Easy Lemon Butter Chicken
Easy Lemon Butter Chicken is a fantastic family dinner option. Juicy chicken bursting with amazing flavors takes your usual dinner to a whole new level!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 boneless chicken breasts (cut in half lengthwise)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp crushed garlic (about 3 cloves)
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- juice and zest of one lemon
- 2 cups spinach
- To Serve:
- Uncle Ben’s® Flavor Infusions Garlic & Butter rice
Instructions
- 1
Heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a cast iron skillet.
- 2
rub chicken breasts with the spices on both sides.
- 3
Sear in the pan, 4-5 minutes on each side until fully cooked. Transfer them into a plate and set aside.
- 4
Melt butter in the same pan and saute garlic until golden.
- 5
Add in water, heavy cream and juice and zest of the lemon.
- 6
Turn the heat up until starts boiling. Turn the heat to medium and let simmer for 5 minutes.
- 7
Add in spinach and cook for 5 minutes.
- 8
Add in chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.
- 9
To Serve:
- 10
Cook Uncle Ben’s® Flavor Infusions Garlic & Butter rice according to the package instructions and serve the lemon butter chicken with Uncle Ben’s® Flavor Infusions Garlic & Butter rice.