How To Make Chicken Scallopini in Lemon Garlic Sauce
The lemons, cream, garlic, and herbs bring this chicken scallopini recipe to a whole new level. Try it out for your next family dinner!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken:
- 2largechicken breastsboneless, skinless,and halved horizontally to make 4
- 1tspgarlic powder
- 1tspsalt
- cracked pepper
- ½lemonjuiced
- 4tbspflourall purpose or tapioca, Optional
For Sauce:
- 1tbspbutter
- 2tspoil
- 1mediumbrown onion
- 2tbspgarlic(6-8 cloves) minced
- 1¼cupchicken brothstock
- ⅔cuplight cooking cream
- 1tspcornstarchmix with 1 tablespoon of water
- 3tbsplemon juiceadjust to your tastes
- 2tspdried Italian mixed herbs
- 2tbspfresh parsley
- Lemon slices or wedgesto serve
Instructions
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Season chicken with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
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Squeeze the lemon juice of half a lemon over each fillet, rubbing it into each fillet. (The next step is optional): Add the flour to a shallow bowl and dredge each fillet in the flour; shake off excess and set aside.
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Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet or non-stick pan over medium-high heat until the butter has melted and the pan is hot.
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Fry the chicken until golden on each side, cooked through and no longer pink. This should take about 4 to 5 minutes per side, depending on the thickness of the chicken. Transfer onto a warm plate.
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Add the onion and garlic to the pan and fry for about 3 minutes, or until the onion is translucent.
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Reduce to low-medium heat and add the broth. Season with salt and pepper, and continue to cook for about 6 minutes to reduce down slightly.
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Add in the cream and bring the sauce to a gentle simmer for about 5 minutes until it begins to thicken. (If the sauce is too runny, add the cornstarch/water mixture into the center of the pan and mix thoroughly quickly to combine into the sauce. It should begin to thicken immediately).
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Pour in the lemon juice, allow to simmer gently for a further minute to combine. Stir in the Italian herbs.
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Add the chicken back into the pan, cover with the sauce, and serve over rice, pasta, steamed vegetables, or zucchini noodles.
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Garnish with lemon slices or wedges and parsley.
Nutrition
- Calories: 458.09kcal
- Fat: 31.05g
- Saturated Fat: 14.33g
- Trans Fat: 0.24g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.03g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.66g
- Carbohydrates: 18.00g
- Fiber: 1.75g
- Sugar: 4.22g
- Protein: 27.31g
- Cholesterol: 133.83mg
- Sodium: 695.80mg
- Calcium: 77.42mg
- Potassium: 481.52mg
- Iron: 2.17mg
- Vitamin A: 223.50µg
- Vitamin C: 18.51mg
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