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    Chicken Piccata

    February 5, 2023 By Aarthi Leave a Comment

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    Chicken piccata Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Pan fried chicken breast cooked with a lemon butter sauce dotted with capers and lemon slices which is a popular Italian dish easy to make at home. Piccata is served with lemon butter pasta or Aglio e Olio. 

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    1. About Chicken Piccata Recipe
    2. Video for Chicken Piccata
    3. 📖 Recipe
    4. Chicken Piccata Recipe Step by Step Pictures
    5. Tips & Tricks
    6. Frequently Asked Questions

    Chicken Piccata Recipe

    Chicken piccata is my favourite dish to order in ant fancy restaurants. I love the tender juicy chicken with the creamy lemon sauce. It is so refreshing to have along side with some spaghetti aglio e olio.

    About Chicken Piccata Recipe

    Piccata usually made using chicken or veal dredged in seasoned flour and pan fried in butter till cooked. The sauce is made in the same pan in which chicken is cooked using butter, lemon, capers, shallots and parsley. Butter is essential in making piccata sauce for the rich taste. 

    Piccata is a popular Italian Dish which is well known all over the world. Chicken is butterflied or sliced and flattened till it same width between between two pieces of plastic wrap. It is seasoned and dredged in flour before being browned in olive oil. The sauce is made using Lemon juice and white wine or chicken stock are added which is reduced. Flavourings like shallots, capers, garlic and lemon slices are added in the sauce. Generous amount of cold butter is added into the sauce to finish the sauce. 

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    Ingredients for Chicken Piccata

    • Boneless Chicken Breast 
    • All Purpose flour
    • Salt & Black Pepper
    • Olive Oil
    • Shallots
    • Capers
    • Chicken stock
    • White Wine
    • Butter (cold)
    • Lemons
    • Parsley

    Video for Chicken Piccata

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    Check out my other interesting chicken recipes like chicken crostini, Tahini chicken wrap.

    How to Make Chicken Piccata Recipe

    Butterfly Chicken Breast

    Take boneless chicken breast in a cutting board. You will be needing boneless skinless chicken breast. Butterfly the chicken breast (use a knife to open up the chicken breast like a book). Use a meat mallet the bash the chicken gently so it is even and flattened.

    Seasoned Flour

    Now make the seasoned flour. Take flour in a bowl, season with salt and pepper. Mix well and set aside. You can add any dried herbs like thyme, parsley into the flour if needed. Coat the chicken with seasoned flour on both sides. Set aside. 

    Frying Chicken

    In a shallow Dutch oven, heat 3 tbsp olive oil. Place the chicken in the hot oil and pan fry on both sides for 2 mins. Remove to a clean plate and set aside.

    Piccata Sauce

    Now for making the sauce. I like to clean the pan using a paper towel to remove the burnt flour particles. Add 1 tbsp extra olive oil and let it warm through. Add in chopped shallots and capers and saute for 1 min. Pour in chicken stock and use a spatula to scrape the burnt bits from the bottom. Let the chicken stock boil and reduce until it is half way reduced. Now add in lemon juice and mix well. 

    Finishing Piccata Sauce

    Place the chicken back into the sauce and coat on both sides. Now remove the chicken onto a clean serving dish. Now to the sauce add in the butter. Make sure the butter is cold. Add little at a time and mix well so the sauce gets emulsified and turns creamy. Add in black pepper and parsley and mix well.

    Serving

    Spoon the sauce over the chicken and top with slices of lemon. Serve immediately.

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    Easy Chicken Piccata

    Chicken piccata Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Pan fried chicken breast cooked with a lemon butter sauce dotted with capers and lemon slices which is a popular Italian dish easy to make at home. Piccata is served with lemon butter pasta or Aglio e Olio. 
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 20 minutes mins
    Course Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine Italian
    Servings 2 servings
    Calories 1046 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 Boneless Chicken Breast
    • ½ cup All Purpose flour
    • ½ tsp Salt
    • ½ tsp Black pepper
    • 3 tbsp Olive Oil

    For Sauce

    • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
    • 5 Shallots chopped finely
    • 3 tbsp Capers
    • 2 cups Chicken Stock
    • 75 grams Butter cold
    • 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
    • 3 tbsp Parsley chopped finely
    • ½ tsp Salt
    • ½ tsp Black pepper
    • 1 Lemon sliced

