Easy Blackened Chicken Recipe

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Savor the taste of spicy Blackened Chicken Breasts served with a cool, fresh Black Bean Salad.

– Chicken breasts – Chili powder – Salt – Black pepper – Sweet paprika

Combine the chili powder, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne in a small bowl.

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Trim fat off the chicken breasts and beat using a meat mallet to make them all an even thickness. Aim for around ½" thickness.

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Melt the butter and coat the chicken breasts with the butter and then rub the spices on the chicken.

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Add the avocado oil (or vegetable oil) to a cast-iron skillet and heat over medium-heat heat.

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Once the skillet starts to smoke, lay the chicken breasts in the pan.

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