This Lemon Butter Chicken recipe is a great weeknight dinner! Tender pieces of chicken breast in a bright zesty lemon butter sauce bursting with flavor, served over cooked pasta. It's an easy recipe to make in under 30 minutes!
Slice chicken into bite sized pieces, season with salt and pepper and toss with flour.
Cook the chicken
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and melt 2 tablespoons butter.
Add the chicken to the skillet and cook (depending on the size of your chicken chunks) a few minutes per side until chicken is cooked, and golden brown.
Remove and keep warm.
Cook the pasta
Meanwhile, cook egg noodles according to package directions, drain and lightly butter.
Make the sauce
Add onion to the pan and cook until soft, about 1 to 2 minutes.
Add chicken broth to pan and bring to a boil, scraping up the browned bits from the pan.
Add lemon juice and boil until mixture is reduced to about 1/3 cup.
Remove from heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
Return chicken to pan and heat through.
Serve
Serve over egg noodles, and spoon the lemon butter sauce over the top.
Save the extra sauce, and serve at the table for anyone who needs a little more.
Devour.
Notes
What side dishes go well with lemon chicken? I like fresh steamed green beans with this meal - or even a bag of frozen vegetables rescued from the back of the freezer drawer. But you just do you, okay?
Switch out the chicken breast and use chicken thighs if you prefer that cut of chicken
A very light dusting of parmesan cheese is a great addition to the dish.
If you really love the lemon flavor, and want to intensify it - add a little lemon zest to the sauce when you add the lemon juice. You may elso like to include the zest with the flour. Up to you!
I regularly include garlic powder to the flour, or add garlic to the pan with the onion.