CREAMY LEMON THYME CHICKEN

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Best Lemon Thyme Chicken Recipe in town that includes only 5 ingredients and ready to serve in few time. Lemon Thyme Chicken Recipe is the best appetizer for parties and other functions too and can be serve in bay showers or bridal showers too.

Lemon Thyme Chicken is fun and new way of serving Lemon Thyme Chicken as individuals. This Lemon Thyme Chicken tastes just like that serves in restaurants. Lemon Thyme Chicken is genuine mash up of your dreams.

This Lemon Thyme Chicken recipe is a complete starter and can be served in front of guests in less than 40 minutes. You do not need to make number of side dishes for serving in front of guests. try this copy cat recipe of Lemon Thyme Chicken for once. You will love to try this again and again as it is so delicious and mouthwatering.

How To Cook Lemon Thyme Chicken

Take a large bowl and mix together Italian seasoning, garlic powder, lemon pepper and thyme chopped in pieces. Season the chicken with half of the mixture. Toss the chicken so that all the ingredients are mix together fully with chicken.

Take a skillet and place it over stove top and turn the flame on medium range. Place some oil or butter in the pan and cook chicken on the skillet. Turn the side of the chicken after 5-6 minutes and cook the other side. Cool until the chicken turns golden brown in color or it is folk tender. Transfer chicken to the plate and cover it with some foil to keep it warm.

In the same skillet and some butter and than add garlic and mushrooms in it. Cook both the ingredients until mushroom is folk tender and garlic starts fragrant. It will become tender in about 3-4 minutes. Stir in the chicken broth, the reaming seasoning and lemon juice in the skillet. Add some cream in the mixture and cook it until it starts boiling. Cook for another 3-4 minutes with constant stirring. Place the chicken in the skillet that was placed aside covered with foil. Toss the chicken to saute it in the sauce. Garnish it with some lemon slices, fresh thyme and some cracked black pepper. Serve hot.

Why this healthy Lemon Thyme Chicken

This Lemon Thyme Chicken Recipe are best for Whole30 diet. It helps in maintaining calories.

This Lemon Thyme Chicken is best as it is healthy along with delicious taste. So must try this chicken and lemon combo for once.

It is prepare in less time like you need few minutes to prepare this healthy dish.

This recipe is made in single skillet which reduces the difficulty and makes this recipe more easy.

This Lemon Thyme Chicken Recipe is best and can be prepare in few minutes.

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Lemon Thyme Chicken

Ingredients

  • 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs or 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

Directions

1- Take a large bowl and mix together Italian seasoning, garlic powder, lemon pepper and thyme chopped in pieces. Season the chicken with half of the mixture. Toss the chicken so that all the ingredients are mix together fully with chicken.

2- Take a skillet and place it over stove top and turn the flame on medium range. Place some oil or butter in the pan and cook chicken on the skillet. Turn the side of the chicken after 5-6 minutes and cook the other side. Cool until the chicken turns golden brown in color or it is folk tender. Transfer chicken to the plate and cover it with some foil to keep it warm.

3- In the same skillet and some butter and than add garlic and mushrooms in it. Cook both the ingredients until mushroom is folk tender and garlic starts fragrant. It will become tender in about 3-4 minutes. Stir in the chicken broth, the reaming seasoning and lemon juice in the skillet. Add some cream in the mixture and cook it until it starts boiling. Cook for another 3-4 minutes with constant stirring.

4- Place the chicken in the skillet that was placed aside covered with foil. Toss the chicken to saute it in the sauce. Garnish it with some lemon slices, fresh thyme and some cracked black pepper. Serve hot.

Notes/Tips

If you want to make this super delicious Lemon Thyme Chicken with more spices than you can add more chili flakes to it. Add these chili flakes in step 3 mentioned in above instructions. You can use chili sauce or sriracha sauce according to your taste. It will add more spices and makes this Chicken more spicy while maintaining its taste.

You can serve this dish by garnish a lots of cilantro over it and some extra lime wedges for squeezing.

If you want to make this dish light or for the person who is in diet than you can use light cream instead of heavy cream. You can also mix light cream along with heavy one. If you reduce the fat content of cream than the creamy texture of Lemon Thyme Chicken will also reduces. But you need not to worry about the flavor, i grantee you that it will remain same. You can add soy sauce as well in it.

To make it complete meal, serve this Lemon Thyme Chicken along with steamed or boiled rice. you can also serve this Lemon Thyme Chicken with noodles or butter and garlic naan.

If you want to take this curry to next level than add some sort of chutney in it. You can add mango chutney. This chutney is popular among Asian people. Mango chutney is available in stores as well so If you have less time than you can bring this chutney from market as well.

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