Chicken Breasts with Chipotle Green Onion Gravy

This delicious chicken recipe includes a simple exercise in pan gravy perfection. If I only had one day to teach someone how to cook, you better believe this archetypal sauce recipe would be one of the first things I'd demonstrate.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 333 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ¾ cup chicken broth
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 2 tablespoons minced green onions
• salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
• ½ teaspoon chipotle chile powder, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place chicken breast halves between two sheets of heavy plastic (resealable freezer bags work well) on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound chicken with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a thickness of 1/2-inch. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a skillet on high heat until it begins to shimmer, about 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium; cook chicken breasts until browned and no longer pink inside, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer cooked chicken to a warm plate and loosely cover with aluminum foil.

Step 3

Melt butter in the skillet; stir in flour and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan; cook and stir until gravy begins to simmer and thicken, 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 4

Stir in green onions and chipotle chile powder.

Step 5

Return chicken breasts to the skillet and cook until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes.