Recipe: Delicious Chicken Picatta

Chicken Picatta. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess. Season the chicken breast pieces with salt and pepper and dredge them in flour.

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. Easy chicken recipes are my go-to dinner choice. My chicken piccata pasta dish is ready to serve in a half hour. You can cook Chicken Picatta using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Picatta

1. Prepare of Chicken.
2. It's 2 of Boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
3. You need 3 tbsp of Lemon juice.
4. You need 3 tbsp of Olive oil.
5. You need 1 tbsp of Minced garlic.
6. It's 1 tsp of Salt.
7. You need 1/4 tsp of Black pepper.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Basil or oregano.
9. Prepare of Pasta.
10. Prepare 2 cup of Penne pasta.
11. You need 2 tbsp of Butter.
12. It's 6 tbsp of Lemon juice.
13. It's 1 tbsp of Minced garlic.
14. Prepare 1/2 cup of Half & half or heavy cream.
15. Prepare 2 tsp of Basil.
16. It's 2 tbsp of Capers.
17. You need 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese.
18. You need of Reserve ingredients.
19. It's 1 of Parmesan cheese.
20. You need 1/2 cup of Reserve pasta water.

It takes just a few minutes in the oven to bake to tender perfection. —Hannah Williams, Malibu, California Chicken Piccata. Use angel hair to complement the light---but powerful---sauce. Coat chicken with flour mixture, dip in egg substitute mixture, then coat again with flour mixture. Repeat with remaining chicken and oil.

Chicken Picatta step by step

1. Combine all chicken ingredients and marinade chicken overnight..
2. When ready grill chicken until done, slice into strips..
3. While chicken is grilling boil pasta. Retain 1/2 cup of pasta water..
4. In a sauce pan melt butter and which garlic and lemon juice..
5. Add half & half (heavy cream) and whisk until hot..
6. Add salt & pepper to taste, parmesan cheese, basil, capers until cheese is melted..
7. Use pasta water to loosen sauce if necessary..
8. Toss pasta in sauce, add sliced chicken on top..
9. Sprinkle with extra Parmesan cheese if desired..

Chicken piccata with a side of spaghetti. Piccata describes meat, usually veal or chicken, that is sliced, dredged in flour, then sautéed in a sauce containing lemon juice, butter, and capers. Piccata is an Italian word spelled sometimes as picatta or pichotta.. Chicken piccata pairs well with many easy sides, such as buttered angel hair pasta, roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes or couscous. Begin by prepping the chicken breasts.

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