Chicken in Lemon Butter Sauce

 Ingredients:-

200 gm boneless chicken

3 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 cup heavy cream

50 gm unsalted butter

3 garlic cloves(minced)

1 1/2 tbsp crushed black pepper

1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped onion

1 tsp lemon zest

Preparation:-

In a mixing bowl, take half of the crushed black pepper and salt to taste.

Then add the chicken pieces.
Marinate and leave it for atleast 30 minutes.

Now in a pan add 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp butter.

Then add the chicken pieces and fry them from all the sides completely in medium heat.

This should take 10-12 minutes.

Once the chicken is done take out in a bowl.

Into the same pan add the lemon juice and reduce it in half of it's quantity in high heat.

Read: Ginger Garlic Soup

Add rest of the butter to the reduced juice and let it cook in a low flame.

Constantly stirring it until it appears creamy.

Add the onion to it.

Cook until they light pink.

Add minced garlic and cook for 1/2 minutes.

Finally add the heavy cream and cook for about 2-3 minutes until it thickens.

Keep the heat as low as possible.
Keep stirring gently.

Now add rest of the crushed black pepper,lemon zest.

Mix and cook for 10-15 seconds.

Now add chicken pieces and mix well.

Cover and cook for 1-2 minutes in very low flame.

Chicken in lemon butter sauce is ready.

Thank you.