Chicken Piccata with Capers

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 2
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 322.1
  • Total Fat: 13.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 89.0 mg
  • Sodium: 741.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 14.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 34.4 g

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Introduction

A delightfully delishish dish that tastes like you've spent forever in the kitchen! A delightfully delishish dish that tastes like you've spent forever in the kitchen!
Number of Servings: 2

Ingredients

    2 5 oz. chicken breasts, flattened
    1/4 cup all purpose flour
    1 Tbs. olive oil
    1 Tbs. light margarine spread
    1/2 cup chicken broth
    1 freshly squeezed lemon
    3 Tbs. capers, drained

Tips

This is great with fresh green beans and angel hair or linguine pasta!


Directions

1. Season chicken breast with salt and pepper. Place flour in a shallow bowl and add chicken, turn to coat.
2. Heat margarine and oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until very hot but not smoking. Shake excess flour from chicken and place in hot skillet; cook 2-3 minutes per side or unti nicely browned. Remove from skillet and keep warm.
3. Add chicken broth and lemon juice to pan drippings in skillet (you can add a little flour a little at a time if you want a thicker sauce). Scrape bottom of skillet to loosen and combine any browned chicken bits.
4. Return chicken to skillet with sauce, reduce heat to medium and simmer 3-5 minutes, uncovered, until chicken is done and mixture thickens slightly. Add capers and serve.

Serving Size: 2

Number of Servings: 2

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user STRUTTER55.