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Chicken Piccata with lemon sauce and capers

Jennifer Drummond
40 minutes
2-4 servings
Beginner
A wonderful chicken dish with a lemon sauce and capers. This chicken is very easy easy to make and is done in under 30 minutes.
Chicken Piccata with lemon sauce and capers

Total Steps

5

Ingredients

7

Tools Needed

5

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces Chicken Breasts, Boneless, Skinless, Cut Horizontally
  • 1/4 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoons Ground Pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Unsalted Butter
  • 1/2 cups Low Sodium Chicken Broth
  • 1 whole Lemon, Sliced
  • 2 tablespoons Capers

Instructions

1

Step 1

Place each chicken breast portion between two pieces of plastic wrap. Using flat side of a meat mallet or rolling pin, pound chicken lightly until about 1/4″ thick. Remove plastic wrap. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.

2

Step 2

6-8 minutes

In a large skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and no longer pink in center. Remove chicken from skillet, set aside.

3

Step 3

30 seconds to 1 minute

Add garlic to the hot skillet, cook until lightly browned. Add chicken broth to skillet, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Bring to a boil.

4

Step 4

4-5 minutes

Add lemon slices and capers to skillet. Cover, reduce heat to low. Cook until lemon slices are softened and release their juice. Return chicken to skillet and heat through.

5

Step 5

To serve, spoon caper mixture over chicken.

Tools & Equipment

plastic wrap
meat mallet
rolling pin
large skillet
spoon

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