Creamy Lemon Pepper & Garlic Chicken
Creamy Lemon Pepper & Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
8
Chicken Fillets
skinless thigh fillets
3
tbsp
Olive Oil
Parsley
to garnish
Lemon Slices
to garnish
Chicken Seasoning
4
tsp
Lemon Pepper Seasoning
+additional when cooking
1/3
cup
Plain Flour
Creamy Sauce
1 1/2
tsp
Olive Oil
1
tbsp
Butter
8
cloves
Garlic
crushed
1
cup
Chicken Stock
use stock cube
1 1/2
tsp
Lemon Pepper Seasoning
1/3
cup
Thickened Cream
1/3
cup
Shredded Cheese
I use 3 cheese combo
3
tbsp
Lemon Juice
4
Spring Onions
thinly sliced, use green section, not white section
Instructions
Chicken Thighs
Preheat oven to 190°C
In a small bowl mix 4 tsp lemon pepper seasoning with flour.
Pat the tops ‘skin side’ of the thigh fillets with the seasoning.
In a large frying pan on medium to high heat, add 3 tbsp olive oil.
Add chicken thigh fillets to pan, flour & seasoned side down and cook for about 4 minutes until browned.
Sprinkle the other side of the chicken with the more lemon pepper seasoning.
Turn the chicken and cook the other side for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
Line baking tray with baking paper and put chicken thighs ‘skin side’ up onto the baking tray.
Bake for about 20 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
Creamy Sauce
While chicken is cooking make the sauce.
Clean the frying pan thoroughly for reuse. (or use a separate frying pan).
Heat olive oil and butter on medium heat until butter melts
Add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds while stirring constantly.
Add chicken stock and lemon pepper seasoning to the pan and bring to boil.
Add thickened cream and bring to boil.
Add shredded cheese and stir until melted.
Reduce heat to simmer and continue stirring until sauce is smooth. Remove from heat.
Add lemon juice and stir through.
Add spring onions to the top of the sauce. Keep sauce covered.
Once the chicken is done, add to the pan on top of the sauce and spring onions.
Garnish with parsley and lemon slices and additional spring onion.
Serve and spoon creamy sauce onto the chicken
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