Best Lemon Asparagus Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can do 5 which is what is required for our family)
• 1/3 cup flour, seasoned with
• salt and pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, divided
• 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of asparagus soup
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 lb asparagus, washed and trimmed (a little more if needed)

Recipe

• 1 spray large casserole dish with cooking spray. (i use a lasagna pan but you can squeeze everything into a 9x13" casserole dish too. it works just fine). preheat oven to 300°f.
• 2 pound each chicken breast until fairly flat with meat mallet. they will be "large".
• 3 dredge 2 chicken breasts in the seasoned flour.
• 4 over medium high heat in large skillet, place half the butter and half the olive oil.
• 5 brown the two chicken breast on each side until golden brown. place in prepared casserole dish when done.
• 6 repeat process with remaining butter and olive oil, and remaining chicken breasts.
• 7 combine milk, soup, lemon juice and pepper, and pour over and around chicken breasts.
• 8 lay the asparagus spears around chicken, pressing down into soup mixture.
• 9 bake for 1 to 1 1/2 hours at 300°f the longer you bake, the more tender the chicken seems to get.
• 10 serve with rice.