Ingredients
- 3 táblespoons vegetáble oil or cánolá oil, divided
- 4 (1 pound totál) boneless, skinless chicken breásts
- cooking spráy
- sált ánd fresh ground pepper, to táste
- 1/2 teáspoon gárlic powder
- 1/2 teáspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teáspoon dried básil
- 1/2 teáspoon smoked or sweet pápriká
- 2 táblespoons unsálted butter, divided
Instructions
- Heát 1-1/2 táblespoons vegetáble oil over medium-high heát in á lárge skillet; use á 10-inch or 12-inch skillet.
- Pát dry the chicken breásts with páper towels.
- Drizzle just á bit of oil over eách chicken breást, or spráy with cooking oil, ánd rub it áll over.
- In á smáll mixing bowl combine sált, pepper, gárlic powder, onion powder, básil, ánd pápriká.
- Seáson both sides of eách chicken breást with the prepáred seásoning; rub it áll áround.
- Ádd 2 chicken breásts to the hot skillet.
- Cook chicken breásts for 5 to 7 minutes without moving them áround.
- Flip both chicken breásts over, ádd 1 táblespoon of butter to the skillet; swirl butter áround ánd continue to cook the chicken for 7 more minutes, or until internál temperáture reáches 165F. Cooking time will álwáys depend on the thickness of the chicken breásts.
- Remove chicken breásts from skillet; set áside ánd keep covered.
- Repeát the sáme method with the remáining 2 chicken breásts.
- When finished, tránsfer chicken to á cutting boárd; let rest for 5 minutes, then slice ánd serve.
