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Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Breasts Recipe

Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!

One pan meals are my jam, as you know. When you add chicken breasts and cream sauce to the equation, we are well on our way to a new favorite recipe.

Simple, but delicious one pan meals are my absolute go-to during the week because the less the cleanup, the sooner the Netflix marathons can begin.

Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Recipe - Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!

This Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken is packed with flavor, thanks to the garlic and herbs, and with a delicious side dish of, say, Garlicky Steamed Broccoli, you’re getting a full-on meal in no time.

Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken can certainly be served with other sides, including One-Pot Caprese Pasta OR, keep it lighter with Pasta Carbonara with Zucchini Noodles.

Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Recipe - Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!

HOW TO MAKE CREAMY CHICKEN BREASTS

  • The chicken breasts are pan seared in a skillet before we make the sauce. This should take no longer than 15-ish minutes.
  • The creamy sauce in this dish is prepared in the same pan where we cooked the chicken, adding in all the delicious browned bits to the herb sauce.
  • In as far as the herbs, depending on what I have on hand, I’ve previously used a combination of rosemary, or thyme, as well as basil and/or oregano.

Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Recipe - Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!

This chicken was inspired by one of my popular recipes – Creamy Garlic Basil Chicken. This one is a similar to that one, but prepared with chicken breasts, herbs, and cream cheese.

Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Recipe - Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!

The more involved part of the recipe is just the stirring around to make the creamy sauce. SO worth it!

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ENJOY!

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Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Recipe - Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!

Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Recipe

Katerina | Diethood
Pan-seared chicken breasts prepared with a creamy, garlicky herb sauce. Flavorful, quick weeknight dinner prepared in one pan and in 30 minutes!
4.70 from 13 votes
Servings : 4
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

FOR THE CHICKEN BREASTS
  • 1 pound (about 4) boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
FOR THE CREAM SAUCE
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup 2% milk
  • 4 ounces low fat cream cheese, cut up into cubes
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • freshly shredded parmesan cheese, for garnish (optional)
  • chopped fresh parsley, for garnish (optional)

Instructions
 

FOR THE CHICKEN BREASTS
  • Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
  • Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet.
  • Add chicken to the skillet and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, undisturbed.
  • Flip the chicken breasts and continue to cook for about 6 more minutes, or until thoroughly cooked through.
  • Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
FOR THE CREAM SAUCE
  • Return skillet to heat and melt the butter.
  • Stir in garlic and cook for around 30 seconds, or until fragrant.
  • Sprinkle flour over garlic, and continue to stir constantly for 20 seconds.
  • Whisk in milk.
  • Add cream cheese, and continue to whisk until cream cheese melts.
  • Stir in basil, oregano, and thyme; let sauce come to a slow simmer.
  • Return chicken to the skillet and continue to cook for 1 minute, or until heated through.
  • Spoon sauce over chicken.
  • Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and parsley.
  • Serve.

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Notes

WW FREESTYLE POINTS: 7

Nutrition

Calories: 313 kcal | Carbohydrates: 7 g | Protein: 28 g | Fat: 18 g | Saturated Fat: 6 g | Cholesterol: 100 mg | Sodium: 318 mg | Potassium: 581 mg | Fiber: 0 g | Sugar: 4 g | Vitamin A: 340 IU | Vitamin C: 2.1 mg | Calcium: 136 mg | Iron: 1.1 mg | Net Carbs: 7 g

Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.

Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: chicken breast recipe, cream sauce, creamy chicken, dinner recipes, easy chicken dinner recipe
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26 comments on “Creamy Garlic Herb Chicken Breasts Recipe”

  1. I loved this. I have made it several times now. I do add more garlic (because we love our garlic). I double the sauce because I usually serve this with oven roasted baby potatoes. The biggest difference in mine is that I add fresh Parmesan to the sauce and mix it in (and add some over top). Soooo good!!!!

  2. thank you for your ideas. I didn’t have cream cheese so I used sour cream. didn’t get as thick but that didn’t matter. I didn’t have garlic so I used chopped onion and creole seasoning where applicable. this was an amazing dinner. cast iron skillet highly recommended, this was so perfect. sauce was also good when drizzled over asparagus. thank you

  3. Very flavorful, creamy, and delicious! We also made the suggested garlicky steamed broccoli and a pine nut couscous to go with it.

  4. This was delish!
    I played around with it the second time of making it and added mushrooms, onions and fried bacon pieced to it and poured it over cooked Barilla Veggie Rotini nooodles and OMG it was so good! A couple of the fire guys came by the house to ask hubby a question and so I fed them too… they all loved it!

  5. this has become one of my favorite dishes to make!! I’m not a fan of chicken so I’ve just been making it into pasta sauce! I add some spinach and extra of the seasoning and it is amazzzinngg!!! Thanks for the great recipe!

  6. I made this tonight and it was absolutely fantastic. It was so easy and relatively quick to make, which I love. Even my 2 1/2 year old son gobbled it up. Because I made pasta to go with it, there wasn’t quite as much sauce as we would have liked, so next time I make it, I think I’ll make more of the sauce. Thanks for this delicious recipe. It’s a keeper!

  7. Delicious! I added a little chicken broth and a tad more seasoning to the sauce it was so yummy. Very quick and easy weeknight meal!

  8. What a fantastic recipe! Made it this evening for dinner. My son, who only eats select foods gobbled it up! Next time, i will chunk up the chicken and double the sauce so I have enough for the rice. Definitely a make again recipe. Thanks for sharing!

  9. Beyond delicious! I cut the breast’s into 1:4s so more of the chicken was coated with the sauce. The sauce was fantastic! Definitely a keeper!

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    Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious

    That cream sauce really sets this dish apart from a boring chicken dish! It looks amazing!

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