Quick 30-Minute Chicken Piccata brings Italian restaurant sophistication to your weeknight table. Tender, golden-crusted chicken breasts swim in a bright lemon-butter sauce punctuated with briny capers and fresh parsley. Pour a crisp Pinot Grigio or Albariño—their citrus notes echo the lemony sauce while their acidity cuts through the butter beautifully.
Complete this Italian feast with Spinach Mushroom Orzo as an elegant side that soaks up the piccata sauce perfectly. For more lemon-forward delights, try our Chicken Piccata with Lemon Sauce for a slightly different take, or explore Chicken Breasts in Caper Cream Sauce when you’re craving something richer but equally sophisticated.
Quick 30-Minute Chicken Piccata
Tender chicken in a tangy lemon-caper sauce—restaurant-quality piccata ready in just 30 minutes.
4
servings30
minutes40
minutes300
kcal1
hour10
minutesIngredients
2 pieces chicken breasts
0.5 cup all-purpose flour
0.25 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
0.5 cup chicken broth
0.25 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons capers
2 tablespoons parsley
Directions
- Pound chicken breasts to about half an inch thick between two pieces of plastic wrap, ensuring even thickness throughout.
- Mix flour, salt, and pepper on a plate, and coat each chicken breast fully with the flour mixture on both sides.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, adding chicken when oil is hot and cooking until golden brown.
- Remove chicken from skillet, and in the same skillet, melt butter over medium heat before pouring in chicken broth and lemon juice.
- Allow sauce to simmer and thicken slightly before returning chickens to the skillet and cooking for 5 minutes, turning once.
- Add capers and parsley, stirring them into the sauce and simmering for another minute before serving hot.
Nutrition Facts
- Total number of serves: 4
- Calories: 250kcal
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 620mg
- Potassium: 400mg
- Sugar: 8g
- Protein: 6g
- Calcium: 60mg
- Iron: 2mg
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