Lemon Butter Chicken Recipe

This lemon butter chicken only takes 20 minutes to throw together from start to finish!

Prep Time5

Cook Time12

Total Time17

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Best Chicken Dinner, Lemon Butter Chicken

Servings:

Calories: 141kcal

6 thin boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds chicken, 1/4" thick)
½ cup flour
lemon pepper to taste
½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup butter
2 lemons sliced about 1/4" - 1/8" thick
2 Tablespoons lemon juice (you can use fresh or from a bottle)

In a small bowl, mix together flour and salt.
Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Dredge chicken breasts through flour and sprinkle each with lemon pepper seasoning, then add them to the melted butter in the skillet. Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until the chicken starts to brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
In the heated butter, add in sliced lemons and cook for 2 minutes on each side, until they start to brown.
Add the chicken back to the skillet and drizzle with lemon juice, cooking for about 2 more minutes.
Serve warm.

We served ours over brown rice with roasted asparagus and it was delicious!