Chardonnay Chicken Piccata Food

CHARDONNAY CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Combine the flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder on a pie plate.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet.
• Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture and place in the hot skillet.
• Cook about 8 minutes, turning once, until lightly browned on both sides.
• Remove to a plate, and cover to keep warm.
• Add the wine, chicken broth, lemon juice and minced garlic to the skillet.
• Bring to a boil, scraping the pan to bring up the browned bits on the bottom.
• Return the chicken pieces to the pan, cover, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Serve by placing a chicken breast on top of a serving of rice or angel hair pasta, and spoon sauce generously over top.

THE BEST CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Set a wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet. Cut two 12-inch sheets of plastic wrap.
• Cut the chicken breasts in half lengthwise, making 4 roughly equal pieces; they should look like large chicken tenders. Place one sheet of plastic on a clean cutting board. Put a chicken piece in the center of the plastic and top with the other sheet of plastic. Pound the chicken with the flat side of a meat mallet, starting in the center and working your way to the edges, until the chicken is 1/4-inch thick and 6 to 8 inches long. Transfer to the wire rack. Repeat with the remaining chicken, one piece at a time. Liberally sprinkle with salt and pepper. Refrigerate the chicken cutlets uncovered for 1 hour.
• Remove the zest from half of the lemon in wide strips with a vegetable peeler, leaving the bitter white pith behind. Halve and juice the whole lemon.
• Put the flour in a shallow bowl or plate. Dredge the chicken in the flour, shaking off any excess. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until very hot, about 1 minute. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter and melt. Working in 2 batches, cook the cutlets, adding another tablespoon of butter to the skillet between batches, until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side (it's ok if the chicken is not completely cooked through, it will finish cooking in the sauce). Transfer the cutlets to a plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium. Add the garlic and 1 tablespoon of the butter to the skillet and cook until the garlic is tender and fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until almost completely evaporated, about 4 minutes. Add the capers, lemon zest, 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice, 1/4 cup water and the cutlets with any accumulated juices and bring to a boil. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons butter. Turn the chicken to coat in the sauce and cook until the butter melts and the sauce thickens slightly. Garnish with chopped parsley.

EASY CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Coat chicken cutlets with flour.
• Cook Angel Hair pasta according to package directions and drain.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large skillet.
• Add chicken; cook, turning halfway through, for 5 minutes (on each side) or until lightly browned and tender.
• Remove to platter; keep warm.
• Add remaining butter to skillet; stir in garlic, wine, lemon juice and bouillon.
• Bring to a boil; cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened.
• Stir in capers.
• Place chicken on top of Angle Hair and spoon sauce over chicken.
• Sprinkle with parsley and grated parmesan cheese,.

TANGY CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow dish.
• Coat each breast with flour mixture.
• Shake off excess.
• In a skillet, melt the butter.
• Add the chicken breasts and sauté (turning once) over medium heat for 5 minutes or until cooked through.
• Remove chicken from skillet.
• In same skillet, combine the chicken broth, wine, and lemon juice.
• Boil sauce, reducing it by one third.
• Top chicken with sauce.
• Sprinkle with capers.

SUMMER CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Gently pound cutlets to even thickness (somewhat less than 1/2 inch). Season with salt and pepper then dust with flour, shaking off excess flour.
• Add vegetable oil to sauté pan and heat over medium-high heat. Sauté cutlets 2-3 minutes on one side; flip the cutlets over and sauté the other side 1-2 minutes with the pan covered. (Cutlets should be a nice rich brown--just past golden brown). Transfer cutlets to a warm plate; pour off fat from the pan.
• Deglaze pan with wine and add minced garlic. Cook until garlic is slightly browned and liquid is nearly gone, about 2 minutes.
• Add broth, lemon juice, and capers. Return cutlets to pan and cook on each side 1 minute. Transfer cutlets to a warm plate.
• To finish sauce, spread a layer of lemon slices in bottom of pan as well as the butter. Stir gently until butter melts. To serve, pour sauce over cutlets and top with a lemon slice. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley if desired.

CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Dredge chicken in flour.
• Brown in oil and margarine in a large skillet over medium high heat.
• Remove to a plate and keep warm.
• Add garlic and saute quickly.
• Add wine and cook over high heat.
• Add chicken back inches.
• When liquid is reduced by half, remove the chicken to a warm plate, and add the juice from the lemon to the sauce.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken and sprinkle with parsley and capers.