Description
Pan-seared chicken in a rich and creamy Boursin sauce. Easy but over-the-top delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 4 chicken breasts (approximately 2 pounds)
- salt to taste
- freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 5.2-ounce wheel Boursin cheese, cut into 4 or 6 pieces
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives (optional)
Instructions
- Step: Heat 2 tablespoons avocado oil in large skillet over medium heat, swirling oil around skillet to coat pan evenly. While skillet heats up, generously season both sides of each chicken breast with salt and pepper to taste.
- Step: When oil is hot and shimmering, add chicken breasts to skillet. Pan-sear chicken 4 minutes, then flip and add another tablespoon avocado oil. Sear chicken another 4 minutes until cooked-through and no longer pink. Note: if chicken breasts are large and/or not firm after 8 minutes, cover skillet with lid and reduce heat to low. Continue cooking, checking firmness every 2 minutes, until chicken breasts feel springy and firm when gently pressed with tongs.
- Step: Transfer fully-cooked chicken breasts to plate and set aside. If chicken charred or left dark spots in skillet, wipe skillet out with paper towel so sauce is not bitter.
- Step: Pour ½ cup chicken broth into hot skillet to deglaze, scraping up any stuck bits of chicken with spatula. Raise heat under skillet and bring liquid to boil, then add 1 cup chicken broth. Cook liquid until reduced by approximately 50%.
- Step: Once liquid has reduced by half, add Boursin cheese pieces. Whisk cheese into liquid until cheese has melted completely.
- Step: Return cooked chicken to skillet and spoon sauce over chicken, cooking only until chicken is warmed-through. Garnish with chopped chives and serve warm with plenty of Boursin sauce over mashed potatoes, pasta, mashed cauliflower, or rice.
Notes
To reheat any leftover Boursin chicken, just slice the chicken up and toss it on the stove with the refrigerated sauce. Cover the pan and heat it on low just until the chicken is warmed-through and the sauce is melty again. You can add more chicken broth if needed to thin out the sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan-searing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 500 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 617 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 g
- Trans Fat: 0.03 g
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Fiber: 0.02 g
- Protein: 52 g
- Cholesterol: 183 mg