Chicken piccata recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
If chicken breasts are your go-to, you'll love this Italian-American classic. Chicken piccata features flattened chicken breasts coated in a light flour and Parmesan crumb, fried until golden then served in a bright and tangy lemon-butter and caper sauce. It tastes as good as it looks, and it's on the table in 30 minutes!
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 30 mins
- 474 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 4 skinless chicken breasts
- 3 tbsp vegetable or rapeseed oil, plus 2 tsp
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 25g Parmesan, finely grated
- 175ml white wine
- ½ chicken stock cube, made up to 125ml
- 2 lemons, 1½ juiced, ½ finely sliced
- 40g butter
- 3 tbsp capers, drained and rinsed
- 10g fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped
- 200g Tenderstem broccoli, trimmed
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- Energy
- 1975kJ 474.0kcal
- Fat
- 27g
- Saturates
- 9g
- Salt
- 1.6g
- Sugars
- 2g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 8.9gProtein 40.2gFibre 2.7g
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Method
- Place the chicken between pieces of clingfilm or baking paper and bash out to a 2cm thickness using a rolling pin or base of a pan. Coat in 2 tsp oil. Mix the flour, Parmesan and some pepper on a plate and press the chicken into the mix to coat all over.
- Heat 1½ tbsp oil in a wide pan over a medium-high heat. Working in two batches, fry the chicken for 4-5 mins each side until golden, crispy and cooked through. Transfer to a board; cover in foil to keep warm while you repeat with the remaining chicken breasts and oil.
- Wipe the pan clean with kitchen paper. Return to a medium heat, add the wine and cook for 2-3 mins, allowing it to sizzle until reduced by half. Add the stock, stir through the lemon juice and cook for 1 min. Reduce the heat to low, add the butter and whisk to a glossy sauce. Stir through the capers, lemon slices and chopped parsley; season to taste.
- Meanwhile, cook the broccoli in a pan of boiling water for 3 mins. Serve the chicken pieces and broccoli with the lemony sauce spooned over.
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