Chicken Piccata Pasta

Golden chicken breasts in a lemony, buttery sauce with little pops of brine from the capers served on olive oil tossed noodles. Chicken piccata has always been a family favorite and comes together so easily to make a hearty meal. I always have my butcher butterfly and cut my chicken breasts in half for me which just makes everything so much easier! This is a mash up of two recipes, Ree Drummond’s and Giada’s with my own little take on it. My family loved this. Chicken Piccata Pasta makes a regular rotation in our household!

I tried to make this a little lighter than traditional recipes by reducing the amount of olive oil and butter that is often used. I replaced the liquid lost with some extra stock. You can make this as lemony as you’d like! I like a good amount of tang so I just keep tasting until I’m happy.

Chicken Piccata

Farah Abumaizar

Lemony buttery chicken, a comforting Italian classic of chicken breasts cooked in an olive oil and butter sauce with lemon juice and capers.

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Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Ingredients

  

• 4 chicken breasts, butterflied and cut in half
• Flour for dredging chicken
• 1 stick butter (100 grams)
• 1/3 cup olive oil extra virgin
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1-2 lemons juiced (I used 1.5)
• 1/3 cup heavy cream optional
• 2 tablespoons capers drained
• noodles for serving I used angel hair
• lemon juice for noodles
• lemon zest for noodles
• chopped parsley and shredded parmesan cheese for garnishing

Instructions

 

•  Salt and pepper each side of the chicken breast and then dredge each side in a shallow plate filled with flour. Shake off excess flour.
•  Heat butter and oil over medium high heat, then fry the chicken breasts 3-4 minutes a side until golden brown. Remove chicken from the pan.
  
• Add garlic, chicken broth, and lemon juice and whisk to deglaze the pan. Cook for a few minutes until sauce thickens and reduce. Add salt and pepper to taste
• Reduce heat to low, whisk in cream if using and add capers. Cook for a few minutes and add chicken breasts back to the pan to warm through before serving.
• Serve with noodles that you’ve tossed in a little olive oil and some lemon juice and lemon zest(optional). Garnish with lots of parsley and some parmesan cheese if desired.