Chicken Piccata
Ingredients
- 2 whole lemons
- 6 6-8 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2cup all purpose flour seasoned with salt and fresh ground pepper
- 6 tablespoons Drizzle Milanese Gremolata Olive Oil
- 1 small shallot - finely minced
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 3t ablespoons capers - rinsed
- 3t ablespoons unsalted butter - divided
- 2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
- to taste sea salt & fresh ground pepper
Chicken
- Gather a large oven proof platter and piece of foil for tenting chicken. Pre-heat oven to 180°, with rack in the middle position.
- Season flour with salt and pepper for dredging chicken on a plate or shallow pan and set aside.
- Cut 1 lemon in half - trimming ends off - then slice 1/2 into thin half moons. Juice the remaining 1 1/2 lemons - this will be used for the sauce at the end of cooking the cutlets.
- Cut each chicken breast in half horizontally - resulting in thinner breasts. Place them in an unsealed zip-lock bag and pound them to an even 1/4 inch thickness using a meat pounder. A good substitute is a rolling pin used like a mallet.
- Pat the cutlets dry with paper towels and then dredge each one in the flour mixture - shacking off the excess. Transfer to a single layer to a large platter.
- Preheat a large skillet to a medium high heat then add 3 tablespoons of the Milanese Gremolata Olive Oil.
- Without crowding, add 3-4 of the dredged chicken cutlets and let cook until nicely golden - about 3 minutes. Flip and cook the other side the same which should only require about 2 minutes. Remember they are only 1/4 inch thick. Remove and place on the oven proof platter and tent with foil and place in the warm oven. Repeat this process with the other cutlets - adding remaining olive oil prior to starting. Add chicken to oven dish when complete.
SAUCE
- When the cutlets are finished - saute the minced shallot in the same skillet until it is fragrant - about 45 seconds.
- Stir in the chicken broth and half moon lemon slices and simmer - scraping any bits from the pan (fond) and reducing the liquid to about 1/3 cup. Stir in the rinsed capers and lemon juice and reduce again. Remove from heat and add butter a few pieces at a time. Add the parsley, stir and pour the sauce over the warming platter of cutlets - or plate each serving with cutlet and sauce and serve with a side of pasta drizzled with olive oil. Enjoy!
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