Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken piccatta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Piccatta is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chicken Piccatta is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Chicken breast cutlets, dredged in flour, browned, served with sauce of butter, lemon juice, capers, and stock or wine. Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis. Creamy Chicken Piccata - Let's just start out by stating the obvious, everything is better with a little cream added right? recipes.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken piccatta using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Piccatta:
- Prepare 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Prepare The juice of 1 lemon
- Get 1 tablespoon-ish of capers
- Take 2-3 Tablespoons butter
- Prepare 1 hefty sprinkling of flour
- Take 1 heavy drizzle of plain olive oil (or an evoo and canola blend)-enough to coat the bottom of the pan you're using
- Make ready Salt, pepper, cayenne
Use boneless chicken breasts for chicken piccata. We all know that boneless chicken breasts can be a bit boring on their own, but that's not in the cards here. Chicken Piccata Recipe - How to Make Chicken Piccata - Chicken with Lemon Caper Sauce. The lemon-garlic, butter sauce will have you licking your plate!
Steps to make Chicken Piccatta:
- Lay the chicken breast (one at a time) in-between two layers of plastic. Pound to approximately 1/2-3/4 inches thick (just aim for thin). Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne, and lay the seasoned side down onto a plate you dusted with flour generously. Season the other side and dust again with flour. Using your hands, toss the chicken in the flour until it is completely coated. Set aside.
- In a heavy pan, bring plain olive oil (or an evoo/canola blend) up to temperature over medium/medium-high heat (the oil will appear to shimmer in the pan). Carefully lay the chicken breasts away from you. Cook for approximately 4-6 minutes per side (depends on how thick you left them).
- Test the chicken for a close proximity to done-ness. (poke the thickest part of the breast with your finger, if it is more springy than squishy, you're pretty good (or you can shove a thermometer into the thickest part and test for about 160) Remove from the pan, and set on a sheetpan in a warm oven to keep them warm.
- Dab out any excess oil (its cool to leave a bit), turn your heat to medium-low and throw your capers in. Smash about half of them with your spoon and lightly sautee for about a minute or two. Dump in the lemon juice (add a splash of white wine if you're feeling extra) and deglaze and scrape the bottom of the pan.
- Toss in the butter, and melt. Taste for seasoning. Return the chicken breasts (as well as any accumulated juices) to the sauce. Toss the chicken in the sauce until heated back through. Serve on a nest of lightly seasoned angel hair pasta or some rice.
Made it exactly as stated and it was fantastic! It was easy and unlike some other chicken piccata recipes, the sauce was very lemon-y and delicious! Chicken piccata is a recipe that I frequently see on restaurant menus. The chicken breast in this lemon chicken piccata recipe is super tender, and the buttery goodness melts in your mouth. Chicken piccata with lemon sauce is exquisite and easy to prepare.
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