117 chicken lemon sauce recipes

Pan-sauteed chicken breast with a lemon-caper sauce and fanned avocado slices. A light, Mediterranean-style chicken dish with bright, tangy flavors and no heavy cream.

Moroccan chicken tagine with green olives, preserved lemon wedges, and saffron. Slow-simmered until fall-off-the-bone tender with a rich reduced sauce.

Creamy chicken Marsala with mushrooms, shallots, and a silky pan sauce finished with heavy cream and a squeeze of lemon. Italian-American classic done right.

Chicken breast in tarragon cream sauce with mushrooms, green onions, white wine, and a touch of lemon. A French-inspired skillet dinner ready in 40 minutes.

Low-calorie curried chicken with toasted almonds, diced apple, mushrooms, and a creamy lemon sauce. A smart way to turn leftover chicken into a new meal. Serves 5.

Lemon oregano chicken thighs: pan-seared until golden, then roasted in a bright lemon-butter-oregano pan sauce. A fast Greek-leaning weeknight dinner with crispy skin and tender meat.

Lemon-tarragon chicken breasts with mushrooms and sherry, finished with a sour cream pan sauce over egg noodles. A creamy, herbed skillet chicken dinner ready in under 45 minutes.

Grilled chicken halves stuffed under the skin with blanched garlic and Italian parsley, finished with a lemon-butter garlic sauce. Simple, fragrant, and charcoal-kissed.

Halibut piccata broiled with Parmesan and served with a white wine, lemon, and caper sauce. A lighter fish take on classic chicken piccata ready in 30 minutes.

Pork chops with green grapes and mushrooms in a tarragon-lemon pan sauce made from chicken broth. A French-inspired skillet dinner with a sweet-savory fruit sauce.

Pan-seared chicken breasts with a quick lemon-butter pan sauce and fresh cracked pepper. Five ingredients, one skillet, and a weeknight dinner that feels like a bistro meal.

Lemon-thyme pesto skips the basil for a brighter, herbal twist on the classic. Parsley, pine nuts, fresh lemon, and thyme blend into a sauce ready in 15 minutes for pasta, fish, or chicken.

Pan-seared pounded chicken breasts with red potato wedges and a bright lemon-dill butter sauce. A clean 40-minute dinner plated restaurant-style.

One-skillet braised chicken breasts with sweet leeks and mushrooms in a white wine pan sauce, finished bright with kalamata olives, capers, and a squeeze of lemon. A simple Mediterranean dinner from a single pan.

Veal scallops pounded thin and sauteed in olive oil, topped with wilted spinach, capers, and lemon in a reduced chicken stock sauce. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, light and elegant.

Southwestern chicken with a brown sugar, lemon zest, and cayenne dry rub, finished on the grill with a beer-mustard basting sauce. Overnight-marinated bone-in chicken with deep smoky char.