I have had this love affair with chives this summer. There’s something about the pretty chive flowers (that usually bloom May- June) that just get me every time. It’s also one of those perfect herbs that goes well with literally everything. That led me to finding creating a few recipes this year with chives and chive blossoms and this Sour Cream & Chive Chicken is the first one I’ve shared.
Using Chives and their blossoms
I want to first start by saying you don’t need the chive blossoms for this recipe. However, if you have them, go ahead and add them onto the top as a pretty garnish. They actually have the same exact flavor as chives themselves and can be eating on this Sour Cream & Chive Chicken, salads, as a vinegar, on eggs and in so many more recipes! However, if you do decide to use the blossoms, just make sure to use the new blossoms. You can see the color difference between the bloom on the chicken and the older blossoms I have in the jar.
However, because you don’t need chive blossoms for this, you can actually eat this all year round. I’d be sad if I could only make this Sour Cream & Chive Chicken in spring.
Making delicious, low carb chicken
Simple chicken dishes are my jam…maybe second only to some beautiful pasta. But often times, chicken is a weekly staple in our house and to keep it interesting I love to jazz it up in fun, delicious ways with different sauces. This Sour Cream & Chive Chicken is so good that even my kids will eat it, (And they might be the pickiest children alive.) and it’s also low-carb. It is a great option for people who are trying to make and eat low carb meals, or even those eating a Keto Diet. This recipe fits right in!
The sauce for the Creamy Sour Cream & Chive Chicken is made from a simple mixture of sour cream, chicken broth, chives and a few spices. It’s an easy, creamy sauce that would honestly also work well with pork chops, fish or even vegetables.
Lastly, I love fast and delicious recipes. This is one of those recipes you can cook in less than 20 minutes! It’s perfect for weeknights or even nights when you don’t really feel like cooking. It goes by so fast that it doesn’t take a lot of effort.
Cooking the chicken
You can honestly cook the chicken any way you like in this recipe. We grilled it on our Traeger grill, which tends to cook it perfectly but doesn’t often leave the telltale grill marks that most people have come to know.
Because most of the seasoning in this recipe comes from the Sour Cream & Chive Sauce, you want to lightly season the chicken. I used just a light olive oil, salt and pepper. Generally, that my go-to combination when making a sauce for chicken because most of my flavor is in there.
You can also bake Sour Cream & Chive Chicken too. You can brown it on the outside in a cast iron pan first and then bake it at 350 for about 20 minutes.
Making the Sour Cream & Chive Chicken Sauce
To make the sauce for the Sour Cream & Chive Chicken you will need to warm the chicken broth slightly. You don’t want it to boil or even really simmer because there’s a chance it could curdle the sour cream if it’s too hot. If the chicken broth is too warm, let it cool some before mixing it in with the sour cream.
When you mix them together, use a whisk and whisk it in little by little. As you pour it in whisk vigorously and continuously. It’s a bit like making my Chocolate Mousse where you want the egg to warm but you don’t want to actually cook the eggs.
What to make with Sour Cream & Chive Chicken
Once you get everything together you will have a delicious sauce that goes well with your chicken and so many other protiens too! Serve it over rice, some egg noodles or with some simple broccoli to keep the dish low-carb!
If you’re looking for some other delicious low-carb meals you should try these:
Bacon & Mushroom Smothered Chicken
Chopped Thai Chicken Salad with creamy peanut dressing
Grilled Sweet Potato Steaks with Chimichurri and Tajin Crema
Baked Butter Garlic Shrimp Scampi
Italian Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
Thank you so much for visiting today, friends! You can find the full recipe for the Sour Cream & Chive Chicken below. I hope that you will come visit us again here at Sugar Maple Farmhouse.
Creamy Sour Cream & Chive Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 package of medium sized chicken breasts If your chicken breasts are too thick, use a meat tenderizer to flatten them a bit.
- 1.5 cups sour cream
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup chives
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- Additional salt and pepper to taste
- Additional chives or chive flowers for finishing.
Instructions
- If you're going to grill the chicken, turn the grill to medium heat and let it warm.
