How To Make Creamy Lemon Butter Chicken
Smoky and tangy, this lemon butter chicken makes a no-fuss dinner meal of fall-off-the-bone tender chicken, smothered in a rich and creamy sauce!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6chicken thighs,bone in, skin on
- 1tbsppaprika
- salt,to taste
- pepper,to taste
- 3tbspunsalted butter
- 3garlic cloves
- ½cupheavy cream
- ¼cupparmesan cheese
- 1lemon,juiced
- 2cupsfresh baby spinach
- 1tspdried thyme
- 1cupchicken broth
Instructions
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Season the chicken thighs with salt, pepper, and paprika.
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Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add the chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown. Drain excess fat and set aside.
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Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in the skillet. Add the garlic, stir until fragrant, then add the chicken broth, heavy cream, Parmesan, lemon juice, thyme, and stir.
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Bring to boil, then reduce heat to low. Stir in the spinach, simmer until spinach has wilted and the sauce has thickened.
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Return the chicken to the skillet.
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Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 894.20kcal
- Fat: 71.21g
- Saturated Fat: 27.21g
- Trans Fat: 0.60g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 26.60g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 11.12g
- Carbohydrates: 8.14g
- Fiber: 1.57g
- Sugar: 2.45g
- Protein: 54.20g
- Cholesterol: 355.49mg
- Sodium: 986.38mg
- Calcium: 181.35mg
- Potassium: 801.69mg
- Iron: 3.24mg
- Vitamin A: 347.83µg
- Vitamin C: 10.23mg
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