Chicken Scampi with Eggplant. Boneless chicken breasts cuts into bite sized pieces and sautéed in a scampi style sauce with eggplant.
This was a fun recipe to make. Of course it is not a traditional scampi recipe, but it is delicious none-the-less. I decided to use the same ingredients of a shrimp scampi and substitute boneless chicken breasts instead.
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How to Make Chicken Scampi with Eggplant
Preparing the Chicken
- In a large skillet add the butter and melt on medium heat. Next, add the garlic and sauté until golden, about 1-2 minutes.
- Next, add the chicken and sauté for 4 minutes, mixing occasionally.
Bringing Everything Together
- Continuing on high heat, add the eggplant, salt, and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes, mixing occasionally.
- Finally, add the lemon juice and sauté for 2-4 minutes, until the eggplant is tender, ensuring to mix occasionally.
How to Serve Chicken Scampi with Eggplant
- Serve the chicken scampi with eggplant with a side of roasted potatoes, brown rice, or with your favorite pasta.
Invent Your Recipe
Lemon, butter, and garlic creates such a wonderful sauce. This scampi style sauce works great in this recipe on the chicken bites. Of course, this recipe was inspired by a more traditional shrimp scampi sauce.
With that said, this sauce will work well with shrimp, scallops, and calamari. I have also used this sauce on boneless pork bites, so I can definitely recommend giving that a try.
If the eggplant is your favorite part of this recipe, or you are just curious for more healthy vegetable recipes, check out this list of simple eggplant recipes for dinner time.
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The Recipe
Chicken Scampi with Eggplant
Ingredients
- 2 boneless chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 medium eggplant cut into thick strips
- 1 stick of butter
- 4 gloves of garlic diced
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
- Juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
Preparing the Chicken
- In a large skillet add the butter and melt on medium heat. Next, add the garlic and sauté until golden, about 1-2 minutes.
- Next, add the chicken and sauté for 4 minutes, mixing occasionally.
Bringing Everything Together
- Continuing on high heat, add the eggplant, salt, and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes, mixing occasionally.
- Finally, add the lemon juice and sauté for 2-4 minutes, until the eggplant is tender, ensuring to mix occasionally.
To Serve
- Serve the chicken scampi with eggplant with a side of roasted potatoes, brown rice, or with your favorite pasta.
Invent Your Recipe
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