How To Make Creamy Garlic Chicken Breast
Creamy and caramelized, this garlic chicken breasts recipe takes lightly breaded and crispy chicken and serves it in a garlicky cream sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken:
- 3chicken breasts,boneless, skinless, halved horizontally
- 4tbspflour,all purpose or plain
- 4tbspfresh parmesan cheese,finely grated
- 2tspsalt
- 1tspgarlic powder
- ½tspblack cracked pepper
For Sauce:
- 5tbspolive oil
- 2tbspbutter
- 1small onion,finely chopped
- 1whole garlic head,peeled, divided into 10 to 12 cloves
- 1¼cupchicken broth
- 1¼cuphalf and half,or heavy cream, or evaporated milk
- ½cupfresh parmesan cheese,finely grated
- 2tbspfresh parsley,to serve
Instructions
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Season the chicken with salt, garlic powder and pepper.
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In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, parmesan cheese. Dredge chicken in the flour mixture, then shake off the excess.
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Heat 2 tablespoons of oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Swirl pan to coat evenly.
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Fry 2 to 3 chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the chicken, until golden on each side, cooked through and no longer pink. Transfer to a warm plate. Set aside.
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Wipe pan over with a sheet of paper towel. Repeat with remaining oil, butter and chicken breasts. When cooked, transfer the chicken onto the same plate.
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Reduce the heat to medium. Sauté the onion in the remaining oil/juices in the pan until softened.
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Smash 6 whole cloves of garlic with the blunt edge of the back of a knife.
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Add the remaining oil to the pan and heat through, mixing it through the onions. Sauté smashed garlic cloves and whole garlic cloves for about 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant.
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Add the broth to deglaze the pan. Scrape up any browned bits and let simmer for about 5 minutes until reduced to half.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low. Pour in the cream. Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes, combining all of the flavors together.
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Mix in the parmesan cheese. Continue cooking gently for about 2 to 3 minutes until cheese melts, while stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Add the chicken back into the pan and let simmer for a further 2 to 3 minutes to thicken the sauce.
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Garnish with parsley and a little black cracked pepper. Serve over pasta, cauliflower mash, zucchini noodles, rice or mashed potatoes. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 717.38kcal
- Fat: 51.69g
- Saturated Fat: 19.72g
- Trans Fat: 0.37g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 23.85g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.26g
- Carbohydrates: 19.45g
- Fiber: 1.00g
- Sugar: 5.59g
- Protein: 43.38g
- Cholesterol: 147.98mg
- Sodium: 869.34mg
- Calcium: 460.83mg
- Potassium: 600.36mg
- Iron: 2.04mg
- Vitamin A: 219.80µg
- Vitamin C: 8.56mg
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