Lemon Butter Chicken

Lemon, butter, olive oil, stock and fresh seasonings.  

A budget friendly meal that certainly doesn't lack in flavor.

I've always had this thing about lemons.

You see, I wasn't really sure if I liked them.

For whatever reason whenever I'd see someone cooking with them, or squeezing a lemon over the final dish, I had it in my head that it ruined it.  Who wants some tart juice drizzled over a savory dish?  In my head, it just did not make sense.

So, unless I was making this lemonade for us to drink at home, I just wasn't that interested.

So enter in last week, when I failed to plan for dinner and so 4 p.m. came rolling around with nothing prepped or even thought about.  {I hate those kind of days}.

I did have chicken thawed.  Because when in doubt always thaw chicken.  But of course, as a typical mom of 3 I had no idea what I wanted to do with it.

We had bought some lemons at the store the week prior and I had the last little bit of dried parsley left over from my mom's garden last year.  I stared at both.

Nothing was coming.

So honestly, I just started throwing items together.  

And it worked.

This chicken is lightly fried in a skillet with copious amounts of butter, chicken stock and lemon juice.  I seasoned the chicken breasts to the high heavens with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.

The lemon does not over power the dish like I was expecting, it just gives it a fresh, vibrant splash of flavor.  Not at all like I thought.

All of this put together made one fast dish.  Easily under 30 minutes.  And talk about flavor! The husband was working that night and I texted him "I made the best chicken EVER tonight!".

And as most husband's respond, I got...

"K"

I hope you enjoy this easy chicken dinner as much as we did. If so inclined leave a star rating review below on the recipe card. Your thoughts & views mean the world to me.