Tender, juicy yet gorgeously golden chicken pieces swimming in a deliciously tangy lemon, caper-studded, buttery sauce – Chicken Piccata is a comforting and easy weeknight dinner. From saute pan to plate in just 15 minutes you’ll love how simple this recipe is!
This easy Chicken Piccata recipe is the simple yet delicious dinner you need during the busy week! With one pan, simple ingredients and just 15 minutes – you’ll have a yummy dinner your entire family will love! And what’s not to love?! Thin pieces of juicy chicken fried in butter until gorgeously golden, drenched in a tangy lemony buttery sauce spiked with briny capers and pepper with fresh parsley – yum yum yum!
What is Chicken Piccata?
Delicious! That’s exactly what chicken piccata is! Simply delicious! Ok, it’s also an Italian-American creation that marries scallopini (very thin slices of meat coated in flour and sauteed) with a tangy lemon butter sauce that’s cleverly spiked with capers and finished off with fresh parsley. It’s a super simple one pan dinner that’s bursting with flavour and deserves to be a frequent star on your meal planning menu!
How to make Chicken Piccata
Making chicken piccata is so very simple. You need just 15 minutes, a handful of ingredients and a little effort spent in front of a saute pan in order to crisp the golden chicken and stir together a simple pan sauce. Easy peasy.
How to create golden, crispy yet perfectly tender chicken
Creating perfectly golden, yet juicy and tender chicken is super simple. Begin by generously seasoning the chicken with salt and pepper. Don’t be stingy here. Salt + Pepper = Flavour. Ok. Then dredge the chicken pieces through a little plain flour, dusting off the excess. The flour clings to the chicken pieces perfectly and when nestled in a pan of sizzling butter helps create the most gorgeously golden (and kinda epic) chicken crust. This simple but oh so clever little step pays maximum flavour dividends.
How to make Chicken Piccata Sauce
Once the chicken is perfectly sauteed and golden, what remains in the pan are tiny brown and slightly burnished pieces of buttery chicken that mean one thing….FLAVOUR! To lift these delicious little morsels from the bottom of the pan and into our sauce simply add stock and stir, scraping as you go. Adding lemon juice and capers AMPS up the sauce to a whole new level of yum. And the butter, whisked vigorously, gives the sauce it’s glossy ‘cling to chicken’ goodness.
What to serve with Chicken Piccata
Chicken Piccata is bursting with flavour so feel free to keep the side dish super simple and let this chicken super star SHINE. I suggest serving it alongside a little steamed broccolini, cauliflower rice, mashed sweet potato, buttered strands of spaghetti or even a little rice.
For the nights you’re craving not just any old chicken dinner, this Chicken Piccata recipe is for you! The chicken is perfectly tender, yet lovely and golden and coated in the most amazing tangy lemon butter sauce. Each bite is mouth watering, full of flavour and will have you moaning ‘yum’.
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Chicken Piccata
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6
Description
Tender, juicy yet gorgeously golden chicken pieces swimming in a deliciously tangy lemon, caper-studded, buttery sauce – Chicken Piccata is a comforting and easy weeknight dinner. From saute pan to plate in just 15 minutes you’ll love how simple this recipe is!
Ingredients
- 6 chicken schnitzel cutlets (or 3 chicken breasts, halved horizontally)
- salt and pepper, to season
- plain flour, for dredging
- 6 tablespoons butter
- olive oil, to fry in
- 1 cup (250 ml) chicken stock
- 1/4 cup (45 grams) brined capers, rinsed
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) lemon juice
- handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
Instructions
- Season chicken generously with salt and pepper.
- Dredge chicken in flour, shaking off excess.
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter and a drizzle of olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Working in batches, add 2-3 pieces of chicken to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden.
- Carefully turn chicken and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Remove chicken and transfer to plate.
- Repeat steps 3-6 and cook remaining chicken.
- Into the pan add the stock, capers and lemon juice.
- Bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally scraping the brown bits off the bottom of the pan for added flavour.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and whisk vigorously to combine.
- Return chicken (and any juices) to the pan, cook for 1 minute spooning the sauce over the chicken for 1 minute or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Remove the pan from heat and sprinkle over fresh parsley. Enjoy x
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Saute
- Cuisine: Italian
It was delicious! Thank you very much for the best recipes!
Kisses from Germany.