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Chicken Piccata is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chicken Piccata is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
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 begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken piccata using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Piccata:
- Prepare 2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, butterflied and then cut in half
- Prepare 1 Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Get 1 All-purpose flour, for dredging
- Prepare 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- Make ready 5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- Take 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- Make ready 1/2 cup chicken stock
- Prepare 1/4 cup brined capers, rinsed
- Make ready 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped
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Steps to make Chicken Piccata:
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge 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 and transfer to plate. Melt 2 more tablespoons butter and add another 2 tablespoons olive oil. When butter and oil start to sizzle, add the other 2 pieces of chicken and brown both sides in same manner. 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.
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