- In a bowl, mix together sour cream, lemon juice and seasonings.
- In a pan on the stove, heat chicken broth to warm. This is especially important if you're using chicken broth that has been in the refrigerator. Be careful not to let it boil or even simmer. Cook on low heat for about 3-4 min.
- Add the chicken to the grill and cook for about 3-4 minutes on each side with the grill closed. Make sure the internal temperature is at 165 degree before removing it. Times will truly vary based on the thickness of the chicken breast.
- Slowly begin whisking the chicken broth into the sour cream mix. pour in a little at a time and continuously and vigorously mix it until everything is well combined.
- Plate the chicken immediately when done and add the chive souce to the top. Add on additional chives, salt and pepper and chive flowers as desired.
I love easy meals like this. I will keep this recipe in mind and make it for dinner one night for sure. Yummy!
I never knew that chive blossoms are edible. My chives in my garden have blossoms so I can make this recipe.
This sounds and looks so delicious. I can’t wait to make this one!
I love that the dish can be ready in less than 30-minutes. This will be on our weekday rotations for sure.
This chicken sounds so amazing. I haven’t tried chicken like this before. I can’t wait to see how it is going to taste.
Wow, this looks amazing! Those flavors sound so good and it’s healthy to boot!
I love the flavor combination of this dish, and how easy it looks to make. Looking forward to try this.
I get lazy all the time, this would be a favorite of mine, surely.
I will love this dish, I love sour cream flavor in almost everything.
We are always looking for more lower carb, easy dinner ideas. Adding chives are a great idea for more flavor. Looking forward to making this for my family
This sounds tasty. We haven’t had sour cream and chive chicken but have had that flavour crisps.
This is a delicious and light chicken dinner. The cream sauce on the top adds so much flavor to the chicken.
The idea of adding Chive blossoms as garnishing sounds really appealing, must add flavour and aroma to the dish.
Mmmmm…. how good this chicken looks! I love the idea of this sour cream sauce!
As a floral designer I love that you also used to tops and blossoms in this recipe to dress it up! Great idea to make it pretty!
This sounds so yummy! I definitely need to try it
I love this recipe, so yummy looking & am craving. saved this for my weekend cooking fun 😀 cheers, siennylovesdrawing.wordpress.com
I love chicken. This would be great for me! Will try it tonight.
This looks and sounds so delicious. Definitely gonna save this recipe.
This summer, I am all out quick and tasty dishes
I love trying different low-carb chicken recipes like these.
That looks delicious I’m actually saving this post on my favorites. I’m e cited to try this recipe for our dinner tomorrow.
This looks like a delicious dinner recipe.
My kids might give yours a run for their money for the title of pickiest children alive! Glad to have found a picky eater-approved recipe that I can feel good about feeding my family!
My wife would love this recipe. I think I’ll make her this and then surprise her one of these days.
You can never go wrong with sour cream. This recipe is worth a try! I think the sauce will work with fish too.
I’m always on the lookout for new chicken recipes to try because my son is a huge fan of chicken. Going to save your recipe!
This really looks so delicious! I would love to try making this and I hope it will turn out just right and like this. Thank you for the recipe!
This chicken looks so delicious! I’ve never thought about cooking with sour cream, but now I cannot wait to try it!
Yum, what a delicious combination. We grow our own chives and this would be an awesome way to use them up.
This recipe looks delicious. I’m adding it to my meal plan.
These are not only delicious but also perfect easy meal. Love this creamy sour cream chicken .
Incredible, so many replies by people who said it looks good, am going to make this one, and will be put in my rotation, etc., but never making the dish. Well, I made it and it was delicious. The sauce is what really shines here and I thank Rachel Quenzer for sharing it. I had a container of sour cream with a diminishing date and was lucky to find this gem. I used sous vide chicken breasts cooked at 150 degrees for two hours, followed by a quick browning in burnt butter. Chicken was then plated and layered with asparagus and topped with a copious amount of this sauce and of course, the chive blossoms. Talk about presentation! Wow!