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Single serving chicken recipe: Creamy Lemon Chicken
Prep time:10 mins- Cook time:20 mins
Servings:1
This single serving chicken recipe is the ideal midweek dinner. It takes just 10 minutes to prepare, contains a whopping 30.9g of protein, and it’s utterly delicious. Plus, although it’s perfect as a tasty single serving chicken recipe, this dish can easily be adapted to feed the whole family.
Our Creamy Lemon Chicken is packed full of nutrients that are essential for keeping you going. The full cream contains plenty of calcium, protein, vitamin B12 and iodine to support healthy bones and energy-levels. While the lean chicken breast provides over half your recommended protein in just one portion.
The vegetables in this single serving chicken recipe dish are also packed full of goodness. Courgette (or zucchini) and mushrooms are both low in carbohydrates, making them staples in a Mediterranean-style diet. Courgette contains plenty of immune-boosting vitamins and minerals, as well as carotenoids which support eye health. Similarly, mushrooms contain immune-boosting nutrients, as well as Vitamin D.
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For families, or those not fasting, this dish pairs well with wholegrain rice, potatoes or wholewheat pasta.
Ingredients
- 125g chicken breast
- 10g butter
- 100ml chicken stock
- 50g mushrooms, sliced
- ¼ zucchini, sliced
- 50ml pure cream / single cream
- ¼ lemon, zest and juice
- fresh parsley
Instructions
- Cook the chicken in the butter in a heavy-based fry pan until cooked through.
- Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the stock to the pan to deglaze it - bring to a simmer and add the mushrooms and zucchini - cook for 5 minutes or so until cooked through and tender.
- Turn the heat to low, add the cream, lemon zest and parsley - stir through before adding the chicken back in to reheat briefly.
- Serve with a squeeze of lemon.
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