Lemon Chicken with Mushrooms and Parsley
is based on a simple and real good old Italian recipe. I ran across it in “Essentials of Italian Cooking” which is a great book filled with great recipes and the history behind them and a lot of good cooking instructions. Tonight we had some baby Bella mushrooms so we added them to the mix. Ya gotta make it. This Lemon Chicken recipe is easy and very good.
Your ingredients for your Lemon Chicken with Mushrooms and Parsley
These amounts are for 4 servings you can change the number of servings in the recipe card found below this posting
- Olive oil
- 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts cut in half horizontally or 4 small ones or 8 chicken tenders
- salt and black pepper
- 4 tbsp. butter
- 3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh garlic (about 4 large cloves)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves (or 1/4 cup dried)
- 3/4 cup lemon juice (or 12 Tbsp.)
First if your chicken breasts are large slice them in half horizontally like you are going to butterfly them but slice all the way thru. Cover with plastic wrap and flatten the pieces with a meat mallet or the bottom of a sauce pan. Or you could just go with some chicken tenders.
Put a skillet on at medium high with a tbsp. of olive oil. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper on the fillets. Cook the chicken until the liquid coming out is clear and/or they are firm to a poke with a finger or they read 165°F (74C) on a meat thermometer. When the chicken is done put the the filets aside on a plate that will catch the drippings. While the chicken is cooking chop up the garlic, parsley and slice up the mushrooms.
Turn the heat down to medium add the butter and the mushrooms. Now sprinkle a pinch of salt and a pinch of black pepper.
Give the mushrooms about two minutes stirring a couple of times with a wooden spoon scraping the bits off the bottom of the pan.
Then add the garlic, parsley and the lemon juice. The lemon juice makes this recipe.
Mix it all together.
Put the chicken and the drippings back in the pan and turn the pieces over a couple of time to get them coated with the sauce.
Let the chicken heat back up a little and the lemon juice reduce a little and serve it up with the lemon sauce topping off the fillets. Enjoy your Lemon Chicken with Mushrooms and Parsley! Bon Appetito!
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Lemon Chicken with Mushrooms and Parsley
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- 4 small chicken filets or 2 large filets cut in half horizontally or 8 tenders
- 1 Tbsp. Salt
- 1 Tbsp. black pepper
- 4 tbsp butter
- 3 cups sliced mushrooms
- 2 Tbsp. chopped garlic (about 4 large cloves)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves or 1/4 dried
- 12 tbsp lemon juice or 3/4 cup
Instructions
- First if your chicken breasts are large slice them in half horizontally like you are going to butterfly them but slice all the way thru. Cover with plastic wrap and flatten the pieces with a meat mallet or the bottom of a sauce pan. Or you could just go with some chicken tenders.
- Put a skillet on at medium high and eyeball enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the skillet. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper on the fillets. Cook the chicken until the liquid coming out is clear and/or they are firm to a poke with a finger or they read 165°F (74C) on a meat thermometer. When the chicken is done put the the filets aside on a plate that will catch the drippings. While the chicken is cooking chop up the garlic, parsley and slice up the mushrooms.
- Turn the heat down to medium add the butter and the mushrooms. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and a pinch of black pepper. Give the mushrooms about two minutes stirring a couple of times with a wooden spoon scraping the bits off the bottom of the pan. Then add the garlic, parsley and the lemon juice. The lemon juice makes this recipe. Mix it all together.
- Put the chicken and the drippings back in the pan and turn the pieces over a couple of time to get them coated with the sauce. Let the chicken heat back up a little and the lemon juice reduce a little and serve it up with the lemon, parsley and mushroom sauce topping off the fillets. Enjoy your Lemon Chicken with Mushrooms and Parsley! Bon Appetito!
