🍋 Lemon Pepper Chicken with Rice and Green Beans

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Chicken breast with a black pepper crust and a lemon butter pan sauce, served with rice and sautéed green beans. Light and done in 25 minutes.

⏱️ 25 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 516 calories per serving💪 43 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (3.5 oz) long-grain white rice
  • 11 oz (320 g) chicken breast
  • to taste salt
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 9 oz (250 g) green beans

How to make it, step by step

  1. Cook the rice in salted water according to the package.
  2. Slice the chicken breasts into cutlets and season with the salt, garlic powder, pepper and lemon zest.
  3. Brown the chicken in a skillet with the oil for 4-5 minutes per side. At the end add the butter and lemon juice and spoon the sauce over the chicken. Set aside.
  4. Meanwhile, boil the green beans for 5 minutes and sauté them for 2 minutes in the same skillet with the pan juices.
  5. Serve the chicken with the sauce, the rice and the green beans.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

516
calories
43 g
protein
50 g
carbs
16 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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