Chicken breast recipes can be so dull โ time to step it up! Cream and lemon are a luscious combination and is sensationalย served over golden crispy chicken. Aย quick andย easyย 10 minute recipe with fewย ingredients,ย 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 Instagramย feedย the other day, and all I could think was โitโs soย yellow and orangey.โ I shared this observation with my mother, and her immediate response was โWell, of course. You post so many cheesy bread, potatoes and meat. Everything you like is yellow and brown. Evenย Dozerย is yellow.โ (Imagine this with a Japanese accent and finished with a snort of laughter).
I had no smart comeback for that. Because itโs completely true. ๐
So one of my (many) New Yearsโ resolutions will be (yet again) to post moreย green foods on RecipeTin Eats.
But for now โ 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! ๐๐ป
What you need for creamy lemon chicken breast
Chicken breast โ or boneless skinless thigh
Chicken broth/stock โ gives the sauce flavour (itโs pretty dull without it)
Cream and lemon โ because weโre making aย creamy lemon sauce
Parmesan โ forย umami AND to help thicken the sauce
Mustard โ sauce thickening and extra flavour/tang
Flour โ to dust chicken (gives it a crust that the sauce wants to cling to, optional)
Garlic โ because garlic goes in 99% of my savoury foods
Butter โ because butter makes everything better
How to make creamy lemon chicken breast
Youโre 10 minutes away from having this for dinner!
Hereโs 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.
Thereโs 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
Also, some warm bread rolls to mop the plate clean wouldnโt go astray! If youโre 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!).
ย โ Nagi x
Watch how to make it
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Creamy Lemon Chicken Breast
Ingredients
Crispy Chicken
- 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 โ 2 garlic clove, minced
- 1 1/4 cups chicken broth/stock
- 3/4 cup cream , heavy/thickened (Note 2)
- 3 โ 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)
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 โ 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:
Nutrition Information:
Originally published January 2016, updated with new photos and video in November 2019.
Life of Dozer
In the big fancy house Iโm currently housesitting while Iโm in between houses โ when he gets fed up following me up and down the stairs, he parks himself halfway!!
Thank you Nagi. My husband thinks Iโm a genius every week, thinking your dishes I make have come from my own brainstorm. I am always very eager to get yet another of your special meal ideas. Yes, and looking forward to vege/salad dishes. Letโs go to lunch โ letโs all go lunching !
You ARE the genius!!! Youโre the one who makes the food!! I promise I have some interesting salads coming up ๐ I keep meaning to post them but I keep getting distracted!!! I have a really yummy buffalo chicken salad coming up soon. So healthy but still so satisfying!!
Perfect timing yet again, Nagi. I picked my first Meyer lemon crop yesterday from my cute little tree and need lemon recipes! Making this tonight. And where was your sprinkle of parsley for some green?!?! ?
Made this tonight, and you are spot on, Nagi! Quick to prepare, not complicated, and outstanding results. Mr. Fussy gave it 4 1/2 martinis (his own rating, now on my blog): between โoff the chartsโ and โpretty darn good,โ leaning toward the former. He couldnโt stop raving about the sauce! I added a bit of garlic to the sauce and used chicken tenders, which I pounded to make sure they were really tender.
Hehe
I love Mr Fussyโs scale!!!!
Made me giggle!
BA HA HA!!! I love that rating system!! Martinis!! What a legend! Please thank Mr Fussy on my behalf and let him know that Iโm very happy that he approved. How lucky you are to have an official taste tester!!
You have your own Meyer lemon tree? Jealous!! We donโt even HAVE meyer lemons here in Aus!!
Yes, a tiny one (so far) that my daughter gave me for Hanukkah last year. I keep meaning to put a pre-harvest photo on my FB page. I actually didnโt use the Meyers for this, as I wanted the tartness of regular lemons.
Looks delicious! I love the combo of lemon and cream. One question, is there a way to lower the cholesterol and saturated fat, or is that the price we pay for luscious creamy flavor?
You could probably use low fat cream cheese instead of cream. Would make for a thicker sauce too
Hi Gail! For this one the most I would do to change it is using the absolute lowest fat cream you can find. I donโt even make this with evaporated milk which is my ultimate tip for making creamy things skinny. To make a skinny version of this, you could start with a roux then add milk instead of cream?
Oh myโฆlook at this creamy yumminess! Skip the salad and go straight to main course.
Donโt encourage me Linda! I must must must post more salads!!
OH YUMMY!!!!
That sauce!!! It looks so good!! I adore lemony creamy pasta. I cook a Rachel Ray lemon, cream and leek pasta all the time. But the crispy chicken in your dish takes this over the edge!!! I cannot wait to try it.
Green foodโฆโฆโฆThat is what a side salad is for ๐
I had cream left over too!!!!! I used it up today with some cheesy potatoesโฆ.kind of wish I had waitedโฆ.this chicken (and pasta) is calling my name!
PINNING!
p.s that salmon pasta is on my list too!!!! canโt wait to read that one! YUM
NO!!! Seriously??? OMG I made your chicken today, for a post. But I stupidly used drumsticks instead of sticking with fillets which I used previously. Taste is fab but doesnโt have that same even gloss so Iโm making them again using thigh fillets!!
HEHE.
I am going to rename that post โTop Food Blogger Nagiโs Favourite Honey Soy Sesame Chickenโ
p.s Thanks for the heads up on the drumsticks! I would have thought they would turn out better, good to know for the future. I donโt often cook drumsticks as then the kids have to deal with bones and they end up acting like a scene from โThe Flintstonesโ!!!
x
mmmโฆcreamy goodnessโฆlooks delish! And I love how quick and easy it is to make! Fantastic, looking forward to trying it out ๐ I assume the โpaste of choiceโ to serve is meaning pasta? Sorry, bit of a spelling/grammar geek hereโฆ
GUH. ME TOO! ie spelling geek ๐ Thanks for letting me know!!