Categorized:
- Healthy
- Main Dish
- Poultry
Tagged:
- butter
- chicken
- chicken broth
- flour
- garlic
- lemons
- olive oil
- oranges
- parsley
Skillet Citrus Chicken Tenders
Ingredients
- 1.75 lbs chicken tenderloins (I just sliced chicken breasts into strips)
- 2 Tbsp olive oil, divided
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 Tbsp butter, divided
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Season both sides of chicken tenders with salt and pepper and add half of them to skillet and cook about 2 - 3 minutes per side, or until cooked through and golden brown.
- Transfer chicken to a plate, cover with aluminum foil and repeat process with remaining half of the chicken tenders. Remove remaining chicken from skillet and transfer to plate also.
- Melt 1 Tbsp butter in now empty skillet then add garlic and saute 15 seconds then add flour and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Slowly pour in chicken broth, orange juice and lemon juice while scrapping up browned bits from bottom of pan and stirring constantly.
- Allow mixture to simmer, stirring frequently about 3 minutes, or until reduced and thickened slightly. Stir remaining 2 Tbsp butter, in orange zest and lemon zest.
- Return chicken to skillet, toss with sauce and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately.
Notes
- If you don’t have chicken tenderloins on hand, you can slice chicken breasts up instead.
- Recipe adapted from Cook’s Illustrated .
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