Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts

Recipe: Yummy Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts.

How to Make Tasty Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts

You can have Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts

How to Make Tasty Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts ? To Cook this Juicy Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts, you will need the following 8 ingredients:

1. Prepare 2 - large bone in, skinless chicken breasts, about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds total weight.
2. Prepare 2 tbsp - salted butter.
3. It's 2 tbsp - fresh lemon juice.
4. It's 1/2 tsp - Cajun seasoning.
5. It's 1/2 tsp - black pepper, and salt to taste.
6. Prepare 1 tsp - hot sauce, such as Frank's brand.
7. You need 2 - garlic cloves, crushed.
8. You need 1/2 cup - mixed fresh herbs, I used Chives, rosemary, thyme, parsley and basil.

Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts step by step

Recipe: Delicious Lemon Herb Butter Poached Chicken Breasts step by step ? Here 5 steps how you cook it

1. Preheat oven to 250.
2. In a ovenproof skillet large enough to hold chicken in one layer,melt butter, add lemon, red hot and garlic.
3. Add herbs to butter mixture. Season chicken with Cajun seasoning, pepper and salt and turn to coat with butter. Place chicken breast meat side down..
4. Cut a piece of parchment oaper the same diameter as your skillet. Generously butter one side of paper. Lay paper butter side down on chicken to cover it. Then cover that with a tight fitting lid. Place in preheated oven and cook for 1 hour, without opening oven. Remove from oven and let sit covered 10 to 15 minutes..
5. The chicken can be served now warm, strain the sauce and serve with rice or potatos. Or alternatively, the meat can be removed and added to tortillas and salads warm. I also chill the breasts and use for sandwiches and chicken salad and any place you would use cooked chicken.

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