🧅 Quick Lemon Chicken with Caramelized Onions

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Pan-seared chicken breast over softened onions with lemon. Simple but with restaurant-quality flavor.

⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 314 calories per serving💪 41 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 14 oz (400 g), 2 breasts chicken breast
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 1/4 tsp (11 ml) olive oil
  • to taste salt

How to make it, step by step

  1. Cook the sliced onion with the oil over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  2. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and sear them in another skillet 4-5 minutes per side.
  3. Squeeze the lemon over the onions and mix.
  4. Serve the chicken breast on a bed of onions.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

314
calories
41 g
protein
11 g
carbs
9 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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