Chicken Scampi

"A delicious restaurant style meal without a lot of work. The dried herbs make this low prep; great for a weeknight."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cut chicken into 1 inch thick strips.
  • In a large skillet, melt the butter with the oil over medium heat. Stir in the herbs, garlic and lemon juice.
  • Add the chicken and saute about 5 minutes, until just starting to brown.
  • Lower the heat and cook for about 10 minutes longer, until the chicken juices run clear. Salt to taste.
  • Add more oil as needed (If your flame is too hot you will need more.).
  • Serve chicken and sauce over linguine or fettucine noodles.

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Reviews

  1. We really liked this and we will make it again. I added a bit more garlic and would like to try it with fresh ingredients.
     
  2. I have had this recipe in my collection for a while but have never gotten around to making it. Mostly because I have picky children and a DH who has told me he does not like shrimp scampi. Tonight I was in the mood for this dish and made it against everyones groans and complaints. Funny thing was that while everyone was slurping up the noodles and mouths full of chicken I got "this is good"," what is this called again" and my DH saying that I need to make this again. I just smiled and said sure as I walked into the kitchen. I followed the recipe as written, I just doubled this for my crew and for lunch tomorrow. Thank you Kaarin for an easy dish that everyone liked, and we all know those are hard to find!
     
  3. We enjoyed this chicken dish served over bow tie noodles. Followed the directions quite closely except that I added a bit of extra garlic and a bit of extra lemon juice. It was great for a quick weeknight meal. I would like to try it w/ fresh herbs instead of dried.
     
  4. I really liked this recipe. i never had chicken scampi before i never even heard of this until my cousin had wanted me to make some for her because she doesnt eat seafood and she always wants me to cook for her. But this was so good, the chicken had alot of flavor to it. imma try this again but i will try it with shrimp.
     
  5. After finding a number of Chicken Scampi recipes, I settled on this one. I used what is probably the equivalent to one and a half frozen chicken breasts (Both were rather small, as it was a meal for two with small stomachs.) I was out of olive oil, but vegetable oil seemed to do okay. Reading other reviews of the same recipe with near-identical ingredients, I decided a flavor-junkie such as myself would benefit from a dash of white wine and some red pepper flakes: I didn't feel the red pepper made any difference. Tasting the sauce, I found it great but missing something that would have made me love it. I used more garlic, and chicken bullion for salt--I also didn't realize this dish is not expected to make much sauce, so I'd added in some water, which didn't hurt. My fiancée liked this dish a lot, though he thought it was too oily and cracked "This won't stop my heart, will it?", so sticking with butter next time. I liked this dish, so I'm giving it four stars--my fiancée gave it three and a half. I will continue to cook this, though I will be toying with finding that missing something.
     
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I'm a stay at home mom with 3 adorable children-an 8 year old daredevil son, a 5 1/2 year old princess and a wild little 2 year old girl! I love to cook, and like having my little helpers in the kitchen! I usually love recipes that are completely from scratch (I still love them actually) but right now my focus is on having any kind of food ready by mealtime! It's a little crazy here lately. Every summer we have a huge organic garden, apple orchard and raspberry and blueberry patches, along with a woods full of wild foods waiting for me to learn what they are so I can collect them. I'm learning about wild mushrooms first, so if anyone has any tips, let me know. We also eat wild venison which my husband and I hunt ourselves. It's our favorite meat, since it's lean, organic and cheap! Some of my hobbies are: hiking, biking, rock climbing, gardening, playing in the water with my kids, or just swinging in the hammock with a good book. I go stir crazy if I spend too much time inside.
 
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