Juicy garlic butter chicken breasts cooked in an easy white wine pan sauce is the perfect easy dinner recipe served with vegetables of your choice.

Table of Contents

1 Ingredients needed
2 How to make garlic butter chicken
3 What to serve with garlic butter chicken
4 Easy chicken breast recipes
5 Easy white wine garlic butter chicken

Ingredients needed

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Butter
Garlic
White wine / Stock
Dried herbs: Italian seasoning, oregano, thyme, etc.
Paprika
Lemon
Salt and pepper

How to make garlic butter chicken

Cook the chicken: Place boneless, skinless chicken breasts in between two sheet of parchment paper and flatten slightly with a rolling pin or meat mallet. Season with dried herbs of your choice, a pinch of paprika and salt. Brown in a large pan, cook for 3-4 minutes per side until the chicken is almost cooked through. Remove and set aside.
Make the garlic butter sauce: Add butter to the same pan then add the garlic and cook for a few seconds. Pour in white wine, lemon juice and seasoning. Allow to simmer for a few minutes then add the chicken back into the pan. If you would like to add vegetables, add par-cooked green beans, broccoli, kale or sugar snap peas into the pan with the chicken. Cook for another 3-4 minutes, basting the chicken with the sauce then serve.

What to serve with garlic butter chicken

Easy chicken breast recipes

Easy white wine garlic butter chicken

Juicy garlic butter chicken breasts cooked in an easy white wine pan sauce is the perfect easy dinner recipe served with vegetables of your choice.

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Garlic butter chicken, Garlic butter chicken breast, Garlic butter sauce for chicken

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 25

Calories: 273kcal

Author: Alida Ryder

Servings:

Ingredients

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 tbsp olive oil
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tsp dried herbs of your choice
2 tsp salt

For the sauce

3 tbsp butter
4 garlic cloves crushed
½ cup white wine / chicken stock
2 tsp lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Place boneless, skinless chicken breasts in between two sheet of parchment paper and flatten slightly with a rolling pin or meat mallet.
Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and season with dried herbs of your choice, a pinch of paprika and salt.
Preheat a large pan over high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes per side until the chicken is almost cooked through. Remove and set aside.
Add butter to the same pan then add the garlic and cook for a few seconds. Pour in white wine, lemon juice and seasoning.
Allow to simmer for a few minutes then add the chicken back into the pan. If you would like to add vegetables, add par-cooked green beans, broccoli, kale or sugar snap peas into the pan with the chicken.
Cook for another 3-4 minutes, basting the chicken with the sauce then serve.

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