Chicken Medallions With Capers And Tomatoes Food

EASY BONELESS CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATOES AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Using a meat mallet, gently pound the chicken breasts between sheets of plastic to an even thickness of about 1/2 inch.
• Combine flour with salt and pepper; dredge the chicken in the flour mixture.
• Heat oil and butter in a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat until hot; add chicken and cook for about 5 minutes, until browned. Turn and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes longer, or until browned.
• Remove chicken to a platter for the time being.
• To the skillet, add the minced garlic, wine, and lemon juice. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the liquid is almost evaporated.
• Add the tomatoes and chicken broth; simmer for 4 minutes, or until reduced by about a quarter. Add capers and cook for 2 minutes longer.
• Stir in 1 tablespoon of butter and return the chicken to the skillet. Continue simmering for about 5 minutes longer, or until chicken is fully cooked.
• Cooking time may vary, depending on thickness of the chicken.
• Serve and enjoy!

CHICKEN IN TOMATO-CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts with a meat mallet to 1/4-in. thickness; sprinkle with pepper. In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Brown chicken on both sides; remove from pan., In same skillet, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes, spinach, capers, basil and cayenne. Return chicken to pan. Cook, covered, 8-10 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink., Sprinkle with cheeses. Remove from heat; let stand, covered, until cheese is melted.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATOES AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil and butter in a heavy-bottom skillet. Add the chicken breasts and saute over medium-high heat, turning the pieces often until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add the shallots and garlic around the chicken. Cook briefly; add the tarragon, tomatoes, vinegar, capers, wine and tomato paste. Stir to dissolve the brown particles adhering to the bottom of the skillet.
• Blend well, bring to a boil, and then cover and simmer for 9 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

CHICKEN PICCATA WITH CAPERS

Steps:

• Place each chicken breast between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap. Pound breasts to 1/2-inch thickness using a meat mallet or small heavy skillet.
• Spread flour into a wide, shallow dish. Press chicken into flour to coat completely.
• Melt butter with olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook chicken in hot butter mixture until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove chicken from skillet to a serving platter and cover with a lid to keep warm.
• Pour white wine, lemon juice, capers, and garlic into the pan. Bring the liquid to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon; cook at a boil until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
• Drizzle sauce over and around the chicken; garnish with parsley.

CHICKEN WITH LEMON-CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together salt and flour in a small dish or plastic bag, then coat chicken and shake off excess. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Shake excess flour from chicken, then brown in hot oil until both sides are golden-brown, and the inside has turned white and firm, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
• Remove the chicken, and set aside in a warm place. Pour white wine into the skillet, and allow to boil as you dissolve the cooked bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the lemon juice, and allow to come to a boil, cook for a few minutes until reduced by half.
• Sprinkle the cubed butter into the boiling sauce. Swirl and shake the pan vigorously to dissolve the butter, thus thickening the sauce. The butter must never come to rest, or the sauce will separate and become oily. Once the butter has completely incorporated, remove from heat and stir in capers.
• To serve, pour lemon-caper sauce over the chicken, and serve with a wedge of lemon.

CHICKEN MEDALLIONS WITH CAPERS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• cut each chicken breast crosswise into thirds, cutting on a bias. Place chicken in a single layer in large resealable plastic bag. Using the flat of Meat Tenderizer, flatten chicken to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Combine flour, salt, black pepper in shallow dish.
• Dredge chicken lightly in flour mixture;shake off excess.
• Heat oil and 1 tsp of the butter in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Place chicken in skillet; saute about 6 mins or until browned and cooked through, turning once.
• Remove chicken from skillet;cover and keep warm.
• Add garlic and shallot to Skillet; cook 1 min or until tender. Remove Skillet from heat;add wine.
• Stir to loosen browned bits from bottom of Skillet using a Whisk.
• Return to heat;simmer 1 minute Add caper juice and tomatoes; stir until heated through.
• Remove skillet from heat; stir in remaining 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp of the oregano.
• Return chicken to skillet; coat well with sauce.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp oregano.

CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Slice the chicken breast diagonally into 3 medallions each. Pound them between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Season with salt and pepper.
• Dredge the flattened chicken medallions in flour. Saute the chicken scaloppine on high heat in clarified butter or olive oil, 2 minutes on each side, remove and keep warm. Discard oil or butter. Place pan on medium heat, add white wine and reduce. Add chicken broth, lemon juice, capers and sun-dried tomatoes. Reduce by 1/2 and thicken sauce with the cold butter. Adjust seasoning, plate the chicken scaloppine, garnish with the sauce and chopped parsley.

CHICKEN AND CAPERS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the chicken pieces with seasoning salt (or regular salt) and pepper.
• Place the flour in a heavy plastic bag; add in chicken pieces and coat completely with flour.
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat (I use my large electric frypan for this).
• Add in the chicken pieces to the skillet and brown for about 4 minutes on each side.
• Transfer to a plate.
• Pour off some of the fat, and leave a little in the skillet.
• Add in mushrooms, green bell peppers, chopped garlic, onion, crushed red pepper flakes and oregano; saute until onion is tender (about 10 minutes).
• Add/mix in marinara sauce, chicken broth, wine and capers.
• Return the chicken to the skillet, tossing the sauce over the chicken; bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover skillet and simmer until chicken is tender (about 35 minutes, or more).
• Using long tongs transfer the chicken to a large serving platter.
• Boil the sauce until slightly thickened (about another 5 minutes).
• Spoon the sauce over chicken.
• Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.
• Delicious!

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATOES AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken well with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil and butter in a heavy-bottomed skillet. Add the chickenbreasts and sauté over medium-high heat, turning the pieces often until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Scatter the shallots and garlic around the chicken. Cook briefly; add the tarragon, tomatoes, vinegar, capers, wine, and tomato paste. Stir to dissolve the brown particles adhering to the bottom of the skillet.
• Blend well. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked.
• Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

CHICKEN WITH TOMATOES, CAPERS AND OLIVES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425. Combine 2 or 3 chopped tomatoes, the juice of .5 lemon, 1 teaspoon capers and a handful of olives.
• Lightly grease the pan with olive oil, then put the chicken in the pan and pour the tomato mixture over it.
• Roast for 10 to 15 minutes, or until just cooked through.
• Garnish: Chopped basil.