Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2012

The chicken was good, the butter/cheese combo was bad.

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2012

Very good. Yes, the cheese wasn't exactly smooth but it tasted great. Next time I will reduce the butter to 3/4 the recommended.

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hike4diamonds

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2010

So tasty! I love the tangy saltiness of the dish. I used three chicken breasts cut in half and pounded flat, and kept the other measurements the same. I also added a clove of garlic and a shake of kosher salt. Like other reviewers, my sauce didn't get creamy or thicken much, but I used canned Parmesan instead of fresh, and it doesn't melt the same way so I wasn't surprised. It still tasted great!

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bakerina

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Marietta, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 1, 2010

Very tasty stuff. I've never had Chicken Francese, and from what I can tell by reading about it, I guess this recipe isn't very authentic. But for what it is, I enjoyed it a lot (but split over two dinner meals). I made it exactly as written, using the high-end time of 7 minutes for browning the chicken. I agree with the number of reviewers who said that the parmesan in butter and lemon juice never came together as a "sauce". (I thought parmesan is supposed to be one of those not-very-meltable cheeses, anyway.) It turned out to be browned, crunchy parmesan in lemon butter. Mind you, I'm one of those who likes browned crunchy things, so between the nicely-done chicken, covered with the "sauce", such simple ingredients tasted great to me. This would be worth making again, especially if I don't have much time to make a meal. Thanks!

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SPOOTY

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2008

This was an excellent recipe. It was difficult to make the sauce, however, by lowering the heat a good two to three minutes before adding the cheese helped. I used real butter and canned parmesean. Also, the amount used made enough sauce for 5 medium sized pieces of chicken and fed my entire family. I made this recipe again for some guest and added a small amount of white wine. I d onot measure when I cook but I would estimate I used about 1/8 of a cup. My dinner guests loved it!

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1luvnmom

Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2007

I don't think that adding Parmesan cheese to butter qualifies as a sauce. Overall flavor was ok.

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Buffy S.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2007

I took the advice of another reviewer and doubled the lemon juice (I used the juice of a real lemon...does it matter whether you use that or the bottle??). It was WAAAAAAAAAY too lemony for my taste. And even with the extra lemon juice, the parmesan still remained almost completely seperate from the butter and lemon juice. I may possibly try this again, but with much less lemon juice and something besides parmesan cheese (or at least much much less of it!). I do like the lemon flavor, but not THAT much. I made this with noodles alfredo (This site) and the 2 recipes share too many of the same ingredients. I kept the chicken and it's sauce seperate from the noodles and their sauce except to sample them together and the verdict is 'no good'. Although I ate most of it, I didn't feel so well a 1/2 hr later. I felt like the cream sauce was curdling in my stomach. Definitely was not thinking when I paired these two things. I would suggest fresh steamed broccoli with the chicken and plain egg noodles or rice with some seasoning, and be cautious with the lemon!

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fuzzball420

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Plymouth, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2007

This is my and my husband's FAVORITE recipe! I make just a few changes.. I use the same amount of butter (1/2 cup), but for 2 servings. I double the amount of lemon juice (1/2 cup) and use just under 1/2 cup of fresh grated parmesan cheese. I always make it with smaller chicken tenderloins, which cook so fast, and serve the chicken over noodles with alfredo sauce. The sauce is so delicious, I pour any extra over the chicken and noodles. The blend of lemon juice, parmesan cheese, and butter is just DIVINE! The reason people may have had problems with the parmesan cheese clumping is maybe because they don't have enough lemon juice... I have never had that problem.

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Sarah G.

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2007

delicious! WARNING! Those of you on diets: STAY AWAY! This takes a whole stick of butter to serve 2 people. We scraped up every bit! I made it w/ thin sliced chicken and dumped a pot of egg noodles in it once it was done. wonderful!

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LINDAMDOW

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2006

Flavor was good. After reading reviews I used less butter and some white wine, and cooled the sauce before adding the cheese. It still seperated though, if you stirred and spooned it was OK, but had to warm and stir together again for a second helping.

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