This one skillet creamy lemon chicken thigh dinner is so good, it will stay in your weekly dinner rotation! This chicken is sophisticated enough for a dinner party!
Ingredients and Variations
Ingredients: Chicken thighs, butter, shallot, garlic, dry white wine, chicken broth, Dijon mustard, lemon, fresh parsley, salt and pepper.
Variations: Chicken breast can be used bone in or boneless, pork tenderloin can be used as well. Onion instead of a shallot, you can leave out the wine and use all chicken stock if you desire. Dry parsley can be substituted for fresh if needed.
Skillet Lemon Cream Chicken Thighs
6
servings5
minutes25
minutesa Chicken dish elegant enough for a fancy dinner party!
Ingredients
6 chicken thighs
2 tbsp butter
1 shallot, chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper
1 cup dry white wine
2 cups chicken broth or stock
1 lemon, zest and juice
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
Directions
- Dry chicken thighs with a paper towel. sprinkle a little salt and pepper on chicken. Melt butter in skillet on medium-high and place chicken in skillet, searing both sides (2 minutes per side), remove chicken.
- Put shallot and garlic in skillet, turn heat down to s medium-low, cook for a couple minutes and whisk in wine, broth and mustard. Place chicken back in, cover and cook on a medium-low for 25 minutes, turning chicken halfway through. When done, add in the cream and fresh parsley.
- Serve over pasta o, mashed potatoes or creamy polenta!
