Description
This Garlic Butter Chicken recipe offers a quick and flavorful dinner solution featuring tender chicken breasts coated with a garlicky flour mixture, pan-fried to golden perfection, and finished with a rich butter and chicken stock sauce infused with fresh parsley and garlic. Perfect for a midweek meal, it’s easy to prepare and delightfully satisfying.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2x 9oz/250g Chicken Breasts, brought close to room temperature
- 1/4 cup / 40g Plain / All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Salt, plus more to taste
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper, plus more to taste
- 1/2 cup / 120ml Chicken Stock
- 6 tbsp / 90g / 3.2oz Unsalted Butter, divided into tablespoon chunks
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced/finely diced
- 1 tbsp finely diced Fresh Parsley
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Lemon, divided into 4 wedges (to serve)
Instructions
- In a shallow dish, combine 1/4 cup flour with 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Mix well to ensure even seasoning.
- Butterfly each chicken breast through the center to create four even-sized pieces. Dredge each piece in the seasoned flour mixture, pressing to ensure an even coat. Shake off excess and set aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken breasts and fry until golden brown on each side and cooked through (about 3-5 minutes per side depending on thickness). Remove chicken and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium, add minced garlic to the pan, and fry for 1-2 minutes until just beginning to brown. Pour in the chicken stock while scraping the pan with a wooden spoon to release any browned bits for extra flavor.
- Add the remaining 5 tbsp butter chunks to the pan and swiftly whisk as they melt to bind with the stock, creating a slightly cloudy sauce. Stir in the parsley and season with additional salt and black pepper to taste.
- Allow the sauce to simmer for a few minutes until it starts to thicken. Turn heat to low, return the chicken to the pan, and spoon the sauce over the chicken to heat through and absorb flavors.
- Plate the chicken, drizzle with extra sauce, and serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over to add a fresh citrus note, according to preference.
Notes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Pan-frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 337 kcal
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 19.52 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9.52 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.39 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 30.72 g
- Cholesterol: 100 mg