Tender, Buttery Melt in your mouth Easy Chicken Piccata! A few simple ingredients, 35 minutes, to make this delicious restaurant quality meal at home!
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If you haven’t made Chicken Piccata before you have to try it. Every time I make Chicken Piccata I always ask myself why I don’t make it more often?
So, what is chicken piccata, anyway?
Chicken piccata is a recipe that I frequently see on restaurant menus. Simple, elegant and so delicious traditional Italian American dish, but it’s one of those things that I hardly ever order, though, because it’s so easy to make at home.
Easy Chicken Piccata Ingredients:
To make this easy one skillet chicken piccata recipe, you will need:
– boneless, skinless chicken breasts ( cut into cutlets and pound thin about 1/4 inch-thickness )
– seasoning salt, freshly cracked pepper, to taste
– butter and oil
– dry white wine (or chicken stock for non alcoholic option)
– parmesan cheese (or sharp Cheddar, or Asiago) and flour
– fresh lemon juice
– brined capers
– fresh parsley, to taste
How to make Easy Chicken Piccata
Prepare the chicken.
You make those thin cutlets by cutting a chicken breast in half, horizontally. Then pounding each half thin using a meat mallet, flatten the breasts out to about 1/4 inch-thickness.
Seasoning
Chicken breast is a blank canvas and tastes great with fresh herbs and seasonings as well.
Pan-fry the chicken
Moisten chicken breasts with water and dredge them thoroughly in the flour mixture, until well coated. Pan-fry the chicken pieces until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side. Work in batches, do not crowd skillet, add oil if needed. Remove the chicken from skillet and set aside.
Just be sure not to overcook the chicken – it really doesn’t need a lot of time at all since we’re slicing it nice and thin.
Lemon Sauce
Chicken piccata sauce is simply a combination of butter, oil, white wine/chicken stock, fresh lemon juice, and capers. This yummy sauce coats the pan-fried chicken and it’s beyond delicious.
The best part of this dish is that there’s minimal preparation and it doesn’t take long to cook so it’s perfect for injecting some variety into your busy weeknight dinners.
Easy Chicken Piccata
Ingredients
- 2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breast (1 1/2 pound total) cut into cutlets
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese grated
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp butter divided
- 1/2 cup dry white wine or chicken stock
- 2-3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup brined capers drained and rinsed
- Fresh parsley chopped
- Fresh lemon slices for decoration
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine flour, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese. Moisten chicken breasts with water and dredge them thoroughly in the flour mixture, until well coated. Shake off the excess.
- Heat the oil and 2 Tbsp of butter in a large skillet. Pan-fry the chicken pieces until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.
- Work in batches, do not crowd skillet, add oil if needed. Remove the chicken from skillet and set aside. Drain most of the oil from the skillet, leaving a thin coating on the surface of the pan.
- Add the white wine or chicken stock, lemon juice, and capers to the pan. Use a spatula to dissolve (or “deglaze”) the brown bits from the bottom of the skillet. Let cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce reduce by half.
- Whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, until the butter is melted and incorporated. Add the parsley, remove from heat and set aside.
- Arrange the chicken over pasta or mashed potatoes on serving plates and drizzle the sauce over each portion. Garnish with fresh lemon slice and more fresh parsley, if desired.
Thank you Dan……… This was delicious