoonscup parmesan cheese (finely grated, fresh)1/2
3
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Swirl pan to coat evenly.
butter2 tablespoons
4
Fry 2-3 chicken breasts until golden on each side, cooked through and no longer pink (about ⏱️ 4-5 minutes each side, depending on the thickness of your chicken). Transfer to a warm plate. Set aside.
5
Wipe pan over with a sheet of paper towel. Repeat with remaining oil, butter and chicken breasts. When cooked, transfer the chicken onto the same plate.
butter2 tablespoons
6
Reduce heat to medium. Sauté the onion in the remaining oil/juices in the pan until softened.
7
Smash 6 whole cloves of garlic with the blunt edge of the back of a knife
8
Add the remaining oil and butter to the pan and heat through, mixing it through the onions. Sauté smashed garlic cloves and whole garlic cloves until fragrant, about ⏱️ 2-3 minutes. Add the broth to deglaze the pan. Scrape up any browned bits and let simmer and reduce to half, about ⏱️ 5 minutes.
butter2 tablespoons
9
Reduce heat to medium-low. Pour in the cream. Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer for about ⏱️ 2-3 minutes, combining all of the flavours together.
10
Mix in the parmesan cheese. Continue cooking gently for about ⏱️ 2-3 minutes until cheese melts, while stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
parmesan cheese (finely grated, fresh )4 tablespoonscup parmesan cheese (finely grated, fresh)1/2salt2 teaspoon
11
Add the chicken back into the pan and let simmer for a further ⏱️ 2-3 minutes to thicken the sauce to your liking. The chicken breast will soak up all of the delicious flavours.
12
Garnish with parsley and a little black cracked pepper. Serve over pasta, cauliflower mash, zucchini noodles, rice or mashed potatoes.
fresh parsley (to serve)2 tablespoons
Nutrition Facts
calories
666 kcal
fat Content
60 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
3 g
sodium Content
1819 mg
protein Content
22 g
trans Fat Content
0.3 g
cholesterol Content
149 mg
carbohydrate Content
11 g
saturated Fat Content
28 g
unsaturated Fat Content
29 g
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