Lemon Butter Chicken Cutlets
These juicy chicken cutlets take less than 30 minutes to come together and the lemon butter sauce is simply divine!
Ingredients
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
- salt
- 3 tbsp flour
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2-3 sprigs parsley
- 1 lemon juiced
- ½ lemon sliced
- 125ml or 1/2 cup chicken stock
TIP
- This recipe uses very few ingredients, so make sure they are all good quality for best results.
- Use a combination of olive oil and unsalted European style butter. They each flavour the chicken breasts but also add a nice colour when browning.
- Brown the chicken on medium high heat. You want to achieve a beautiful golden colour on the outside. Bring the heat way down for the sauce.
- Use fresh lemons only. No bottled lemon juice will give you the taste this sauce deserves.
Method.
- Slice the chicken breasts in half, season with salt and dredge in flour on both sides.
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan, brown the chicken cutlets in the hot oil until golden for 5 minutes on each side.
- After the chicken has been frying for a couple of minutes add the butter. This will add more flavor and colour to the chicken. You might want to do the frying in batches.
- Then remove the chicken from the pan and keep it warm in an oven preheated to the lowest temperature while you are making the lemon butter sauce.
Lemon Butter Sauce
- To the same pan add the minced garlic and let it cook over low heat for 30 seconds, then add the parsley, lemon juice, lemon slices and chicken stock, turn up the heat and bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer the sauce until it’s reduced in volume for a few minutes.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Return the chicken back to the pan and spoon the sauce all over
Lemon Butter Sauce
This sauce is definitely in my top 5 sauce recipes when it comes to the taste, ease and versatility. It takes 5 minutes to make and only requires 5 ingredients.
Lemons, butter, chicken stock, garlic and parsley. You can also add a handful of capers if you wish but I wanted to keep it simple and let the lemons shine!
