Skinny Lemon Pepper chicken Breasts Recipe

Some recipes are so quick, easy, healthy, and delicious they become staples you turn to again and again. This recipe for lemon pepper chicken breasts is a perfect example.

Skinny Lemon Pepper Chicken Breasts

It’s from Ellie Krieger’s book, Small Changes, Big Results: A 12-Week Action Plan to a Better Life. In it, she explains how she got the recipe from cookbook author and New York Times columnist, Mark Bittman, when he appeared on her TV show. Isn’t it cool how good recipes get shared? So, here it is from Mark, to Ellie, to me, to you.

This is great served with rice and broccoli or spinach or sliced atop a big green salad.

Skinny Lemon Pepper chicken Breasts Recipe

Recipe type: Main

Author: Martha

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 15 mins

Serves: 4

A super simple, healthy and delicious recipe for boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts (4 to 5 ounces each)
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

Pound the chicken breasts to an even thickness of about 1/2 inch.
Pat the chicken breasts dry and season both sides with the salt and pepper.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat.
Place the chicken in the pan and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, turning halfway through.
Turn off the heat and pour the lemon juice over the chicken and serve.

Nutrition & Cooking Notes

Nutritional Estimates Per Serving: 160 calories, 2 g fat, 1 g carbs, 1 g fiber, 33 g protein and 4 WW PointsPlus Value.

You can also use lemon pepper instead of the black pepper, which is what I did the last time I made them.

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