Sauteed Chicken Breast

Sauteed Chicken Breast on toast with pepper jack cheese.

Here is an easy quick chicken recipe. Sauteed chicken breast comes together in a few minutes for your busy days. You can make this healthy dish in a few minutes. If you want to speed things up, just cut the fillets and season them ahead of time and place them in a plastic bag. You can freeze these ahead of time if you like. Just thaw ahead of time and toss in your skillet. Easy and quick no problem. If you don’t already know, learning how to prepare a chicken fillet and cook it will improve your cooking skills.

How many times have you gone to your favorite fast food place and ordered a chicken sandwich? Now you can make a great chicken sandwich at home and save the line. Because chicken is an inexpensive option for meat, consequently it makes sense to have this option if you’re on a budget.

You can add your favorite barbecue sauce to his sandwich. Don’t have toast, use a hamburger bun. If you don’t like pepper jack cheese, gruyere, Havarti or cheder, what ever is your favorite!

Sautéed Chicken Breast

Sauteed chicken breast with herbs
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 1 people
Course: chicken, Dinner, Lunch, sauteed chicken breast
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 chicken breast cut into fillet
  • 1/4 tsp herbs de province
  • 2 dash salt
  • 2 dash pepper
  • 2 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 slice pepper jack cheese or cheder
  • 2 slices bread

Equipment

  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 Kitchen knife
  • 1 frypan 10 inch
  • 1 spatula

Method
 

  1. Cut the chicken breast lengthwise about 1/2 inch thick
  2. Season with salt, pepper and herbs de province.
  3. At this point you may place back in the fridge for an hour or up to 2 days. You can also freeze at this point for later.
  4. Heat the skillet on medium heat and add oil. Wait until the oil 'shimmers.' Add chicken fillets.
  5. I wasn't sure how large the final chicken breast would be so I cut this in half.
    Works great for kids portions! There will be shrinkage during cooking.
  6. Cook for approximately 4 minutes per side. Cook till golden brown.
  7. When finished, remove from heat and place on toast or bun.
How to make toast with the frypan
  1. Place your bread in a dry frypan and turn on to medium heat.
  2. Check the bread occasionally until golden brown. Flip over and repeat.

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