Chicken Picatta

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 260.7
  • Total Fat: 14.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 81.6 mg
  • Sodium: 366.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 1.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
  • Protein: 26.5 g

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Introduction

Dust chicken with flour to help thicken the sauce. Amount should be minimal. Dust chicken with flour to help thicken the sauce. Amount should be minimal.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    4-4 oz chicken breasts, butterflied and pounded thin
    flour
    2 T. butter
    2 T. olive oil
    1/2 cup white wine
    1/2 cup chicken broth
    1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
    2 T. capers
    parsley

Directions

Butterfly the chicken breasts, place between plastic wrap and pound thin. Very lightly dust chicken with flour. Fry in a mix of butter and olive oil. If doing in batches, reserve some butter and olive oil for each batch. Fry on each side for about 4 minutes. Remove chicken from pan.

In same fry pan, add wine to deglaze the pan. Add chicken broth and lemon juice and boil while stirring till slightly thickened. Add capers and a small bunch of fresh chopped parsley. Pour over chicken to serve.

Makes 4 servings.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BIG50GIRL.