Lemony Goat-Cheese Chicken

Name: Lemony Goat-Cheese Chicken
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and cut in half lengthwise; 113 grams soft goat cheese; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 237 milliliters low-sodium chicken broth; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

Lemony Goat-Cheese Chicken is a gluten free and primal recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 248 calories, 31g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works best as a main course, and is done in about 45 minutes. A mixture of pepper, chicken broth, lemon zest, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the lemon zest you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert.

Instructions

Using a rolling pin, pound the chicken between 2 sheets of wax paper until they are of uniform thickness.

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Whole Chicken

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Wax Paper

Heat the oil and garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat until the oil shimmers and the garlic browns. (Don't burn the garlic.)

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Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the chicken breasts and cook until golden, 3 to 5 minutes on each side.

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Chicken Breast

Add the salt, pepper, chicken broth, thyme and lemon zest. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 3 minutes longer or until the chicken is fork-tender.

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Chicken Broth