Chicken Piccata
Thin chicken escalopes dusted in flour, fried in butter and finished in a sharp pan sauce of lemon, white wine and capers — the Italian-American version of Milan's veal piccata.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 600 g skinless chicken breasts
- 50 g plain flour, for dusting
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 50 g butter
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 150 ml chicken stock
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 tbsp capers, rinsed
- 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 2220 kcal · P 234.8g · C 55.2g · F 105.3g
Estimated from 10 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Slice each breast in half horizontally, then pound the pieces between two sheets of cling film to an even 1 cm, so they cook through in minutes without drying out.
- 2Season the escalopes with salt and pepper, dust them in the flour and shake off the excess.
- 3Heat the oil and 15 g of the butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the chicken for 3 minutes per side, until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a warm plate.
- 4Lower the heat, add the garlic for 30 seconds, then pour in the wine and scrape up the browned bits as it bubbles for 1 minute.
- 5Add the stock, lemon juice and capers and boil for 3–4 minutes, until reduced by half.
- 6Take the pan off the heat and swirl in the remaining cold butter a piece at a time, until the sauce turns glossy and slightly thickened.
- 7Return the chicken and its juices to the pan, turn the pieces in the sauce, scatter with the parsley and serve at once.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken Piccata take to make?
About 25 minutes: 10 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken Piccata?
12 ingredients: skinless chicken breasts, plain flour, olive oil, butter, garlic clove, dry white wine, chicken stock, lemon, capers, flat-leaf parsley, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Chicken Piccata recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Piccata?
About 555 kcal, with 58.7 g protein, 13.8 g carbohydrate and 26.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Chicken Piccata?
Chicken Piccata comes from Italian cuisine.
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