Recipe Wednesday: Saucy Lemon Thyme Chicken

This week is a modified I Can't Believe It's Not Butter recipe: Saucy Lemon Thyme Chicken with fettuccine and broccoli.

Saucy Lemon Thyme Chicken

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!® Deliciously Simple, divided - I used regular unsalted butter instead

2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts

¹/₂ tsp. dried thyme leaves

1 cup chicken broth

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 Tbsp. grated lemon peel

Directions

1. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

2. Sprinkle chicken with thyme; add to skillet and cook 8 minutes; turning once, until browned.

3. Combine broth and cornstarch in medium bowl; pour into skillet and bring to a boil.

4. Reduce heat; stir in lemon peel and remaining 1 Tbsp. butter and cook 7 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked and sauce has thickened.

Sprinkle chicken with thyme

Stir in lemon peel, 1 tbs of butter

When I made this the first time, I served it with plain white rice, but Monday evening, I thought that fettuccine was a good fit and broccoli on the side. Since Little PGS refuses to eat it, I plan for him having leftovers (this time it was rotini with tomato and basil pasta sauce). Also, this time I planned ahead and grated the lemon peel earlier in the afternoon, because the first time I didn't read the directions fully before starting dinner and ended up just squeezing in some fresh lemon juice instead of using grated lemon peel. I do not recommend subbing lemon juice for lemon zest though, it makes the sauce a little too tart. But when you use the lemon zest it's just the right amount of lemon for the chicken.

Voila! Plated and ready for serving!

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