Quick Sautéed Garlic Chicken Cutlets
These chicken breast cutlets are sautéed until golden brown and simmer in a quick pan sauce that's loaded with garlic. This is an easy entree you need when you're short on time!
Servings: 8 cutlets
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive or avocado oil
- 4 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter or ghee Can sub regular butter or vegan butter.
- 2 tablespoons garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 cup chicken stock or broth
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley Can sub 1 tablespoon fresh parsley.
Instructions
- Slice the chicken breasts horizontally. This will give you 8 thin cutlets so they'll cook faster and more evenly.
- In a small bowl, stir together salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper. Set aside.
- Add oil to a large skillet. Heat to medium high heat. Once oil is hot, add cutlets. Season the top of your cutlets with seasoning mixture. Sauté until each side has some browning and chicken is mostly cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. (Depending on the size of your chicken you may need to saute in two batches. If so, feel free to add an extra tablespoon on oil when beginning the second batch.) Once chicken is browned, remove from pan and aside.
- Add butter or ghee and minced garlic. Sauté until garlic is golden, about one minute.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add chicken stock, lemon juice, and parsley. Scrape up any bits of chicken stuck to the bottom of the pan. (Those are yummy!) Now add the chicken cutlets back to the skillet. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
- Taste and add more lemon juice, salt, or pepper if desired.
Notes
Nutrition information is for 1 cutlet plus sauce. That is 1/2 a chicken breast because we’ve cut the breasts horizontally to create 2 cutlets from every chicken breast.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cutlet | Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 611mg | Potassium: 462mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg