Big news this week- the hubbster got a promotion!!! We were so stoked, we decided to skip the leftovers I had planned for Friday night, and instead, went out to supper at TGI Fridays (on a gift card from Christmas- you KNOW we ain’t payin full price for restaurant food. Jeez.) It was awesome. I had my fav, the bruschetta pasta dish (awesome!), and Mike had the chicken piccata. We were inspired by both dishes, but it just so happened I had artichoke hearts in the cupboard, so that’s what we made this week. It. Was. Delicious. The recipe is adapted from The Food Network.

Artichoke & Lemon Chicken

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

salt and ground black pepper

1/3 cup all purpose flour

½ tsp finely grated lemon zest

½ tsp paprika

½ tsp garlic powder

1 tbsp olive oil

¼ cup fresh lemon juice

½ cup white wine

½ cup chicken broth

1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, quartered

White rice

Directions:

Place chicken in zip-loc bags and pound with a meat mallet until ¼ inch thick. Remove chicken from bag and season with salt and pepper. In a shallow dish combine flour, lemon zest, paprika, and garlic powder. Add chicken to coat. Shake off extra flour. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute 2 minutes per side, until golden brown and cooked through. Add lemon juice, wine, and chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Simmer 5 minutes until sauce thickens. Add artichoke hearts and simmer to heat through. Cook rice in a rice cooker. Put chicken, sauce, and artichoke hearts over the rice. Eat.

Do you have any recipes inspired by yummy dishes you tried at a restaurant? We’d like to hear them! Leave them in the comments- seriously, we’re hungry.

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