Garlic Lemon Chicken

Ingredients

• •12 oz chicken breast
• •½ tsp kosher salt
• •½ tsp cracked pepper
• •2 Tbsp olive oil
• •4 cloves garlic
• •1 Tbsp capers
• •3 fillets anchovy fillets
• •1 tsp hot pepper flakes
• •1 Tbsp butter
• •lemon juice
• •¼ cup flat leaf parsley

Method

Adapted from maplewoodroad.com

1. 1Pat dry the chicken with a paper towel and add salt and pepper.
2. 2In a skillet, over medium heat, heat the olive oil.
3. 3Add garlic, capers, anchovies, and hot pepper flakes. Make sure the oil is not too hot so it doesn’t burn the garlic.
4. 4After about 5 minutes, the anchovies will have nearly disappeared and also all the other ingredients will have neatly flavored the oil.
5. 5Add chicken.
6. 6Cook on both sides until done. Mine only took about 3 minutes per side due to their thinness.
7. 7Remove chicken and set aside.
8. 8Add butter to the hot oil and scrape all the bits and pieces off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon.
9. 9Then,within less than a minute, add the fresh lemon juice.
10. 10Once the sauce it’s done, you can put the cooked chicken back in the pan for a minute, just to warm it up before serving.
11. 11Serve on a warm plate, garnish with some flat leaf Italian parsley and a side of your choice. Another delicious way to serve is with your favorite salad and a nice french baguette to mop up the sauce.