Chicken Piccata

Name: Chicken Piccata
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 chicken breast fillets, pounded thin; 60g plain flour; 3 tbsp olive oil; 50g butter; 150ml dry white wine; juice of 2 lemons; 3 tbsp capers; 1 handful flat-leaf parsley; salt and pepper to taste

Golden chicken breast in a bright lemon and caper butter sauce — fast, elegant and full of flavour. Deglazing the pan with wine and letting it bubble away lifts the browned bits left from the chicken into the base of the sauce.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Italian

Ingredients

4chicken breast fillets, pounded thin

60gplain flour

3 tbspolive oil

50gbutter

150mldry white wine

juice of 2lemons

3 tbspcapers

1 handfulflat-leaf parsley

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Season chicken and dust lightly in flour.

Fry in olive oil over high heat 2–3 minutes per side until golden. Remove.

Deglaze with wine, let bubble 1 minute.

Add lemon juice, capers and butter. Swirl until sauce emulsifies.

Return chicken to pan, warm through.

Scatter parsley and serve immediately.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

274

Protein

2.3g

Fat

20.7g

Carbs

14.6g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

323mg

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