Chicken Piccata with Lemon Sauce (Recipe)
Chicken piccata is an easy recipe that only requires frying your chicken with a breaded cover made up of flour, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. After frying your chicken, you need to prepare the sauce with butter, wine, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
Equipment
- Kitchen table
- Meat knife
- Pan
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 lemon
- Lemon zest
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- Vegetable oil
- 1 cup of flour
- ½ cup of white wine
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of pepper
- ½ cup of grated parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup of capers
Instructions
- Cut chicken into fillets
- Cover your chicken fillets with kitchen paper and flatten
- Prepare the breaded cover by adding the flour and salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese
- Mix well until it is completely uniform
- Add the chicken fillets to the preparation and cover them thoroughly
- Prepare the pan with oil and 2 tablespoons of butter
- Fry the chicken fillets until they golden on both sides
Sauce for chicken piccata
- Take the same pan where the chicken was prepared and add two additional tablespoons of butter
- Add the wine to the mix and stir until uniform
- Add the juice of one lemon to the uniform mix
- Immediately after, add 1 tablespoon of lemon zest
- Add the capers and stir
- Low the heat to the minimum and let it boil on low heat for 5 minutes
Notes
Useful tips:
- Chicken piccata is an excellent food for a romantic night with your partner if you're not worried about calories.
- If you're a vegetarian or have vegetarian guests, a piccata version uses tofu instead of chicken.
- You can prepare a low-fat version of chicken piccata by skipping the frying step and replacing it by grilling on the stove. The flavor is different, though.
- To enhance the taste, you can simmer the chicken for 5 minutes in the sauce before serving everything.