“Marry Me Chicken” first went viral back in 2016.
But now that the wedding is over, what’s next?
Enter Leslie Stern’s “Stay Married Chicken,” a twist on her family’s chicken limone recipe.
Stern posts recipes and cooking content on her social media pages — and gave the dish its tongue-in-cheek moniker due to the reliability and simplicity of the recipe.
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“‘Marry Me Chicken’ is something a little bit more indulgent,” Stern told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview from her home in Illinois. “It uses heavy cream. It uses chicken broth. It uses Parmesan. Sun-dried tomatoes. Really great things.” (See the video at the top of this article.)
Stern used to frequently make “Marry Me Chicken” for her family, but “it’s something that’s a little bit heavier.”
Leslie Stern (inset, with her husband) is the creator of the viral “Stay Married Chicken” dish. The “simple” recipe has ingredients that most people already have in their kitchens, she said. (Leslie Stern)
Looking to lighten things up, Stern thought of her family’s chicken limone recipe, which she said she ate every Friday night as a child. When she re-created and posted it on her social media platforms, she gave it a new name: “Stay Married Chicken.”
“This is something you cook and you just keep coming back to,” she said.
“My parents have made it. And so I’ve been making that for my husband, now for my friends, my family,” Stern said. “If you’ve been to my house, you’ve definitely had this.”
The “simple” recipe has ingredients that most people already have in their kitchens, Stern told Fox News Digital.
“If you’ve been to my house, you’ve definitely had this.”
To make the chicken, Stern begins by coating her chicken breasts in half-and-half, due to an egg allergy in her house.
Afterward, she dredges the chicken breasts in breadcrumbs and sears them in a skillet.
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While the majority of the ingredients are pantry staples, two things must be fresh: basil and lemon juice, she said.
“Fresh lemon juice is the key,” she said. “Fresh basil is also the key. Good, fresh basil and then good olive oil.”
These ingredients, she said, create a “magic” sauce for the chicken.
“They’re actually going on 39 years of marriage this March.”