Chicken Piccata Recipe
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Simply amazing Chicken Piccata, made in 20 minutes! Browned chicken topped with sauce made from butter, lemon juice, capers, chicken stock, and wine.
You aren’t going to believe how easy yet delicious this Chicken Piccata recipe is. Not to mention, it’s a quick dinnertime meal. Piccata refers to meat or fish that is sliced, sautéed, and served with a lemon, butter, and spiced sauce. This chicken dish is originally from Italy and is usually served with pasta but my chicken piccata is a classic US version with some of my own touches. I hope you enjoy it!
Chicken Piccata Recipe
You can get restaurant-quality chicken piccata with just a couple of ingredients and 30 minutes of your time. In fact, you might already have all of these ingredients in your pantry!
- Chicken Cutlets – the main ingredient of this meal!
- Butter – for flavorful sauce and to saute the chicken.
- Olive Oil – to saute the chicken. Oil has a higher smoke point than butter so it helps in cooking chicken without burning.
- Flour – this helps the chicken brown fast without overcooking. It also helps thicken the sauce. If you need a gluten-free option, replace flour with cornstarch.
- Capers – if you can’t find capers or if you don’t like them, you can either leave them out completely or replace them with green olives.
- Lemon Juice – try to use fresh lemon juice. And if you love love love lemon like me, you can zest some of that lemon peel into the sauce.
- Chicken Stock – I use stock and white wine in this recipe! If you don’t want to use wine, just use all stock.
- White Wine – Cooking wine can come off as strongly salty, while regular white wine brings a depth of flavor to the dish.
- Salt and Pepper – season to taste.
- Italian Parsely – for color and for garnish.
What to Serve with Piccata
Chicken Piccata is usually served over pasta, but I’m here today saying that it can be served with other side dishes to complete an easy meal. Basically, starches and carbs.
Pasta. To continue the fast and easy pattern use a fast cooking pasta like angel hair or linguine. Both of these pasta types also hold the sauce super well.
Rice. I personally would recommend my Famous Butter Rice if you are looking for extra buttery deliciousness. Plain white rice or brown rice goes well with this dish too.
Potatoes. Plan ahead with these Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes so you can have more of that precious dinner time with your family. If you aren’t fond of slow cooker dishes here is my Perfect Mashed Potatoes Recipe.
Bread. You can’t go wrong with bread. Grab a fresh loaf at your grocery store bakery or make something fresh. Here are some good homemade bread options: Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls, Hasselback Homemade Garlic Bread Recipe, or Mom’s Potato Rolls.
How to Make Chicken Piccata
Let’s focus on the chicken first. We are simply going to coat the chicken in flour and seasonings and then brown it in a pan. Easy, right? Okay, here we go.
- Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Stir flour, salt, and pepper together in a shallow dish. Dredge each chicken cutlet in flour mixture and add to the hot pan. Cook chicken, about 3 minutes each side until browned and fully cooked. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
Piccata Sauce
Now for the sauce. Once again, super easy. We use the already existing butter/olive oil and what’s leftover in the pan (chicken browning stuff). To that, we mix in the other ingredients, simmer a bit, let the sauce thicken then add back in the chicken along with capers and parsley. Voila! Here’s a breakdown!
- In the hot pan, whisk in remaining butter, lemon juice, chicken stock, and white wine to create the sauce. Add in capers, parsley, and chicken pieces.
- Serve warm with lemon slices or wedges.
Chicken Piccata Add-Ins
Some tasty additions that you can add to this Chicken Piccata are shallots, garlic, and/or lemon slices. You make this recipe how you like it.
If you are a garlic lover, toss in some garlic to the sauce.
Love lemons? Use lemon juice, zest, and make your plate pretty by slicing lemons.
Leftovers
Luckily, you can eat Chicken Piccata the next day for lunch if you have any leftovers. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. According to the USDA, chicken, after stored for 4 days, is considered unsafe to eat.
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Chicken Piccata
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons butter divided
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound chicken cutlets about 4
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- salt & pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chicken stock or broth
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 tablespoon capers drained
- 2 tablespoons flat-leaf Italian parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Stir flour, salt, and pepper together in a shallow dish. Dredge each chicken cutlet in flour mixture and add to the hot pan. Cook chicken, about 3 minutes each side until browned and fully cooked. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
- In the hot pan, whisk in remaining butter, lemon juice, chicken stock, and white wine to create the sauce. Add in capers, parsley, and chicken pieces.
- Serve warm with lemon slices or wedges.
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I love all of your meals .but do you have breakfast meals also.
You can find my breakfast recipes in my recipe index here: https://laurenslatest.com/recipe-index/breakfast-recipes/
I absolutely love this recipe! I’ve made it a few times and it’s awesome! I like to serve it with potatoes. My favorite meal and my husband loves it too. Thank you for all of your awesome recipes!
This recipe is a huge hit in our home!
I love chicken piccata but I’ve never made it before. Can’t wait to try your recipe!
My husband LOVES chicken piccata! We’ll have to give this a whirl! 😊👏🏼❤️
Can’t wait to try this one!
How could this recipe be only from August? I swear I fell in love with this recipe from you years ago! Maybe my mom brain is showing! This is far and away my favorite chicken recipe. The tangyness of the lemon and sharpness of the capers are beautiful!
Going to try this one! I’ve been looking for a new chicken piccata recipe!
This Chicken Piccata sounds so easy and delish! I’m always looking tor quick and simple dinner recipes. The time flies after school so preparing dinner has to be an easy thing for me. Thanks so much for this amazing chicken dish recipe!
Chicken Piccata is one of my absolute favorite meals! I can’t wait to try yours! 😍
Just found your sites a month or so ago – love your detail, shopping list and all the easy to follow info you share. Can’t wait to try this chicken piccata.😋🌷
This chicken picatta looks super easy, adding to my menu for next week!!
One of my favourites! I recently made this, it was very easy but so so delicious. Can’t wait to make it again! Thank you ❤️
This recipe is amazing. My family really enjoyed this, and I was surprised how much my kids did too. It’s a regular dinner in our house.
Love t.his recipe. So easy to make. Delicious. Love reading your blog. You have a lovely family. Yours is the only blog I follow.
Yum. I’ve been wanting chicken piccata recently. Maybe this weekend!
I tried this recipe and my family loved it ❤️
Chicken piccata is one of my absolute favorite foods! I’ll need to give this recipe a try 🙂
This was such an amazing recipe! Thank you for every thought that you’ve given, a photo of the ingredient list for the piccata sauce, a photo of the Nutrition Facts List for the Piccata Sauce to left-over tips, although it turned out so good that the family ate it all!
Looking forward to your other blogs!!!
I was struggling to find a light and quick recipe for dinner and your chicken piccata recipe definitely fits the bill. Thanks for all of your recipes and congratulations on 10 years!
This looks yummy
I love your recipes because they are easy and especially because they are delicious! I loved that you had included fish as an option. Because it was so good with the chicken, I made it again the following week, but with black bass since we have a bunch of it from my husband’s fishing trip to Alaska. It was so delicious with the fish that I’m trying it out on salmon next. Thank you for all of you wonderful recipes !
My family loved your chicken piccata recipe. I have another one that is more labor-intensive! Loved the capers in this one 🙂
My favorite! Thanks for this simple delicious recipe❤️
Can the white wine be substituted with something?
We made this last night and there were no leftovers. It’s now on the rotation list for dinners. Super easy and delicious.