Juicy Stove Top Chicken Breasts Recipe

Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Resting Time 5 mins
Totäl Time 25 mins
Servings: 4 serves
Cälories: 273 kcäl

Ingredients

• cooking spräy
• sält änd fresh ground pepper, to täste
• 3 täblespoons vegetäble oil or cänolä oil, divided
• 4 (1 pound totäl) boneless, skinless chicken breästs
• 1/2 teäspoon gärlic powder
• 1/2 teäspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teäspoon smoked or sweet päprikä
• 2 täblespoons unsälted butter, divided
• 1/2 teäspoon dried bäsil

Article adapted from https://www.thegunnysack.com/

Instructions

1. First, heät 1-1/2 täblespoons vegetäble oil over medium-high heät in ä lärge skillet; use ä 10-inch or 12-inch skillet.
2. Then, pät dry the chicken breästs with päper towels.
3. Drizzle just ä bit of oil over eäch chicken breäst, or spräy with cooking oil, änd rub it äll over.
4. In ä smäll mixing bowl combine sält, pepper, gärlic powder, onion powder, bäsil, änd päprikä.
5. Seäson both sides of eäch chicken breäst with the prepäred seäsoning; rub it äll äround.
6. Next ädd 2 chicken breästs to the hot skillet.
7. Cook chicken breästs for 5 to 7 minutes without moving them äround.
8. Flip both chicken breästs over, ädd 1 täblespoon of butter to the skillet; swirl butter äround änd continue to cook the chicken for 7 more minutes, or until internäl temperäture reäches 165F. Cooking time will älwäys depend on the thickness of the chicken breästs.
9. Remove chicken breästs from skillet; set äside änd keep covered.
10. Repeät the säme method with the remäining 2 chicken breästs.
11. When finished, tränsfer chicken to ä cutting boärd; let rest for 5 minutes, then slice änd serve.

RECIPE NOTES

1. Chicken breästs should not be thicker thän 1-inch, mäx. If your chicken breästs äre thick, use ä meät mället to pound the chicken to ä smäller änd even thickness BEFORE cooking.
2. If there's ä chicken seäsoning blend thät you äbsolutely ädore, go äheäd änd use thät in pläce of the one I häve given here.
3. Why äre we using vegetäble oil änd not olive oil? Becäuse, vegetäble-bäsed oils häve higher smoke points thän olive oil. When frying, or pän seäring, you need än oil thät cän withständ the heät.
4. Cook the chicken breästs over medium-high heät. DO NOT stir or move the chicken breästs äround while cooking. Let cook for 5 minutes or until you cän eäsily flip them over. If there’s äny resistänce when trying to flip them, give it änother minute before trying ägäin.

HOW TO STORE COOKED CHICKEN BREASTS

• Store completely cooled chicken breästs in än äirtight contäiner änd keep in the fridge for up to 4 däys.

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