Lemon Pepper Chicken with Creamy Garlic Lemon Sauce
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What’s an easy skillet chicken dinner recipe for the week? Enjoy our lemon pepper chicken recipe with lots of creamy garlic lemon sauce on top! If you’re a fan of one pot or skillet chicken, this recipe is perfect for you. The bright and zesty flavors and the lemon pepper sauce is perfect on rice or pasta.
Best Lemon Pepper Chicken Recipe
Everyone has their busy weeknights where they want a simple chicken dinner and our lemon pepper chicken is definitely on the top of everyones list! It’s simple, non-fussy, loaded with flavor and enjoyed by everyone in the family. Kids especially love this recipe because there’s lots of sauce that they can add on top of the lemon pepper chicken or on top of their favorite pasta or rice. This is the perfect one-pot chicken or skillet chicken dish and you can make dinner in a snap super quick. Lemons are available year round and it’s a beloved citrus to add to sauces because of they bright and vibrant flavors.
Video: Easy Lemon Pepper Chicken Recipe
Creamy Garlic Lemon Sauce for Lemon Pepper Chicken and More
This lemon pepper chicken and sauce is so fresh, flavorful and superb. Though it’s a creamy sauce, it’s not heavy or too rich and what you’ll taste is a bright citrus tang. The fresh lemon zest and lemon juice we add to the sauce recipe really makes it super delicious and addicting. Make the sauce for other dishes, it’s not just for chicken:
- Add the sauce over pasta for a simple lemon pasta dish.
- Love white fish? This sauce is perfect for your favorite seafood. Here’s the recipe.
- This lemon sauce is perfect when drizzled over vegetables. It makes boring vegetables more delicious.
Lemon Pepper Chicken with Creamy Garlic Sauce
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 2 pounds (907 g) boneless skinless chicken breasts (approximately)
- 1-2 teaspoons (5 ml) lemon pepper seasoning , or to taste
- (optional) pinch of paprika and/or ground cumin
- 1 Tablespoon (14 g) butter
For the Creamy Garlic Lemon Pepper Sauce:
- 2 Tablespoons (28 g) butter , or olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic , minced
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) Worcestershire sauce
- zest of 1 medium lemon
- 3 tablespoons (45 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) mustard , (dijon, yellow, spicy brown, etc…)
- salt , to taste
- black pepper , to taste (preferably fresh cracked pepper)
- 3 Tablespoons optional minced parsley , for garnish
Ideas for servine
- pasta, noodles, rice, steamed veggie, or side of bread
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F/205°C.
- Pat dry the chicken breasts and cut them lengthwise if the chicken is too thick. Season all sides of chicken with lemon pepper seasoning and optionally season with a sprinkle of paprika and ground cumin.
- Heat a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. Add the 1 Tablespoon of butter to skillet and melt. Add the chicken and sear both sides until lightly browned, about 2-3 minutes on each side. After chicken is browned, remove it from the skillet and set aside while you make the sauce in the skillet.
- Reduce the heat to medium heat, and melt the 2 Tablespoons of butter and stir in minced garlic. Cook garlic until fragrant. Add 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, 1/2 cup chicken broth, 2 teaspoons Worcestershire, lemon zest, 3 Tablespoons lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon of mustard. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste (taste the sauce and add to your liking). Whisk the sauce until completely combined.
- Return the seared chicken breasts to the skillet.
- Place the skillet in the oven and bake the chicken at 400°F/205°C for about 20-30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through (depends on the thickness of the chicken-internal temp should be 160-165°F).
- After the chicken is cooked through, garnish with optional parsley. Serve the chicken with the lemon sauce over rice, pasta or noodles.
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Nutrition Information per Serving
Make this into an awesome sandwich using leftovers
If you have some leftovers, try it into a sandwich for lunch the next day. Toast some rolls or buns. Then top with the chicken and the sauce. WOW the flavors of this chicken sandwich with all the flavorful and bright sauce is fantastic. It’s a great way to enjoy a different type of dish that uses leftovers.
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- this recipe was originally published in 2018 and has always been a favorite!
24 Comments on “Lemon Pepper Chicken with Creamy Garlic Lemon Sauce”
My husband and I really liked this chicken. I made it because I had all the ingredients except the chicken breasts. I generally find chicken breast to be dry and uninteresting. Not so in this case. They were juicy and delicious. The sauce was excellent and so nice to have it cook with the chicken. I placed thin asparagus in the pan ten minutes prior to the end of cooking and they were a perfect compliment.
Oh my goodness this was to die for. The flavor… Amazing! I don’t ever write reviews for recipes. It’s because of my own inept abilities and my likes/dislikes. And you have to make double the gravy. I was licking the remnants off the pot. I regretted not making some simple white rice. I made a flavored box rice instead and it would have been so much better. I wish I had leftovers. Will definitely increase how much I make next time.
Wow Merrie, thanks for the comment we appreciate it! We’re so happy you enjoyed the recipe. Love that you want double gravy. 🙂
Awesome recipe, love it. I also added bacon, onion and potato!
Thanks Kira! Love the addition of bacon, onions and potato. You made it into a complete meal!
Amazing
Superb! Thank you for sharing this recipe.
So glad you loved it!
Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.
My kids loved this and I added some bowtie pasta with it. One of the best ever lemon pepper chicken recipe i have ever tried. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Made this with asparagus. Doubled the sauce so that I could pour it over the asparagus leftovers for lunch the next day. OMG! it was soooooo good…and my house smelled amazing! My sauce wasn’t quite as pretty as the picturs because my pan was too hot and browned the butter.
Like to shy away from the calories is there a substitute for the whipping cream? Thanks!
Hi Judy, you can use milk. The sauce won’t be as thick, but it’ll still have lots of flavor!
I added 2 tbsp of honey and simmered down the sauce after taking the chicken out of the oven. Good stuff!
Thank you so much and love the addition of honey!
The kids love it when I make this dish! I’ve tested out other lemon pepper chicken recipes but this one is definitely my favorite.
This is hands down the BEST lemon pepper chicken recipe ever! It’s so savory… everyone loves it.
Wow, thanks for the compliment! We love it when readers devour our recipes.
This lemon chicken recipe is OUT OF THIS WORLD! It’s so savory and remarkably easy to make. You’ll be sure to impress your guests with this dish. Thanks for such a wonderful recipe.
Best lemon chicken recipe around! I love making this for my family and friends.
My family devoured everything on their plate and literally licked the sauce off their plates. This will be on our regular dinner rotation!
It’s always a good sign when everyone licks their plates clean!
Best skillet dinner i’ve made in a long time. It was so easy and the husband said this recipe is a keeper!
I made this dish tonight for my family and they loved it. I doubled the ingredients for 8 servings. I used McCormick lemon peppered seasoning and added paprika. I served it with white rice and fresh green beans and spinach. The sauce is amazing. Thank you for the recipe.