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EASY CHICKEN PICCATA WITH WHITE WINE
Michelle Sam
One skillet recipe to make this quick and easy chicken piccata with white wine sauce.
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Prep Time
5
minutes
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Cook Time
10
minutes
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Total Time
15
minutes
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Course
Main Course
Cuisine
American, Italian
Servings
2
people
Calories
446
kcal
Ingredients
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US Customary
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455
g
chicken breast or tenderloins
Estimate about 2 tenderloins per person
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114
g
mushrooms
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1
Tbsp
marinated capers
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1
Tbsp
caper juice
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¾
cup
white wine
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fresh lemon juice
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salt
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pepper
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fresh herbs
optional
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1
tsp
fresh chopped garlic
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1
Tbsp
finely chopped shallots
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1
Tbsp
butter
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1
Tbsp
olive oil
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¼
cup
all purpose flour
for dredging chicken. Not all of it will be used.
Instructions
Prep
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If the chicken breasts are too thick, butterfly them into thinner pieces before pounding (tenderizing.)
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Using a meat tenderizer, place a plastic wrap on the meat slices before tenderzing. Pound the meat until it reach ½ ' (1 cm) thickness.
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Season cutlets with salt, pepper and fresh herbs (optional) Let marinate while prepping rest of ingredients.
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Finely chop fresh garlic.
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Finely chop shallots.
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Thinly slice mushrooms to ensure quick cooking.
Saute chicken
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Place flour in a shallow dish.
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Preheat skillet large enough to hold all the ingredients.
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Add ½ the butter and oil into the skillet.
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Dredge each cutlet into the flour and place into skillet.
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Saute cutlets on each side until 80% cooked. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
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Remove cutlets.
Make sauce
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Add the rest of the butter and oil into the skillet
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Caramelize garlic and shallots together.
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Add mushrooms to skillet.
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Add capers and caper juice.
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Add white wine. Stir
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Add fresh lemon juice to taste.
Assemble
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Add chicken cutlets back into skillet. Taste sauce to see how much lemon juice to add.
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Mix sauce and cutlets. Sauce should thicken with cutlets added.
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Nutrition
Calories:
446
kcal
Carbohydrates:
12
g
Protein:
51
g
Fat:
13
g
Saturated Fat:
2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat:
7
g
Trans Fat:
1
g
Cholesterol:
146
mg
Sodium:
391
mg
Potassium:
1129
mg
Fiber:
1
g
Sugar:
3
g
Vitamin A:
86
IU
Vitamin C:
5
mg
Calcium:
37
mg
Iron:
2
mg
Keyword
chicken, chicken piccata, piccata, white wine sauce
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