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2024-10-28 11:30:43
Chicken with Lemon Herb Cream Sauce & Shallots
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Servings: 4
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 4 chicken breasts pounded flat or 8 chicken thighs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice (1 whole lemon)
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 1 shallot, minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme or 4 teaspoon dried
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh tarragon leaves or ½ teaspoon dried
- Salt and pepper to taste
Steps
- Mix flour, salt and pepper on plate or in plastic bag. Dredge chicken in mixture, tapping off excess.
- Heat butter in skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and saute, turning once, until cooked through (5 to 7 minutes). Remove to serving plate and keep warm.
- Prepare Lemon Herb Sauce in same pan: Pour cream into skillet used for chicken and increase heat to medium-high.
- Deglaze skillet by heating cream to boiling and scraping loose browned bits on bottom of pan with wooden spatula.
- Add shallot, lemon zest, thyme and tarragon. Cook, stirring frequently, over medium-high heat until cream is thickened, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in lemon juice and remove from heat. Season sauce to taste with salt & pepper. Spoon sauce over chicken.
Notes
- Double sauce ingredients if using chicken thighs instead of breast fillets