Lemon Butter Chicken Breasts

• portionen: 6 servings
• gesamtzeit: 30 minutes

Zutaten

6 medium boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1-1/2 pounds)

½ cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning

⅓ cup butter

2 lemons, sliced

2 tablespoon lemon juice

Hot cooked rice or pilaf (optional)

Anweisungen

Place each chicken breast half between two pieces of plastic wrap. Pound lightly into a rectangle about 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt. and lemon pepper. Coat chicken breasts with flour mixture.

In a 12-inch skillet cook the chicken breasts in the hot butter, half at a time, over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes on each side or until brown and no longer pink. Remove chicken from skillet. Add lemon slices to skillet; cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once. Return all of the chicken to the skillet, overlapping chicken breasts slightly. Drizzle lemon juice over the chicken breasts. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes more or until pan juices are slightly reduced. Serve chicken, lemon slices, and pan juices over hot cooked rice or pilaf, if desired. Makes 6 servings.

Nährwertangaben

• Kalorien: 258 kcal
• Gesamtfett: 12 g
• Gesättigtes Fett: 7 g
• Ungesättigtes Fett: 0 g
• Cholesterin: 95 mg
• Natrium: 725 mg
• Gesamtkohlenhydrate: 8 g
• Eiweiß: 27 g