I made this dish having no idea what “piccata” meant. So I decided to look it up, and here’s what wikipedia has to say, “Piccata is a method of preparing food: meat is sliced, coated, sauteed, and served in sauce.” Oh! Now you know a little bit about what you’re signing up for when you make something “piccata.” It’s not one of those meals that’s ridiculously easy and quick, but it’s still very do-able and not too difficult.
The sauce on this chicken is really good. My advice to you, though, is to taste test as you cook. I followed the recipe and then did a taste test and it was a bit too lemony for me so I added more white wine. Then it tasted perfect! It was also really good served over pasta because the noodles really absorbed the sauce.
Chicken Piccata
Source: The Devil’s Punchbowl
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
2 Chicken Breasts
½ Cup Flour
¼ Cup White Wine (or chicken broth OR both)
½ Lemon, Squeezed
1 TBSP Capers
3 TBSP Butter
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Directions:
Butterfly or pound your chicken breasts so they are flat.
Combine Flour, salt, and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour mixture.
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter with a splash of olive oil in a pan on medium heat and cook chicken until done.
Remove chicken from pan. Melt remaining butter, add lemon, white wine (or chicken broth or both) and a pinch of flour. Scraping the bottom and sides of the pan, stir until desired thickness.
Add capers and chicken, simmer for 5 minutes.
Looks Great 😉
Thank you! I really enjoyed your recipe!
So gorgeous looking 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks CCU!
Looks great; especially when adding white wine : )
I like chicken piccata, easy to cook and delicious. Thanks.
Thanks Dolores!
how do you get the recipe without printing all the pic
Click on the link that says “Printer Friendly Version” under the recipe title and it will open up a new page with a printable recipe.
Hi Lindsay! I LOVE Chicken Piccata and this is a great version. I am so glad you included the capers, because without them it is just Lemon Chicken. Great blog – love your recipes!
Thanks for the compliment Karen! Glad you like it!
Sounds very easy to make One of my favorite recipe combinations is lemon and capers, so I know I am going to love this Also nice to see a “new” recipe for chicken Will be trying it this weekend.
Thanks Susan! Hope you like it!
When you say “1/2 lemon, squeezed”, do you mean you throw in the lemon half? Or do you use the juice?
Sorry, I guess that is a bit confusing. It means you use the juice from half a lemon.
That’s kind of what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. 🙂 Thank you!
You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy it!