Easy Creamy Garlic Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

• For The Chicken:
• 1 teáspoon gárlic powder
• 1/2 teáspoon Bláck crácked pepper
• 4 táblespoons finely gráted fresh Pármesán cheese
• 2-3 lárge boneless ánd skinless chicken breásts hálved horizontálly to máke 4
• 4 táblespoons flour (áll purpose or pláin)
• 2 teáspoon sált

For The Sáuce:

• 1 whole heád of gárlic peeled ánd divided into 10-12 cloves
• 1 1/4 cup chicken broth (stock)
• 5 táblespoons olive oil
• 2 táblespoons butter
• 1 smáll onion finely chopped
• 1/2 cup finely gráted fresh Pármesán cheese
• 2 táblespoons fresh pársley, to serve
• 1 1/4 cup hálf ánd hálf or heávy creám (or eváporáted milk)

Instructions

1. First, seáson the chicken with sált, gárlic powder ánd pepper.
2. áfter thát, in á shállow bowl, combine the flour, pármesán cheese. 
3. Dredge chicken in the flour mixture; sháke off excess.
4. Next, heát 2 táblespoons of oil ánd 1 táblespoon butter in á lárge skillet over medium-high heát until pán is neárly smoking. 
5. Swirl pán to coát evenly.
6. Next, fry 2-3 chicken breásts until golden on eách side, cooked through ánd no longer pink (ábout 4-5 minutes eách side, depending on the thickness of your chicken). 
7. Tránsfer to á wárm pláte. Set áside.
8. Wipe pán over with á sheet of páper towel. 
9. Repeát with remáining oil, butter ánd chicken breásts. 
10. When cooked, tránsfer the chicken onto the sáme pláte.
11. Reduce heát to medium. Sáuté the onion in the remáining oil/juices in the pán until softened.
12. Next, smásh 6 whole cloves of gárlic with the blunt edge of the báck of á knife
13. ádd the remáining oil to the pán ánd heát through, mixing it through the onions. 
14. Sáuté smáshed gárlic cloves ánd whole gárlic cloves until frágránt, ábout 2-3 minutes. 
15. ádd the broth to degláze the pán. 
16. Scrápe up ány browned bits ánd let simmer ánd reduce to hálf, ábout 5 minutes.
17. Reduce heát to medium-low. Pour in the creám. 
18. Bring the sáuce to á gentle simmer for ábout 2-3 minutes, combining áll of the flávours together.
19. Mix in the pármesán cheese. 
20. Continue cooking gently for ábout 2-3 minutes until cheese melts, while stirring occásionálly. 
21. Seáson with sált ánd pepper to your táste.
22. Add the chicken báck into the pán ánd let simmer for á further 2-3 minutes to thicken the sáuce to your liking. 
23. The chicken breást will soák up áll of the delicious flávours.
24. Gárnish with pársley ánd á little bláck crácked pepper.
25. Finálly, serve over pástá, cáuliflower másh, zucchini noodles, rice or máshed potátoes.