Categorized:
- Main Dish
- Poultry
Tagged:
- butter
- chicken
- cream cheese
- flour
- garlic
- milk
- olive oil
- parsley
- rosemary
- thyme
Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 (6 oz) boneless skinless chicken breasts,
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 Tbsp minced fresh garlic (3 cloves)
- 2 tsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk (anything but skim)
- 4 oz. cream cheese, diced into small cubes
- 1 tsp minced fresh thyme*
- 1 tsp minced fresh rosemary*
- 1 Tbsp minced fresh parsley (optional)
Instructions
- Pound chicken evenly with the flat side of a meat mallet to 1/2-inch thickness.
- Heat skillet over medium-high heat then add oil.
- Season both chicken with salt and pepper.
- Place chicken in skillet and cook 6 - 7 minutes, or until golden brown on bottom, the flip and continue to cook until chicken breasts register 165 degrees in center, about 5 - 6 minutes longer.
- Transfer chicken to a plate, tent with foil to keep warm.
- Reduce burner to medium heat and melt butter in now empty skillet.
- Add in garlic and saute until just lightly golden, about 20 seconds. Add in flour and cook and stir constantly until just lightly golden, about 20 seconds.
- While whisking pour in milk, then add in diced cream cheese, rosemary and thyme. Season with a little salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook mixture whisking constantly to melt cream cheese, and let it come to a simmer.
- Return chicken to pan, spoon sauce over chicken.
- Sprinkle with parsley if desired and serve immediately.
- *Look for the poultry herb blend, which should have both thyme and rosemary, so you don’t have to buy both separately.
- Recipe source: Cooking Classy
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