Lemon Chicken Breasts with Capers
Lemon Chicken Breasts with Capers

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Boneless chicken breasts are stuffed with capers, lemon zest, and Parmesan. This chicken piccata recipe with lemon caper sauce is a quick and easy weeknight meal. Lightly breading and pan-frying creates a beautiful golden-brown crust Dredge chicken breasts in the flour mixture shaking off excess, transfer to a plate.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon chicken breasts with capers using 12 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Chicken Breasts with Capers:
  1. Make ready 6 oz 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  2. Take 1/2 cup freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese
  3. Get 1/4 cup fine, dry breadcrumbs
  4. Make ready 4 tbsp capers, rinsed, drained, patted dry, and chopped
  5. Prepare 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  6. Get 2 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley
  7. Get 3/4 tsp Kosher salt
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  9. Get 3 tbsp butter
  10. Get 1 tbsp olive oil
  11. Prepare 2 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup lower-sodium chicken broth

Stir in the lemon juice and capers and heat through. Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts and serve. Place chicken breast halves between two sheets of plastic wrap or waxed paper. Arrange lemon slices over and between chicken breasts.

Instructions to make Lemon Chicken Breasts with Capers:
  1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 425°F.
  2. Make a lengthwise horizontal slice almost through each chicken breast and open each up like a book.
  3. Flatten the chicken with a meat mallet until it is 1/4" thick.
  4. put the cheese, breadcrumbs, 3 Tbsp capers, lemon zest, and 1 Tbsp parsley in a mini chopper of food processor and pulse a few times to combine.
  5. Sprinkle the mixture on top of the chicken breasts.
  6. Fold each breast closed and secure with toothpicks.
  7. Sprinkle the breasts with salt and pepper.
  8. Heat 1 Tbsp butter and the oil in a large (12"), heavy-duty, oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat until the butter melts and starts to foam, about 2 minutes.
  9. Add the chicken and cook, without touching, until it browns and easily releases from the pan, about 2 minutes.
  10. Turn the chicken and cook the other side until browned, about 2 more minutes.
  11. Add the garlic and the remaining 1 Tbsp capers to the skillet, transfer the pan to the oven, and roast uncovered until the chicken cooks through (165°F), about 8 minutes.
  12. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and tent with foil.
  13. Set the skillet over medium-high heat; add the chicken broth and cook, scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen any brown bits, until it reduces by half, about 2 minutes.
  14. Remove from heat and whisk in 2 Tbsp of the lemon juice and the remaining 2 Tbsp of butter.
  15. Taste and add more lemon juice, salt, and pepper, if needed.
  16. Serve the chicken drizzled with the butter sauce and sprinkled with the remaining 1 Tbsp parsley.

This simple chicken recipes features chicken breasts browned in a skillet then topped with a flavorful sauce of lemon juice, capers, parsley, and vermouth. Round out the meal by serving the chicken over pasta with a side dish of. Lemon Chicken Piccata - a simple yet super impressive chicken piccata in a tasty lemon, butter and capers sauce. The chicken breasts are skinless and boneless, and thinly sliced lengthwise or butterflied. They are generously seasoned with salt and pepper then dredged through flour.

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