Lemon-Garlic Sauteed Chicken Breasts

Submitted by Jennifer Ashley

"It is a cheap and easy dish with the delightful tastes of garlic and lemon. I pulled it off the internet for a mothers day idea. It was orginally for salmon steaks, but chicken works (possibly even better!)"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 4 lemon slices

directions

1. Melt butter in a skillet, add soy sauce and garlic powder.
2. Add chicken, cook until no longer pink.
3. Garnish with lemon slices.

Reviews

[crzysxycookie]

This is really good and easy to make. I am a garlic fan so I had to change the garlic powder to one clove of chopped garlic...smelled great and tasted great, too. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

 

[SandwichQueen]

This made good, moist chicken. I used three smashed garlic cloves instead of garlic powder and added the end slices of the lemon into the pan with the garlic. I also used half olive oil and half butter. We served ours over brown rice. It was quick, easy, and delicious, especially with the fresh lemon squeezed over the top.

 

[CameronsMommy]

It was ok, needs more flavor, we ended up putting honey mustard on it and then it was pretty good. Super easy though : )

 

[kylsgurl3235]

Very good recipe! I was looking on here to find an easy quick recipe with the stuff I had on hand and this one fit the bill! Very tasty! We sqeezed the lemon on the chicken when it was almost done, it mad a little extra sauce to put on top.

 

[Summerwine]

This was an absolutely superb meal and will definitely be made again! I did take suggestions from Goldens4 as to the olive oil and crzysxycookie’s idea with fresh garlic cloves. I also just happened to have a half of chilli pepper so I finely chopped it and tossed it in with the garlic and soy sauce. I do find it a bit hard to look after dishes that have to simmer for more than 15 minutes, so after sautéing/browning on each side I put the chicken in foil, poured the drippings from the fry pan over top with a bit of fresh squeezed lemon juice and put it in the oven at 350F for 40 minutes. This created a very nice thin juice that I drizzled over the top before serving. DH suggested that I thicken the juice, but I liked it how it was and it kept the calories low. This is definitely a keeper! This would be great for a romantic meal as it is fairly light, yet filling. I’m looking forward to trying this with salmon.