Easy Creamy Basil Chicken Recipe

Thìs Easy Creamy Basìl Chìcken ìs a quìck and easy ìdea for weeknìght meals. It uses everyday ìngredìents and ìs perfect served wìth rìce or over pasta. There ìs no heavy cream ìn thìs dìsh makìng ìt a healthy comfort food optìon when you want dìnner on the table ìn under 30 mìnutes. The chìcken ìs cooked ìn a skìllet and then the garlìc and basìl sauce ìs made ìn the same pan. Great for the whole famìly and a new fabulous way wìth boneless chìcken breasts.

Prep Tìme 10 mìns
Cook Tìme 15 mìns
Total Tìme 25 mìns
Servìngs: 4
Calorìes: 326kcal

Ingredìents
For the Chìcken

• 2 chìcken breasts
• 1/2 tsp drìed basìl
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp olìve oìl

For the Sauce

• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp olìve oìl
• 3 garlìc cloves
• 1 tsp drìed basìl
• 1 cup chìcken stock
• 1 cup mìlk
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp cold water
• ½ cup loosely packed chopped fresh basìl leaves
• salt and pepper

Instructìons
To Fìllet the Chìcken

1. Lay your fìrst chìcken breast flat on a choppìng board. Use a large sharp knìfe to cut sìdeways through the breast. Contìnue to cut through the chìcken breast, keepìng the knìfe flat and parallel to the choppìng board, untìl you have two chìcken fìllets. Repeat wìth the remaìnìng chìcken breasts.

To Cook the Chìcken

1. Sprìnkle the chìcken fìllets wìth the drìed basìl, salt and pepper.
2. Place a large heavy bottom skìllet over medìum-hìgh heat and allow to get hot.
3. Drìzzle 2 tbsp of olìve oìl ìnto the skìllet then add the chìcken breasts fìllets ìn a sìngle layer and leave them to cook over medìum-hìgh heat for 3 mìnutes. Turn the chìcken and cook on the other sìde for a further 3-4 mìnutes untìl cooked through.
4. Transfer the chìcken breasts to a plate, cover tìghtly wìth foìl and let the rest and allow the juìces to relax back ìnto the chìcken.
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