Mrs. C's Lemon Chicken

Stella8037's Note:

My friend's mom used to make this for us in college - it's not a fancy meal, but it's delicious and definite comfort food!

• Total Time: 13 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 2 boneless chicken breasts
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 ½ teaspoons mccormick california style lemon pepper
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• salt

Directions:

1. Chop chicken into bite-size pieces. Cook in a nonstick pan over medium high heat until cooked through, but still moist - about 5 minutes.
2. Reduce heat to low.
3. Add butter, allow to melt.
4. Add lemon pepper - I really coat the chicken with this, but if you like a milder flavor you can cut back on it. Stir to combine.
5. Add paprika and lemon juice.
6. Sauce will thicken after a few minutes of simmering. Serve over hot basmati rice.
7. Note: depending on the size of your chicken breasts, you might want to adjust the sauce. This recipe makes a nice amount of sauce to coat the chicken, if using medium sized (~6oz) breasts. I never actually measure the ingredients for this, I just do it by taste. You could also substitute a 1/2 cup chicken stock for the butter to reduce the fat in this.

Reviews

[breezermom]

This was quick and easy! I found I could use 1 chicken breast to feed two with this recipe. I halved the recipe, but still found the lemon flavor a bit strong. I think this would be awesome if you reduced the amount of lemon pepper seasoning as the chef suggested. I also think this would be nice in a wrap with spinach and rice! Thanks for posting. Made for Fall PAC 2009.