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Flavorful Cowboy Butter Chicken

Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 6 Tbsps grass-fed butter or ghee
  • 6 fresh garlic cloves minced
  • 1 small lemon zest and juice of
  • 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard
  • 2 tsps Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 2 Tbsps freshly minced parsley
  • sea salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts sliced in half lengthwise
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp garlic powder

Instructions

  • Melt your butter or ghee in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add in the garlic and sauté while whisking for 1 minute.
  • Stir in the lemon zest, juice, Dijon, paprika, onion powder, red pepper flakes, and Worcestershire.
  • Simmer for a couple of minutes, then remove from heat and transfer to a small blender or food processor.
  • Blend until smooth and emulsified. Stir in the minced parsley.
  • Using a sharp knife, carefully slice your chicken down the middle lengthwise to create thin cut breasts.
  • Pat your chicken dry using paper towels then rub your chicken lightly with sea salt, pepper, thyme, and garlic powder.
  • Drizzle chicken with a little over half of the cowboy butter and rub to coat all sides.
  • Keep remaining cowboy butter untouched by your raw chicken so that you can use it to baste your cooked chicken.
  • Preheat a large, heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat.
  • Cook the chicken until golden and cooked through. About 4 minutes per side (thin cut breasts) and a thermometer reads 165 degrees f.
  • Baste the chicken with the remaining cowboy butter and serve.