Chicken Tenders in Garlic Butter

With a few simple ingredients, you can have an amazing dinner ready to serve your family and or friends in a very short time. Tender, juicy chicken tenders, spices, garlic,and butter.  What could be better than that?!

Ingredients

1 lb. chicken tenders or chicken breast cut into tenders
1 tsp. paprika or smoked paprika
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbs. olive oil or cooking oi
4 Tbs. butter, divided
3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbs. water or white wine

Directions

Season chicken tenders with smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.

Heat olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter in a cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Place the chicken tenders in the skillet and fry them on one side for about 3 minutes. Turn the chicken over and cook on the other side for another 3 minutes.

Reduce the heat to low. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter with garlic and parsley. Spoon the butter garlic mixture over the chicken and cook for 1 minute or until the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken is 165°.   Remove chicken tenders and place on a serving platter.   Deglaze the pan with water or wine because this is where all the flavor is. Make sure you scrape the bottom of the pan to get all the tasty bits.  Pour over chicken and serve.