Chicken Breasts & Zucchini With Garlic Cream

keen5's Note:

This is very good! The subtle flavor of the chicken partners well with the zucchini and the rich cream cheese garlic sauce.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ¼ cup butter or ¼ cup margarine
• 3 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts , halved
• 3 cups sliced 1/8 inch zucchini (3 med.)
• 1⁄3; cup green onion , sliced 1/4 inch

For Garlic Cream

• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• ½ teaspoon minced fresh garlic
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (10 ¾ ounce) can chicken broth
• ½ teaspoon pepper

Directions:

1. In 10" skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter until sizzling; add chicken breasts.
2. Cook over medium-high heat, turning once, until chicken is browned and fork tender (12 to 15 min.) Add zucchini and onions.
3. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until zucchini is crisp tender (5 to 7 min.).
4. Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan melt 2 tablespoons of butter until sizzling; add garlic.
5. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute.
6. Add flour; continue cooking until smooth and bubbly (1 minute).
7. Add remaining garlic cream ingredients.
8. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened (5 to 7 minutes).
9. If desired, you can serve zucchini and chicken over rice; pour sauce over chicken.

Reviews

[Claudia Dawn]

This is a FANTASTIC recipe. I've substituted broccoli for the zucchini when not in season. That garlic cream sauce is out of this world. A must try!

[sugarpea]

Made this just as written except I subbed yogurt cheese for the cream cheese. Attractive and very good.

[Loves2Teach]

I made this for dinner for dh & I. I made the chicken bite sized pieces so it would cook faster, and also used a peeler to put the zucchini into strips. I have to say, I loved the first part of the recipe. Then I put together the garlic cream sauce. It did not thicken for me, and it had this off taste. Dh ate a couple of bites, and said it tasted overwhelmingly like cream cheese. I ended up having the chicken and zucchini part plain over butter noodles (which was great!) Thanks for sharing, and sorry it didn't work for us.