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Lemon Butter Chicken Breasts
Course Main Dish
Servings
serves
Ingredients
Course Main Dish
Servings
serves
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Place each chicken breast half between two pieces of plastic wrap. Pound lightly into a rectangle about 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. In a shallow bowl, combine the flour, salt. and lemon pepper. Coat chicken breasts with flour mixture.
  2. In a 12-inch skillet cook the chicken breasts in the hot butter, half at a time, over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes on each side or until brown and no longer pink. Remove chicken from skillet.
  3. Add lemon slices to skillet; cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once. Return all of the chicken to the skillet, overlapping chicken breasts slightly. Drizzle lemon juice over the chicken breasts. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes more or until pan juices are slightly reduced.
  4. Serve chicken, lemon slices, and pan juices over hot cooked rice or pilaf, if desired. Makes 6 servings.
Recipe Notes

Nutrition Facts (Lemon Butter Chicken Breasts) Per serving: 258 kcal cal., 12 g fat (7 g sat. fat, 95 mg chol., 725 mg sodium, 8 g carb., 0 g fiber, 27 g pro. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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