Chicken French with a White Wine Lemon Butter Sauce

This is a delicious and easy way to prepare chicken that is sure to be a crowd pleaser. I found that it came together relatively quickly with minimal effort, and the sauce is amazing!  We kept it simple by serving with sauteed zucchini. I can't wait to make it again! 




Chicken French with a White Wine Lemon Butter Sauce
Source: Slightly adapted from Good Things Catered

Ingredients:

• 4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 1/4 tsp paprika
• 1/4 tsp granulated garlic
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup dry white wine
• juice of 1 1/2 lemons
• 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
-In wide, shallow bowl combine flour, salt, pepper, paprika and garlic, stirring to combine.
-In large, heavy bottom skillet, add olive oil and heat over medium high heat until almost smoking.
-Meanwhile, pound chicken breasts to even thickness and season liberally with salt and pepper.
-Toss chicken breasts in flour mixture and place, breast-side down, into preheated pan.
-Cook over medium high heat until breast side is nicely golden browned, about 7-10 minutes.
-Flip chicken breasts to breast-side up and cook until golden browned and chicken breast is cooked through, about 7-10 more minutes depending on thickness.
-Remove chicken from pan, place on platter and cover with foil to keep warm (Katie recommends placing platter in an oven preheated to 200 degrees F, but I just cover with foil!)
-Add white wine to skillet and stir to deglaze, scraping all browned bits up from bottom of pan.
-Cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half, about 2-3 minutes.
-Add lemon juice and stir, cooking until reduced by at least half, about 2-3 minutes.
-Remove from heat and stir in butter to thicken.
-Salt and pepper to taste (Note: if you’d like the sauce thicker at this point you may add a slurry of 1 tsp cornstarch and 1 tsp water and heat, stirring constantly for 30-60 seconds).
-Remove platter from oven, top with sauce and serve immediately.