Skillet Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe
If you’re in need of a fast and easy 15-minute chicken dinner, this comforting garlic butter chicken breast recipe will be a new family favorite. It’s made in one skillet, which is great because there’s less cleanup. The chicken is pan-fried on the stove-top and is so tender, juicy, rich and buttery tasting with plenty of garlic to provide that extra punch of flavor. Serve this chicken with rice on the side or a nice salad, and you’ve got yourself a winning chicken dinner.
Garlic Butter Chicken Ingredients
For this fast garlic butter chicken dinner made with common fridge and pantry ingredients, you’ll need:
Olive oil Boneless skinless chicken breasts 21 Salute Seasoning (or poultry seasoning) Salt Pepper White wine or chicken broth Butter Garlic Fresh parsley, optional
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Garlic Butter Chicken
To make this quick and easy chicken with garlic sauce, simply pound the chicken to an even thickness and then heat up a skillet! I told you this chicken in garlic sauce was fast and easy!
Tips for Making Garlic Butter Chicken Breasts
This is a super quick and easy chicken dinner that comes together in just 15 minutes. However, there are a few key things I wanted to highlight for chicken-cooking success!
Tip 1: Pounding the Chicken Breasts
You need to pound your chicken to an even thickness so that it cooks evenly. Chicken breasts have a thick side and a thin side and you want to pound the thick side so it’s not as thick. Pounding also breaks down muscle fibers so the finished chicken is more tender.
Tip 2: Searing the Chicken Breasts
When you’re searing the chicken, just let it be. Don’t touch it, move it, peek on it, just let it sear. After 5 minutes, check on it, and if it needs a little more time, go for it, and then flip it over and allow it to remain undisturbed as well while searing on the second side.
Tip 3: Deglazing the Pan
After searing, your pan (if using a stainless steel or cast iron pan) is going to have lots of chicken bits and cooking juices stuck to it. This is where deglazing comes in. Meaning, you add either wine (or chicken broth) to the pan to remove the stuck-on bits of food. Adding wine or even chicken broth to a very hot skillet will cause the liquid to bubble up with lots of ensuing steam. Be careful!
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