🧄🍗 Garlic Butter Chicken (Rich & Juicy)

Here’s a long, detailed Garlic Butter Chicken recipe — rich, flavorful, and perfect for sharing 🍗🧄✨

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🧄🍗 Garlic Butter Chicken (Rich & Juicy)

This Garlic Butter Chicken is tender, juicy, and coated in a silky garlic butter sauce that’s bursting with flavor. It’s an easy one-pan recipe that tastes like restaurant-quality comfort food, perfect for lunch or dinner with rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes.

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🧾 Ingredients (serves 4)

• 4 chicken breasts or boneless thighs
• Salt & black pepper, to taste
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4–5 tbsp butter
• 6–8 cloves garlic, finely minced
• ½ cup chicken broth
• ¼ cup heavy cream (optional, for creamy version)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp lemon zest (optional)
• Fresh parsley, chopped

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Prepare the chicken

Pat the chicken dry with paper towels.
Season both sides generously with salt, pepper, paprika, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder. This step is important for deep flavor.

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2️⃣ Sear the chicken

Heat olive oil and 2 tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add chicken and sear 5–6 minutes per side until golden brown and cooked through.
Remove chicken from the pan and set aside.

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3️⃣ Make the garlic butter sauce

In the same skillet, reduce heat to medium.
Add remaining butter and minced garlic.
Sauté 30–40 seconds until fragrant (do not brown the garlic).

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4️⃣ Build the sauce

Pour in chicken broth, scraping up all the flavorful bits from the pan.
Let simmer 3–4 minutes until slightly reduced.
Stir in lemon juice, lemon zest, and cream (if using).

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5️⃣ Combine

Return chicken to the skillet and spoon sauce over it.
Simmer gently 5 minutes, allowing the chicken to soak up the garlic butter flavor.

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6️⃣ Finish & serve

Taste and adjust seasoning.
Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve hot.

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🍽️ Serving Ideas

• Over rice or mashed potatoes
• With pasta or noodles
• Alongside steamed vegetables
• With crusty bread to soak up the sauce

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💡 Tips for Best Flavor

• Use fresh garlic only
• Don’t burn the garlic — it turns bitter
• Thighs stay extra juicy if you prefer dark meat
• For extra richness, add a little more butter at the end

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🔄 Variations

• Creamy Garlic Butter Chicken: add extra cream + parmesan
• Spicy: add chili flakes or cayenne
• Lemon Garlic: double the lemon juice
• Low-carb: serve with cauliflower mash

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