Creamy Garlic Chicken
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Some nights I just want something creamy and easy for supper. This Creamy Garlic Chicken Recipe hits the spot with butter, garlic, and heavy cream, plus Parmesan cheese. So, yummy. And perfect for a weeknight dinner.
(Recipe modified on 8/11/23.)
When it comes to comfort food, this chicken recipe is one of my favorites. Be sure to dish the chicken with lots of the garlic and onion cream sauce. And then be sure to mop it up with a piece of hard, crusty bread. Yum! I like to serve this dish with a favorite pasta or mashed potatoes and a leafy green salad.
More Comfort Foods to Enjoy
- Chicken and Dumplings
- Chicken and Noodles Over Mashed Potatoes
- Chicken Pot Pie
- Easy Chicken and Rice Casserole
Ingredients to Make Creamy Garlic Chicken
(See the full recipe at the bottom of this post.)
- skinless boneless chicken breast
- all-purpose flour
- finely grated Parmesan cheese
- seasoned salt
- garlic powder
- freshly ground black pepper
Garlic Cream Sauce
- extra virgin olive oil
- butter
- medium sweet onion
- garlic
- chicken stock
- heavy cream
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- Parmesan cheese
- dried or fresh parsley
Instructions for Making This Recipe
Gather your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table. When browning chicken, my favorite cooking vessel is my cast iron skillet. So be sure to use yours, if you have one. And if you don’t own one…maybe it’s time to make an investment! See my Favorite Cast Iron Recipes Here.
Prep Your Ingredients
Grate the fresh parmesan with a fine-edged zesting tool.
Using a sharp knife and cutting board, thinly slice the sweet onion. Slice 6-8 cloves of garlic. Set aside until time to make the sauce.
Prepare the Chicken
Although not necessary, as an added step, you may flatten the chicken breast for faster cooking by using a meat tenderizing hammer. This will cut your cooking time down by approximately 5-6 minutes.
When I tenderize chicken, I like to place the chicken pieces in a heavy freezer bag before flattening it to help keep messy splatters to a minimum.
In a large shallow bowl or plate, mix together the all-purpose flour, grated Parmesan cheese, seasoned salt, garlic powder, and freshly ground black pepper.
Dredge chicken in the flour mixture.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with olive oil and butter. Cook chicken until golden on each side, about 7-10 minutes on each side. Transfer to a platter and keep warm. (If using tenderized chicken that has been flattened, you’ll want to cook for approximately 5-7 minutes on each side.)
When I need to brown chicken I like to use my cast iron skillet, which holds its temperature really well and cooks chicken like none other. How many grandmothers have told their family to cook chicken in a cast iron skillet? There’s a reason for that. Believe me.
Making the Creamy Garlic Sauce
Using the same skillet, reduce heat to medium, and saute the sliced sweet onion and garlic until tender, 2-3 minutes.
Add the chicken broth to deglaze the pan. Heat on medium low until reduced in half, 5-7 minutes.
Lower heat to simmer. Pour in the heavy cream. Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer, stirring to combine. Season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed.
Add chicken to the cream sauce and continue simmering for 3-4 minutes until sauce is at the desired thickness.
To serve, garnish with fresh Parmesan and dried or fresh parsley.
Serve with pasta or mashed potatoes, This recipe will serve 4 people.
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Creamy Garlic Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 whole skinless, boneless chicken breast
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese finely grated
- 1 teaspoons seasoned salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Cream Sauce
- 6 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium sweet onion thinly sliced
- 6-8 cloves garlic sliced
- 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
- 3/4 cups heavy cream
- pinch salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese finely grated
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.
Prep Your Ingredients
- Grate the fresh parmesan with a fine-edged zesting tool.Using a sharp knife and cutting board, thinly slice the sweet onion. Slice 6-8 cloves of garlic. Set aside until time to make the sauce.
Prepare the Chicken
- Although not necessary, as an added step, you may flatten the chicken breast for faster cooking by using a meat tenderizing hammer. This will cut your total browning time down by approximately 5-6 minutes.
- In a large shallow bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, grated Parmesan cheese, seasoned salt, garlic powder, and freshly ground black pepper. Dredge chicken in the flour mixture.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with olive oil and butter. Cook chicken until golden on each side, about 7-10 minutes on each side. Transfer to a platter and keep warm. (If you tenderized the chicken breasts, your cooking time will be 5-7 minutes on each side, approximately.)
Making the Creamy Garlic Sauce
- Using the same skillet, reduce heat to medium, and saute the sliced sweet onion and garlic until tender, 2-3 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth to deglaze the pan. Heat on medium low until reduced in half, 5-7 minutes.
- Lower heat to simmer. Pour in the heavy cream. Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer, stirring to combine. Season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed.
- Add chicken to the cream sauce and continue simmering for 3-4 minutes until sauce is at the desired thickness.
- To serve, garnish with fresh Parmesan and dried or fresh parsley.Serve with pasta or mashed potatoes, Serves 4.
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