Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lemon basil chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lemon basil chicken is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lemon basil chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until bubbling. Add chicken stock, lemon juice, basil, and lemon zest. Pat chicken dry using paper towels and place in a large resealable plastic bag. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lemon basil chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon basil chicken:
- Get 3 chicken breasts, cut in half lengthwise to make 6 slim breasts
- Take Juice of 1 lemon (about 1/4 cup)
- Make ready Zest of one lemon
- Get 1/2 cup olive oil
- Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Make ready 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
With tender pan seared chicken breasts topping pasta tossed with a lemon basil butter sauce, this recipe has the perfect combination flavors! Add the chicken stock (or wine) and lemon juice and bring to a simmer. Garnish with fresh basil and serve hot. Lemon Basil Orzo with Chicken If you love a classic lemon and basil flavor profile, you're in for a delightful surprise.
Steps to make Lemon basil chicken:
- I like to cut my chicken breasts in half lengthwise, essentially making 2 breast out of one. I do this for several reasons. First, it allows for the flavor to soak in better. Second, it Cooks faster. Third, it Cooks more evenly.
- Zest the lemon first.
- Juice the lemon. If you don't quote have enough juice to make 1/4 cup, then you can add orange juice to even it out.
- Mix all ingredients into a bowl.
- Add chicken to bowl until completely covered.
- Let sit for exactly 1 hour! This is very important. If it under marinates, you won't get the strong flavor. But also don't over marinate. The lemon juice is an acid and will break down the material on the chicken. 1 hour is perfect.
- Grill for 8 minutes on medium high heat, flipping once half way through.
Garnish with fresh basil and serve hot. Lemon Basil Orzo with Chicken If you love a classic lemon and basil flavor profile, you're in for a delightful surprise. Cut lemon in half; squeeze juice from one half. The best Lemon Basil Chicken starts with a fabulous marinade infused with lemon juice, olive oil, dried herbs and seasonings. I love marinating chicken because it is the easiest way to tenderize chicken and infuse otherwise boring chicken with tons of flavor.
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