Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken piccata. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Piccata describes meat, usually veal or chicken, that is sliced, dredged in flour, browned, then served in a sauce containing lemon juice, butter, and capers. Piccata is an Italian word spelled sometimes as picatta or pichotta. The culinary use of the Italian term means "to be pounded flat". Chicken piccata is nothing more than chicken breast cutlets, dredged in flour, browned, and served with a sauce of butter, lemon juice, capers, and either stock or white wine.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken piccata using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Piccata:
- Prepare 2 lbs chicken scaloppini (or split boneless breasts pounded flat)
- Make ready 3 tbsp flour, divided
- Take 3 tbsp + 1 tsp olive oil, divived
- Take 4 garlic cloves, minced
- Take 1 cup chicken broth
- Make ready 4 tbsp lemon juice
- Prepare 1 tbsp lemon zest
- Prepare 2 tsp white wine vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp capers, drained
- Take 2 tbsp butter
- Get Baby arugula
- Prepare Whole wheat angel hair or thin spaghetti (I use super greens)
- Prepare 1 tsp each salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp soy sauce
For dinner this week, make Giada De Laurentiis' famous Chicken Piccata recipe, a comforting Italian classic made with lemon, butter and capers. Italian Chicken Piccata - thin chicken breasts are cooked to golden and then drizzled with a light lemon garlic sauce. Chicken piccata is a classic Italian dish, and it's pronounced peek-kah-tah. Chicken Piccata is an Italian chicken dish served in a lemon, wine, butter sauce with capers and parsley.
Instructions to make Chicken Piccata:
- Prepare pasta per directions.
- Combine 2 tbsp flour with salt and pepper in a sealable bag or bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in large non stick skillet over medium high heat. Cook the cutlets until opaque, 2-3 minutes on each side. Reserve drippings in skillet, and transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm (I do two batches).
- Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining tbsp oil and the garlic to the skillet. Cook about one minute. Whisk together the broth, lemon juice, and remaining tbsp flour, add to pan. Simmer sauce, stirring often until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Stir in vinegar and capers. Remove from heat and swirl in the butter until consistent.
- Heat tsp olive oil and tsp soy sauce in a medium non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add arugula, and toss until slightly wilted, 1-2 minutes.
- To serve, layer pasta and arugula on plate (I add a splash of lemon juice here), then place chicken on the arugula. Top with sauce, and sprinkle with lemon zest.
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