Southwestern Recipes
Chicken with Lime Butter
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts, boned and skinned
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 8 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon minced chives
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh dill weed
- Juice from 1 Mexican lime
Instructions
- Sprinkle chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. Put oil in pan and cook over medium heat. Add chicken
and sauté for about 4 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
- Reduce heat to low and cover; let cook for 10 minutes or until fork can be inserted in chicken with ease.
- Remove chicken and keep warm. Drain off oil and discard.
- In saucepan, add lime juice and cook over low heat until the juice begins to bubble. Add butter, constantly stirring until butter thickens. Stir in chives and dill weed.
- Spoon over chicken and serve.
- Garnish with lime slices and dill weed.