Need a quick and easy dinner recipe? One that has meat, vegetable, and starch? This Lemon Chicken & Vegetable Skillet is the answer!
I have really been on a one pan meals kick lately. It's really a good thing too because every evening after dinner we've been in the back yard enjoying the beautiful weather.
Our garden is coming along really nicely, except my squash flat out died. I have no idea what happened, because I'm doing everything to all the plants the same.
I'm thinking it was just the squash plants that I bought. We are thinking of buying either more strawberries to go there, or another tomato plant.
Over the weekend we were busy planting flowers and cleaning out flower beds to refresh mulch that had exceeded it's lifetime. It's amazing what new mulch will do to a flower bed.
We are trying to invite the bees to our yard! Ever since Kelsie found out that the bees were endangered, she has been excited every time she sees one, and wants to plant flowers everywhere. She got a book called The Usborne Outdoor Book from a Usborne book party, and it's filled with so many great things, including a little bee hideaway.
We put one in our new flower bed. She's so excited, and has been checking it everyday...even though there aren't any flowers growing yet.
With all our busyness these days one pan meals are a lifesaver. Even better when they are filled with a starch, meat, and vegetable!
This Lemon Chicken & Vegetable Skillet is perfect, since it's well balanced. If you aren't a fan of new potatoes, red potatoes can be subbed.
And if you aren't a fan of asparagus, green beans would go great in this dish. (we've done that ourselves)
If you're looking for even more one pan meals than what we've made, be sure to check out our one pan/skillet meals on Pinterest, where I've pinned all sorts of great ideas!
Lemon Chicken & Veggie Skillet ingredients:
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- asparagus
- baby yellow potatoes
- olive oil
- butter
- Dijon mustard
- lemon juice
- zest from one lemon
- fresh thyme
- salt and pepper
- minced garlic
- dried oregano
Lemon Chicken & Vegetable Skillet substitutions:
Asparagus can be easily swapped out for green beans or broccoli.
Baby yellow potatoes can be swapped for red potatoes or diced sweet potatoes.
Boneless skinless chicken breasts can be switched up with chicken thighs, if you have those on hand, or like them better.
A few of our favorite skillet recipes:
Lemon Chicken & Vegetable Skillet
Need a quick and easy dinner recipe? One that has meat, vegetable, and starch? This Lemon Chicken & Vegetable Skillet is the answer!
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 pound asparagus, trimmed can sub fresh green beans
- 1 cups baby yellow potatoes, quartered can sub red potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- zest from one lemon
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large gallon zip top bag, mix together the olive oil, mustard, lemon juice, lemon zest, thyme, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper. Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes.
- When you're ready to cook the chicken, melt the butter in a large oven safe pan. Sear the chicken on both sides until browned. Remove and set aside.
- Add the potatoes to the pan, season with salt and pepper. Place in the oven for 20 to 22 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork tender.
- Add the chicken and asparagus. Bake for 25 minutes or until the chicken is completely cooked through. (165 degrees)
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 903Total Fat: 38gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 201mgSodium: 1140mgCarbohydrates: 69gFiber: 8gSugar: 9gProtein: 71g
robin rue
Oh yeah, this would go over BIG with my family. They love delicious chicken meals like this. I will have to try your recipe 🙂
Jessi
This looks delicious, and super simple! I love dishes that are easy to make on a week night and dirty up a minimal amount of dishes lol.
Jane Davidson
I can't believe this is a ONE PAN MEAL! It looks so fancy! And delicious. I am with you, I love a good one pan meal. I can't wait to try this one out.
thesocialbeing721
Such a beautiful and healthy idea for dinner! I could see me cooking it up this summer when the weather's warm.
Kristina
Yummy! Looks quick and easy! Delicious too! I love the flavor of lemon and i love asparagus!!
Karen
I am always on the hunt for new chicken dishes! Sometimes chicken can be so boring! This looks fresh and perfect for this time of year!
Tanya @ Moms Small Victories
Yum and I can eat this even on my dairy, sugar and gluten free diet! Thanks for sharing something deliciously simple to try for dinner!
Terri Steffes
This looks really good. I love lemon and asparagus. And with chicken, it is a match made in heaven.
Cindy Ingalls
This dish brings together some of my favorite food combos. There is nothing like a little lemon alongside chicken, asparagus and potatoes.
Rhian Westbury
I absolutely love lemon chicken so this sounds amazing. I might need to give this a try next week x
Reesa Lewandowski
I love using lemon this time of the year. It's such a light way to add so much flavor to your dishes! This looks incredible for dinner!
Brittany
Oh wow this looks amazing! I love chicken recipes, but this just looks delicious! I'm officially making this over the weekend!
Jean
This looks really tasty and seems healthy too. Anything that saves time is a winner in my books! Looking forward to trying this recipe 🙂
Di Hickman
One pan cooking is the best, Saves on washing up, which is what I consider 'environmentally friendly' rather than lazy lol!
Brenda |WildHaireHiking.com
Oh, YES! This sounds so yummy! I love lemon in just about anything! I've been crazing lemon shrimp! Lemon seems so light and refreshing especially as it heats up down here in Texas!
Heather
This looks wonderful and I love it's made in one skillet. Adding to our family meal plan!
Carol Cassara
One pan meals make life easy for me and my husband. I have always loved the combination of lemon and chicken! This looks amazing!
Lydia
This looks SO delicious. I love lemon and chicken together, the perfect match!
Angie Rose
I am so obsessed with cooking delicious one pan meals! This looks like the perfect one to try. I love lemon chicken, and those potatoes look divine! Thanks for the recipe inspiration 🙂
Toughcookiemommy
This chicken and vegetable skillet recipe looks really good. I love that it contains such simple ingredients and is so easy to prepare.
Krystle Cook
I love skillet meals! This one sounds like it would be a hit with my whole family.
Yasmin Ali
This looks so good! I think lemon is a great addition to most dishes to give it a great tang to it! Thanks for sharing!