This recipe for Chicken Piccata comes from Everyday Italian and is truly so fabulous I could probably eat it everyday!
Crunchy, tender chicken drizzled with a lemony butter sauce and served over angel hair pasta...
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Ingredients
* 2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, butterflied and then cut in half
* Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
* All-purpose flour, for dredging
* 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
* 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
* 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
* 1/2 cup chicken stock
* 1/4 cup brined capers, rinsed
* 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped
Directions
Okay, the first thing you want to do is butterfly your chicken - which is a nice way of saying you'll be spreading it out flat (butterfly like) and then pounding the heck out of it with a rolling pin until it's nice and skinny.
Next, season the chicken with salt and pepper and then dredge the chicken in flour and shake off excess.
In a large skillet over medium high heat, melt 2 tablespoons of butter with 3 tablespoons olive oil. When butter and oil start to sizzle, add 2 pieces of chicken and cook for 3 minutes.
When chicken is browned, flip and cook other side for 3 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and add chicken to the plate.
Into the pan add the lemon juice, stock and capers. Return to stove and bring to boil, scraping up brown bits from the pan for extra flavor. Check for seasoning. Return all the chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove chicken to platter. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter to sauce and whisk vigorously. Pour sauce over chicken and garnish with parsley.
**Optional** I changed the recipe a little by adding another 1/2 cup chicken stock to the sauce and after whisking, I saved some sauce to drizzle on the chicken and tossed al dente angel hair pasta into the rest with about 1/4 cup grated parmesan.
I plated the dish by placing the chicken on top of the pasta with a side of fresh peas. The remaining sauce was drizzled over everything.
In all honesty this one, like all the others I've tried so far gets four out of four stars!
Chicken Piccata - everyday magic that will make your life that much tastier.
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This recipe is linked to: Brenda's Canadian Kitchen: Cookbok Sundays
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