Description
This creamy lemon parmesan chicken is a restaurant quality chicken dish you can make in under 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Chicken:
- Large chicken breasts ( halved horizontally to make 4)-2
- All-purpose flour- 4 tablespoons
- Fresh grated Parmesan cheese- 4 tablespoons
- Garlic powder- 1 teaspoon
- Italian seasoning-1/2 teaspoon
- Salt and black pepper- to taste
For the Sauce:
- Oil/ butter- 3 tablespoons
- Garlic cloves ( minced)-1 tablespoon
- Chicken stock ( broth)-1 cup
- Heavy cream or half & half-3/4 cup
- Finely grated fresh Parmesan cheese- 1 cup
- Capers - 2 tablespoons, plus 2 tablespoons to garnish
- Cornstarch ( mixed with 1 tablespoon of water)- 1 tablespoon
- Juice of 1 lemon ( adjust to your liking)
- Fresh parsley ( finely chopped)- 2 tablespoons
- Salt and black pepper- to taste
- Lemon slices to garnish
Instructions
The Chicken:
- Combine the flour, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and parmesan cheese in a shallow bowl. Season chicken fillets with salt and black pepper. Dredge in the flour mixture and shake off excess. Keep aside.
- In a large pan or skillet heat oil over medium high heat. Once the pan is hot, add the chicken fillets and fry until cooked through and golden on each side, about 4 minutes per side ( depend on the thickness of your chicken). Transfer to a plate.
The Sauce:
- In the same skillet cook garlic ( add 1 tablespoon of oil if needed) until fragrant, about 40-50 seconds. Reduce the heat to low medium, add the chicken broth and heavy cream.
- Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer. Season with salt and black pepper to your liking.
- Stir in the parmesan cheese and capers. Cook further for 2 minutes. At this point, add the cornstarch mixture if the sauce is too runny for you. Keep stirring as the sauce will start to thicken immediately.
- Whisk in the lemon juice and allow to simmer for a minute.
- Return the parmesan chicken back to the sauce and cook further for another minute to absorb all the flavors of the sauce.
- Garnish with the chopped parsley and top with lemon slices. Serve over pasta, steamed rice steamed broccoli. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: Chicken recipes
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Calories: 207 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 930 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 49 mg
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