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CREAMY LEMON BUTTER GARLIC CHICKEN RECIPE

Chicken breasts cooked in a slow cooker with butter, lemon, garlic, and seasonings for a delicious creamy sauce with that fresh lemon flavor. Served with white rice and asparagus Enjoy!
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Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 Chicken breasts (sliced in half)
  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 6-8 Tbsp Salted Butter
  • 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
  • tsp Paprika
  • 1-2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • 3 Cloves of minced Garlic
  • Zest of 1 Lemon
  • 1/3 cup Lemon juice
  • 1 cup Chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup Half and Half *see notes
  • 3 Tbsp Corn starch

Method
 

  1. In a slow cooker, or the slow cook option on an Instant Pot, place 1 Tbsp of olive oil in the bottom.
  2. Add in the chicken breasts (sliced in half length wise), and cover with small chunks of butter.
  3. Sprinkle the chicken with the Italian seasoning, paprika, salt and pepper.
  4. Add in the lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, chicken broth and half and half.
  5. Put the lid on and slow cook on medium for 6 hours.
  6. When the 6 hrs is up, take a cup of the juice from the pot and put in a small mixing bowl. Whisk in the cornstarch. Then pour the mixture back into the instant pot and stir a little.
  7. Slow cook for 1 more hour.
  8. Serve with white rice and aspargus. Enjoy!

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Notes

The recipe calls for half and half, but whole milk or a mixture of milk and heavy cream works too. I just use whatever I have on hand and make it work. I used whole milk with a splash of heavy cream because I didn't have half and half this day.