Quick Chicken Piccata

Quick Chicken Piccata is an Italian dish packed with mouth watering flavors. Here’s its easy-to-follow recipe that you can cook for your lunch or dinner.

Health Benefits

The main ingredient of chicken piccata is chicken, which is a rich source of vitamins and minerals. For example, it contains Vitamin B which is useful for preventing skin disorders, boosting immunity system, improving the digestive system etc.

Other benefits of chicken include the reduction of the cholesterol and the maintenance of blood pressure.

Ingredients

skinless and boneless chicken breast: 1 pound

flour: 1 tbsp

salt: 1/2 tsp

hot paprika: 1/4 tsp

olive oil: 2 tbsp

large thinly sliced lemon: 1

Butter: 2 tbsp

medium chopped shallot: 1

lemon Juice: 1 tbsp

white wine or dry vermouth: 1/3 cup

chicken broth: 1/3 cup

basil leaves for garnishing

How To Make Quick Chicken Piccata

1. Equally slice the chicken breasts into 2 to 3 pieces.
2. Trim the fat from the chicken. Arrange the chicken pieces in a single layer on a large plate or a tray.
3. In a small bowl, mix flour, salt and hot paprika. Sprinkle half of the seasoned flour over the chicken. Make sure that the chicken pieces are evenly coated with the seasoned flour.
4. Now rub the lemon juice neatly over the chicken piece.
5. In a large skillet, heat olive oil over high heat. Once the oil is heated, add the chicken pieces.
6. Cook until the chicken pieces are golden brown, for 8 to 10 minutes. Make sure that the chicken is white on the inside and cooked through. To ensure that the chicken is properly cooked, insert a skewer in the centre of the chicken. If it comes out clean then it means the chicken is cooked.
7. Now transfer the chicken onto a platter. Drain the excess oil with the help of a paper towel.
8. Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the shallot and cook until softened, for about 2 to 3 minutes.
9. Pour in the white wine and the chicken broth in the skillet. Bring it to a boil over high heat. Make sure to scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the pan with the help of a wooden spatula.
10. Boil until the chicken broth is reduced by half. This will take 1 or 2 minutes.
11. Pour in the lemon juice and remaining of the butter. Turn off the heat.
12. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Garnish it with the basil leaves and enjoy!

Trivia

• Piccata is an Italian word which is the feminine word for “piccato”.
• Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world.
• There are more chickens on earth than people!

July 6^th is celebrated as the National Fried Chicken Day.