This garlic chicken will be the newest addition to your weekly recipe rotation! It’s easy enough to cook in less than 30 minutes and is always a crowd pleaser.
Easy Garlic Chicken
When I found this recipe for chicken with garlic and parsley on a blog called All That Splatters I thought it looked delicious and might make it onto my kids short list. Well, I was right. My one son took one bite and said, with his mouth full, “Oh that’s good. You can make this again!”
I’ve made this dish MANY times, it can be thrown together in less than 30 minutes, and really, you could use any fresh herb that strikes your fancy. A few that come to mind are rosemary, sage, and thyme.
Parsley works so well because of its mild flavor and doesn’t overpower the dish. This is GREAT for one of those nights when you don’t know what to cook. Serve this juicy, tender chicken with some quick cooking rice and steamed veggies.
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Ingredients for Easy Garlic Chicken
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (each about 7 ounces), cut into 1- to 1-1/2 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 lemon, quartered (optional, serve on the side)
For the Gravy
- 1 heaping tablespoon of flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Helpful Kitchen Tools
I think one of the reasons this chicken recipe is such a success is the marriage of olive oil and butter and the simplicity of the ingredients needed. What a delicious combination. I have made a few adaptations and they are reflected in the recipe below. Enjoy!
If you’re still looking for kid-friendly dinner ideas you’ll love this BBQ Chicken Tater Tot Skillet (and your kids will too!) Or this Easy BBQ Crockpot Chicken for another easy-to-prep dinner.
Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
- 21 ounces boneless skinless chicken breast halves about 3 large breasts, cut into 1- to 1-1/2 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 medium lemon quartered (optional, serve on the side)
Gravy
- 1 tablespoon heaping tablespoon of flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Instructions
- Dry the chicken cubes with paper towels and toss them with the flour, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Trust me, don’t be tempted to ad more flour, the amount mentioned is perfect. Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over high heat until very hot but not smoking, add the cubed chicken, and cook in one layer, for about 4-5 minutes, this will develop a lovely crust. Turn pieces of chicken and continue cooking for 3-5 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the garlic and parsley in a small bowl. Add the butter and the parsley mixture to the skillet and saute for 1 minute longer, shaking the skillet occasionally to coat the chicken. Use a spoon to remove the chicken to a plate, leaving brown bits, extra parsley and garlic in the pan.
For the Gravy
- If there’s a lot of oil in the pan, remove all but about a tablespoon. Most likely you won’t have to remove much. Add the butter and cook over medium heat to melt. Add the flour and mix together, cook for a minute or so, stirring continuously. Slowly add the chicken broth, whisking to combine until all broth has been added. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly until gravy has cooked down a bit and thickened. Serve over chicken.
Nutrition
This post was originally published on this blog on June 11, 2009.
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Virginia Stallings says
This was great. The family are all garlic freaks, so I doubled up on the garlic. Highly reccomend.
Amanda Formaro says
So glad you guys enjoyed it as much as we do!
Naz says
gravy is so good
Mama says
This is probably the best thing I’ve ever made. So good. The sauce is also great over brown rice. I used dried parsley and cut the amount in half, and it’s still perfect.
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks so much! This is literally my favorite chicken dinner!
Deirdre Tollefson says
I’m always looking for different ways to make chicken. This was flavorfull and delicious! My kids are picky eaters and they loved this as well.
Amanda Formaro says
We love it too, thanks so much!
cheryl WHATLEY says
my husband and I loved the chicken and the sauce. We served it with red and brown rice. Delicious.
Amanda Formaro says
So glad you loved it! It’s one of my FAVORITES :)
Laura Hart says
We loved this! My husband says I should add this to our regular rotation.
Amanda Formaro says
It’s one of my favorites too, so glad you guys loved it!
judy says
so good and so easy to make! will be on my meal rotation for sure. My husband kept saying this is so good while he was eating it How great is that? I bet this recipe would be good with a firm fish like cod. Thanks for a good recipe!
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks Judy! This is literally my favorite chicken recipe. it’s so easy and so good! I’m so happy you guys loved it too :)
Manon says
Delicious! We used vegan butter instead of real butter and it was great!
Amanda Formaro says
Awesome, glad you liked it!
Emad says
I’m a single father of two 9 yr old daughter’s chicken is all they eat and this recipe is their favourite. thank you..
Amanda Formaro says
Ours too!! So glad they love it :)
AK Kristjana says
This meal is seriously one of my favorites. I lost a lot of my love for cooking after we had a really hard baby for the first 9 months of his life and this is a meal that has very little prep and is so so so good. I always have the ingredients on hand for it so it’s an easy throw together meal and people looove it! Thank you for giving one of our favorite recipes we use over and over again! I don’t even use fresh parsley and it’s bomb.com
Amanda Formaro says
Thank you so much! It’s so great to know there are other people out there that love this just as much as I do! My 20-year old son asks for it all the time :)
Cindy G says
I made this for my husband and he said it was delicious! I substituted parsley for cilantro because that’s all I had. I think the cilantro gave it a great flavor! Thank you so much for the recipe!!
Amanda Formaro says
Oh yum, I LOVE cilantro and that would be amazing with this dish. So glad you loved it! :)
Natalie says
Looks so good! Perfect as a quick dinner!
Julie says
I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious. Doing it again tonight.
Amanda Formaro says
So glad you enjoy it as much as we do Julie :)
Rachel says
I played around with this recipe a little and added diced bacon in to cook with the chicken. Wow!
Amanda Formaro says
Mmm that’s sounds fab!
A.B. says
I love, love, LOVE this dish. So simple and the flavor is out of this world. Every time it’s served, I get asked for the recipe. This is a must try!
Amanda Formaro says
So glad you love it as much as wel do A.B.!