Chicken Breasts with Lime Butter
Ingredients
| 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4 breast pieces) | ||
| kosher salt and black pepper to taste | ||
| 1/3 cup vegetable oil | ||
| juice of 2 limes | ||
| 1/2 cup butter, softened | ||
| 1 tsp fresh dill, chopped | ||
| 1 tsp fresh chives, chopped |
This chicken is sauteed with dill and chives and draped in lime butter.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the chicken, and cook until golden and cooked through, turning once. About 3 minutes per side.
- Cover and reduce heat to low and cook for about 10 minutes longer or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken to a platter and keep warm.
- Discard oil from skillet, then add lime juice and cook over low heat until the juice begins to bubble, about 1 minute.
- Add the butter, 1 tbs at a time, stirring until the butter combines with the juice and becomes a thickened sauce.
- Remove from heat and stir in chives and dill. Taste for seasoning, then adjust if desired.
- Spoon sauce over chicken and serve.
- Garnish as desired.
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