Description
This Chicken with Garlic and Pine Nuts is a simple yet flavorful dish featuring tender chicken cooked with fragrant garlic and topped with crunchy toasted pine nuts. Perfect for a quick and comforting homemade meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 chicken breasts
- 4 cloves garlic, sliced
- ¼ cup pine nuts, toasted
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- Fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Season chicken with salt, pepper, and oregano.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Cook chicken until golden and fully cooked, about 5–6 minutes per side.
- Remove chicken and set aside.
- In the same pan, cook garlic until fragrant.
- Add chicken broth and let it simmer.
- Stir in lemon juice.
- Return chicken to the pan and cook for a few minutes.
- Add toasted pine nuts.
- Garnish with parsley and serve warm.
Notes
Toast pine nuts carefully as they burn quickly. Avoid overcooking garlic to prevent bitterness. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days and reheat gently.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan-Frying
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 95mg