Creamy Lemon Chicken with Asparagus
Creamy lemon chicken with asparagus is an easy one pot meal that feels elegant but takes just 30 minutes of your time ~ chalk up another dinnertime win!
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
- large skillet with a lid, braising pan, or Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup flour for dredging the chicken
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 4 cutlets
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 shallots, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 lb asparagus, trimmed (chop into 3" pieces if you like, but I prefer to keep them whole.)
Instructions
- Toss the flour and 1/2 teaspoon of salt together on a plate.
- Dredge the chicken cutlets in the flour. Shake off any excess.
- Heat the olive oil and the butter in a large skillet or Dutch oven. Brown the chicken on both sides for a total of about 7 minutes or so. Remove to a plate.
- To the same pan add the shallots and garlic and stir to soften for a minute or so. The moisture from the shallots should loosen any browning from the bottom of the pan.
- Add the lemon juice to the pan to deglaze it ~ let it bubble and continue to scrape up any remaining brown from the bottom. Taste and add salt if needed.
- Add the cream and cheese and stir to combine well. When the sauce has come up to a simmer nestle the chicken back in, along with the asparagus and slices of lemon.
- Cover the pan, turn the heat down, and let simmer gently for about 10-15 minutes, just to heat everything through, finish cooking the chicken, and steam the asapragus to crisp tender. Note: check your pan often, it should just be very gently simmering, not furiously boiling. And be sure to cover the pan.
- Serve immediately with some fresh cracked black pepper to taste.
Notes
Nutrition
Calories: 349 kcal · Carbohydrates: 9 g · Protein: 30 g · Fat: 22 g · Saturated Fat: 11 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 7 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 118 mg · Sodium: 265 mg · Potassium: 690 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 4 g · Vitamin A: 1252 IU · Vitamin C: 14 mg · Calcium: 129 mg · Iron: 3 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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