Easy Skillet Chicken Breast Recipes

These easy chicken breast recipes are some of my favorites. Most are quick and easy preparations, perfect for any busy day family meal. Many are special enough for a Sunday dinner or special family gathering.

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Easy Skillet Chicken With Bacon and Sour Cream

The Spruce

This easy skillet chicken recipe has lots of great smoky flavor from the bacon while sour cream makes for a deliciously creamy sauce.
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Chicken With Havarti Cheese Sauce

Chicken Cutlets With Havarti Cheese Sauce. Diana Rattray

This boneless chicken breast recipe is easy and delicious. Serve this havarti cheese chicken with roasted potatoes or rice, along with your favorite vegetables.
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Garlic Chicken and Shrimp

The Spruce

Serve this garlic chicken and shrimp recipe with hot cooked pasta, or try it over hot boiled rice.
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Chicken and Zucchini Skillet With Pasta

Chicken and Zucchini Skillet With Pasta. Diana Rattray

Purchased Alfredo sauce makes this dish relatively easy to prepare. Feel free to use your own homemade Alfredo sauce or another cheese sauce you might prefer.

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Easy Skillet Chicken With Veloute Sauce

Chicken With Veloute Sauce. Diana Rattray

A delicious veloute sauce makes the perfect gravy for this simple skillet chicken dish.
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Easy Chutney Chicken

Chicken Breasts With Easy Chutney Sauce. Diana Rattray

Prepared chutney and green onions make a flavorful sauce for these easy skillet chicken breasts.
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Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Chicken Breast

The Spruce Eats / Elaine Lemm

Flatten and cut open chicken breasts, then fill them with baby spinach, artichoke hearts, and mascarpone. The spinach and artichoke stuffed chicken recipe includes a quick creamy lemon sauce for a delicious finishing touch.
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Chicken With Boursin Cheese Sauce

Chicken With Boursin Cheese Sauce. Diana Rattray

This easy chicken is tasty with rice, or use the pasta of your choice. Feel free to use sliced asparagus instead of peas, or use another vegetable.

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Skillet Chicken Dijon

Easy Dijon Chicken. Diana Rattray

Serve these simple, flavorful chicken breasts on a bed of rice.
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Sweet and Sour Chicken Breasts

Sweet and Sour Chicken. Diana Rattray

A tasty sweet and sour sauce is featured in this easy skillet chicken dish. The dish takes just minutes to fix and cook in the skillet, and you probably have most of the ingredients on hand.
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Chicken With Wine and Mushrooms

Chicken With Mushrooms and Wine Sauce. Diana Rattray

Chicken breasts with wine and mushrooms, a recipe with dry white wine, mushrooms, lemon juice, and mushrooms, along with a flour and herb coating.
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Quick and Easy Lemon Basil Chicken

The Spruce

Pan grill, broil, or grill these tasty marinated chicken breasts. Fresh basil gives the chicken breasts great flavor, but feel free to use dried leaf basil instead.

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Honey Mustard Chicken Breasts

Honey Mustard Chicken Breasts. Diana Rattray

Serve these tasty chicken breasts with rice and a tossed green salad or steamed vegetables.
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Chicken With Cilantro Cream Sauce

Chicken With Cilantro Cream Sauce. Diana Rattray

This is a flavorful dish, great with rice or pasta, or serve it with boiled new or fingerling potatoes. Feel free to replace the wine with more chicken broth.
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Chicken With Cranberries and Orange Sauce

Chicken With Cranberry Orange Sauce. Diana Rattray

This is an easy orange chicken recipe using boneless chicken breasts. Replace the Cointreau or Grand Marnier with chicken broth or more orange juice, if you like.
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Skillet Lemon Chicken With Mushrooms

Lemon Chicken With Mushrooms. Diana Rattray

This skillet lemon chicken is a snap to fix and cook, and it's delicious with hot buttered noodles or rice. Feel free to use a dry white wine to replace the Marsala wine.

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Easy Chicken Breasts With Orange and Garlic

Chicken With Garlic and Orange Sauce. Diana Rattray

Garlic and orange juice help to flavor this light and easy chicken. Serve these chicken breasts with rice and a salad for an easy everyday meal.
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Spicy Fried Chicken Tenders

Spicy Fried Chicken Tenders. Diana Rattray

A buttermilk marinade makes these chicken tenders extra flavorful and tender.
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Skillet Chicken With Lemon Chive Sauce

Skillet Chicken With Lemon Sauce. Rita Maas/Photolibrary/Getty Images

This is a quick and easy recipe to make for any day of the week. Serve with potatoes or rice and steamed vegetables for a complete meal.
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Hunter's Chicken With Tomatoes and Mushrooms

Hunter's Chicken. Diana Rattray

Make this easy chicken and tomato skillet with chicken breasts or chicken parts.