    Instructions
     

    • Take boneless chicken breast in a cutting board. You will be needing boneless skinless chicken breast. Butterfly the chicken breast (use a knife to open up the chicken breast like a book). Use a meat mallet the bash the chicken gently so it is even and flattened.
    • Now make the seasoned flour. Take flour in a bowl, season with salt and pepper. Mix well and set aside. You can add any dried herbs like thyme, parsley into the flour if needed.
    • Coat the chicken with seasoned flour on both sides. Set aside.
    • In a shallow Dutch oven, heat 3 tbsp olive oil. Place the chicken in the hot oil and pan fry on both sides for 2 mins. Remove to a clean plate and set aside.
    • Now for making the sauce. I like to clean the pan using a paper towel to remove the burnt flour particles. Add 1 tbsp extra olive oil and let it warm through. Add in chopped shallots and capers and saute for 1 min.
    • Add in chicken stock and use a spatula to scrape the burnt bits from the bottom. Let the chicken stock boil and reduce until it is half way reduced. Now add in lemon juice and mix well.
    • Place the chicken back into the sauce and coat on both sides. Now remove the chicken onto a clean serving dish.
    • Now to the sauce add in the butter. Make sure the butter is cold. Add little at a time and mix well so the sauce gets emulsified and turns creamy. Add in black pepper and parsley and mix well.
    • Spoon the sauce over the chicken and top with slices of lemon. Serve immediately.

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    Notes

    • You can use ½ cup of white wine in this dish for more authentic taste.
    • Sliced lemons can be added directly into the sauce during the final minute of cooking. But I like it as garnish.
    • Make sure you cook the chicken breast just right else the chicken may get rubbery.
    • Taste and adjust the lemon juice.
    • Make sure your butter is cold and cut into small pieces when you add in piccata.
    • Some people prefer to add cream in their sauce. If you want you can a splash of cream which I think is not necessary.
    Nutrition Facts
    Easy Chicken Piccata
    Amount Per Serving (1 servings)
    Calories 1046 Calories from Fat 612
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 68g105%
    Saturated Fat 25g156%
    Trans Fat 1g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 6g
    Monounsaturated Fat 32g
    Cholesterol 232mg77%
    Sodium 2355mg102%
    Potassium 1481mg42%
    Carbohydrates 51g17%
    Fiber 5g21%
    Sugar 11g12%
    Protein 60g120%
    Vitamin A 1555IU31%
    Vitamin C 51mg62%
    Calcium 89mg9%
    Iron 5mg28%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Chicken Piccata Recipe Step by Step Pictures

    1)Take boneless chicken breast in a cutting board. You will be needing boneless skinless chicken breast. Butterfly the chicken breast (use a knife to open up the chicken breast like a book).

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    2)Use a meat mallet the bash the chicken gently so it is even and flattened.

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    3)Now make the seasoned flour. Take flour in a bowl.

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    4)season with salt and pepper. Mix well and set aside.

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    5)Mix well.

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    6)Coat the chicken with seasoned flour on both sides.

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    7)Set this aside.

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    8)In a shallow Dutch oven, heat 3 tbsp olive oil. Place the chicken in the hot oil.

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    9) pan fry on both sides for 2 mins. Remove to a clean plate and set aside.

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    10)Now for making the sauce. I like to clean the pan using a paper towel to remove the burnt flour particles. Add 1 tbsp extra olive oil and let it warm through.

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    11)Add in chopped shallots.

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    12)Add in capers.

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    13)saute for 1 min.

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    14)Add in chicken stock and use a spatula to scrape the burnt bits from the bottom. Let the stock reduce.

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    15)Add lemon juice.

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    16)Place the chicken back into the sauce and coat on both sides.

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    17)Now remove the chicken onto a clean serving dish. Now to the sauce add in the butter. Make sure the butter is cold. Add little at a time and mix well so the sauce gets emulsified and turns creamy.

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    18)Now the sauce is emulsified and creamy.

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    19)Add in black pepper and parsley and mix well.

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    20)Sauce done.

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    21)Take chicken on serving dish.

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    22)Spoon the sauce over the chicken and top with slices of lemon.

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    23)Serve immediately.

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    Tips & Tricks

    • You can use ½ cup of white wine in this dish for more authentic taste. 
    • Sliced lemons can be added directly into the sauce during the final minute of cooking. But I like it as garnish.
    • Make sure you cook the chicken breast just right else the chicken may get rubbery. 
    • Taste and adjust the lemon juice. 
    • Make sure your butter is cold and cut into small pieces when you add in piccata. 
    • Some people prefer to add cream in their sauce. If you want you can a splash of cream which I think is not necessary.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is chicken piccata sauce made of?

    Chicken piccata is pan fried chicken breast in a lemon caper sauce. The sauce is made with lemon, butter, shallots, capers and parsley.

    What does chicken piccata taste like?

    Chicken piccata taste very unique and delicious. It taste fresh almost like simmer. Delicate chicken is cooked in a lemon butter sauce which taste so good.

    What do you eat chicken piccata with?

    Chicken piccata can be served with any mild pasta dish like spaghetti aglio e olio and garlic butter pasta.

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