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Lemon Butter Chicken

Lemon Butter Chicken

  • Author: Mariam Bandarian

Description


Ingredients

Scale
  • 8 chicken thighs or breast
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika pepper
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 4 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 3 cups baby spinach
  • sea salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup chicken broth, low sodium
  • 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt, nonfat

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Season chicken with salt, pepper and paprika to taste.
  3. Next, melt 1 tablespoons butter in a large, oven-safe skillet over medium heat. 
  4. Brown the chicken skin-side down until golden and crispy, about 3 minutes.  Do the same on the other side.  
  5. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside in another dish.  Drain the excess fat from skillet.
  6. Return skillet back to stove and melt remaining tablespoon of butter. Add garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. 
  7. Stir in chicken broth, plain greek yogurt, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice and dried thyme.  Bring the sauce to a boil; reduce heat, stir in spinach, and simmer until the spinach has wilted, about 3 minutes. 
  8. Return chicken back to the skillet.  Place into oven and roast until completely cooked through about 25-30 minutes.
  9. Enjoy! 

Notes

Recipe inspired from damndelicious.net

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