Chicken Piccata (Lemon Chicken with Capers)
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amount |
preparation |
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| Butter/Unsalted |
1 tablespoon |
|
| Cheese/Parmesan |
2 1/2 tablespoon |
finely grated |
| Chicken/Breast/Skinless |
450g |
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| Flour/All Purpose |
4 tablespoon |
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| Oil/Olive |
2 1/2 tablespoon |
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| Pepper |
1/4 teaspoon |
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| Salt |
1/2 teaspoon |
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Sauce |
| Butter/Unsalted |
30g |
cubed |
| Caper/Baby |
3 tablespoon |
drained |
| Lemon/Juice |
2 tablespoon |
Fresh |
| Parsley/Fresh |
1 1/2 teapsponn |
finely chopped |
| Wine/White/Dry |
2/3 cup |
|
Directions
- Crispy Parmesan Chicken:
- Cut each breast into 3 pieces. Then place between 2 pieces of cling wrap or paper and pound to 1/2 cm / 0.2" thickness.
- Drizzle chicken with 1/2 tbsp olive oil and spread with your fingers on both sides.
- Mix flour, parmesan, salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Coat chicken, pressing to adhere, then shaking off excess.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Then add butter and let it melt.
- Place 3 pieces of chicken in the skillet. Cook 3 - 4 minutes until golden, then turn and cook the other side for 1 minute. Remove onto plate, repeat with remaining chicken.
- Chicken Piccata Sauce:
- Pour out and discard excess fat in skillet, then give it a quick wipe with paper towels (no need to clean thoroughly).
- Still on medium high heat, add wine. Let it simmer rapidly until it reduces by half - around 3 minutes.
- Add lemon and simmer 1 minute.
- Reduce heat to low. Add cubed butter and swirl pan to make it melt but not go foamy. Sauce should be glossy, translucent and slightly thickened.
- Stir in capers and parsley. Serve chicken with Sauce, sprinkled with extra parsley if desired!
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