Recipe: Perfect Lemon Chicken and Broccoli

Lemon Chicken and Broccoli. Sauteed chicken and tender-crisp broccoli are infused with flavor from a savory lemon sauce in this exquisite skillet dish. Add the chicken and cook until well browned on all sides. Remove the chicken from the skillet.

Stir in chicken and lemon zest; heat through. Remove from oven and sprinkle with lemon zest and parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste. You can cook Lemon Chicken and Broccoli using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lemon Chicken and Broccoli

1. You need 2 Tbsp of all-purpose flour.
2. You need 1/2 tsp of salt, divided.
3. You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
4. You need 1 lb of boneless skinless chicken breast, thinly sliced.
5. Prepare 2 tsp of olive oil.
6. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of fat-free chicken broth.
7. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
8. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of broccoli, uncooked, small florets.
9. You need 2 tsp of lemon zest.
10. It's 2 Tbsp of parsley, chopped.
11. You need 1 Tbsp of lemon juice.

Pour over the chicken breasts in a nonreactive Remove the broccoli from the water with a slotted spoon or sieve. Place in a large bowl and set aside. In the same water, cook the bow-tie pasta. Place the chicken and vegetables on plates.

Lemon Chicken and Broccoli instructions

1. Combine: 1.5 Tbsp flour, 1/4 tsp salt and pepper. Coat chicken with mixture.
2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, turning as needed, until lightly browned and cooked through, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
3. Saute Garlic in skillet until fragrant..
4. Add 1 cup broth to skillet, bring to boil (scrapping browned chicken pieces off pan) add broccoli. Cover and cook for 1 minute.
5. Mix remaining broth, flour and salt. Add to skillet and simmer over low heat.
6. Cover and cook until broccoli is almost at desired tenderness. Add chicken and lemon zest, heat through.
7. Toss with lemon juice and parsley.

Quick and easy meals are the only type of recipes in my dinner rotation this summer. Spread broccoli and chicken over pasta. Tuck the broccoli around the chicken, scatter the garlic and ginger over and around the meat, then splash over the lemon juice, soy and honey. This is an easy peasy chicken sauté with a simple pineapple-lemon glaze that will just melt. in. your. stinking. mouth. You can serve this on a bed of rice with a side of steamed broccoli or you can just eat the lemon glaze on its own.