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Creamy Lemon Chicken

Creamy Lemon Chicken

This creamy lemon and herb chicken is low in saturated fats (3.6g per serve), and makes an easy flavourful weeknight dinner recipe.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Calories: 297
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 80 g low fat cheese
  • 3 cloves of garlic finely crushed
  • 1 white medium onion diced
  • mixed herbs
  • 3-4 lemon slices
  • ½ veg stock cube in 270ml water
  • ground pepper
  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • spray olive oil
  • fresh parsley optional
  • chilli flakes optional

Method
 

  1. Season your chicken with ground pepper, 2 tsp of mixed herbs and a small squeeze of lemon juice.
  2. Heat a pan on low to medium heat with some spray olive oil or tbsp of olive oil and pan fry your chicken for 20-25 minutes till cooked (keep turning the chicken as it cooks every 5 minutes), then set aside.
  3. In the same pan fry off the onions and garlic in a little oil or spray oil on low heat till softened then mix in the cream cheese and stir till it’s combined. Next add in 1/2 a vegetable stock cube dissolved in 270ml water (or one low salt stock cube), and keep stirring sauce on medium to high heat till it thickens.
  4. Add in the cooked chicken, lemon slices and handful of fresh chopped parsley. Cook with the lid on for a few minutes.
  5. Season with ground pepper and chilli flakes before serving.

Notes

Serve with vegetables, and carb of choice.