CILANTRO LIME SKILLET CHICKEN

Tasty cilantro lime skillet chook in less than 20 mins!

CILANTRO LIME SKILLET CHICKEN

I really like to have quick and clean recipes accessible for the ones busy nights in which you just don’t have the power or the time to cook and also you additionally don’t need to wait for delivery or go out to select some thing up; this tasty cilantro lime skillet chook is perfect for the ones nights! 

You actually simply brown the chicken, make a simple butter, garlic, lime and cilantro pan sauce and you're accurate to go in much less than 20 minutes! Make some rice or pasta and steam a vegetable and you've a whole, light and healthy meal in much less time than it takes to have food brought! 

The sauce for this hen is loosely based on the butter, lemon and garlic sauce similar to a shrimp scampi sauce except with lime and cilantro! Yum!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 lime, juice and zest
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Heat the oil and soften the butter in a skillet over medium-excessive heat until frothing, upload the fowl, pro with salt and pepper to flavor, and prepare dinner till gently golden brown, approximately 3-5 mins in keeping with side, before placing aside.
2. Upload the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, approximately a minute.
3. Add the broth and deglaze the pan via scraping up any brown bits from the bottom with a wood spoon whilst the broth sizzles.
4. Upload lime juice and zest and season with salt and pepper to flavor earlier than eliminating from the heat and adding the cilantro and hen.

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