Chicken Piccata over pasta is a crowd pleaser for sure!
How to Make Lemon Chicken Piccata
This is a brief overview of how to make this easy dish. For the full list of ingredients and all of the instructions, make sure you check out the recipe card below. My memories of that family meal make my heart feel full. Really that is the memory of most of my family’s meals – my heart and belly full, sitting around the table with people I love. I hadn’t paid attention to him cooking, but I was left thinking that Chicken Piccata is a fancy meal that you toil over. But, you guys, that’s just not true. This easy Chicken Piccata shows you that you can have a delicious family friendly meal that feels like a luxury without it being high maintenance. If you are worried that your kids won’t eat this, I would beg you to give it a try. Kids often surprise us. I love that Italians eat in courses. There is this flow of food that starts lighter and ends with deep rich dishes. My grandmother held up this tradition in her small little Wisconsin kitchen, never sitting, always just adding plates. Chicken Piccata would belong in the second course, after the pasta. In our house, we fully Americanize this dish and serve it right on top of pasta and with chicken. We love our chicken piccata with pasta, but you could certainly eat the chicken on it’s own or with a side salad. This easy Chicken Piccata has been adapted from America’s Test Kitchen. Step One: Start by putting your hand on top of the chicken breast while cutting with a very sharp knife. Step Two: Cut all the way through to make two chicken cutlets that are between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch thick. Step Three: Make sure the chicken isn’t too thick. If the cutlets are thicker than half an inch, you will want to pound them a little thinner with a meat mallet or a rolling pin. I love them on bagels with smoked salmon and in my Puttanesca. If you aren’t familiar with capers, I would urge you to pick up a bottle and try this recipe. I love the taste and texture they bring to this dish.
Make this recipe low carb. You’ll want to keep in mind that the flour you add to the chicken is key to this recipe, but to lower the carbs you could serve it on a bed of mashed cauliflower. Stretch this meal further by serving it with my Caesar Salad. Eat it with these amazing Roasted Brussel Sprouts. The flavor combination would be great.
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