This easy pan fried lemon chicken recipe is a quick and easy chicken dinner recipe! I love quick and easy chicken dinner recipes and this one is no exception! Breaded and pan fried chicken with bell peppers over pasta makes a delicious meal you can make for less than $5! You can find this recipe in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.
Easy Pan Fried Lemon Chicken Recipe
This Easy Pan-Fried Lemon Chicken recipe is the perfect quick and budget-friendly dinner! Tender, breaded chicken strips are pan-fried to golden perfection, then paired with sautéed bell peppers and tossed over pasta. A simple, zesty lemon-broth sauce ties everything together for a fresh, flavorful meal—all for under $5! Whether you need a fast weeknight dinner or a satisfying meal without breaking the bank, this dish delivers big taste with minimal effort.
- Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients
2 bell peppers, chopped
1 whole chicken breast, boneless and skinless
1 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. olive oil
1/3 cup chicken broth
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. parsley, chopped
2 cups pasta, cooked
Instructions
- In a skillet, sauté bell peppers over medium heat in a small amount of oil.
- Cut chicken into strips.
- Mix flour, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Coat chicken with flour mixture.
- Remove peppers from the skillet.
- Heat oil in the skillet, still on medium heat.
- Add chicken and cook 6-8 minutes, until brown.
- Add peppers and warm.
- Put the pasta on a serving dish.
- Place chicken and peppers on the pasta.
- Add chicken broth and lemon juice to the skillet.
- Stir over medium heat 2-3 minutes.
- Scrape the brown bits on the bottom of the pan and cook until reduced.
- Stir in parsley.
- Pour over chicken.
Notes
This recipe serves 2, but you can easily double it and still have dinner for under 5 dollars!
This easy pan fried lemon chicken recipe is from our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1:
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I have tons of chicken in the freezer and this needs to be on my menu soon! Looks delicious. =)
i made a very similar take off on this tonight using leftover sliced chicken. I made the sauce with chicken broth and flour, added some lemon juice and capers, added more lemon juice when it seemed to need it, plenty of black pepper, dried parslet, and served over spaghetti. Super easy chicken piccata!
Harriet,
Not using any milk, was it still a creamy sauce? If not, what sauce would you compare it to?
Thanks,
Lynette
Chicken piccata sauce.
Hey, I made that three years ago today. I should make it again, yum.