Fennel Dusted Chicken With Brown Butter And Capers Food

BROWN BUTTER CHICKEN FRANCESE WITH LEMON AND CRISPY CAPERS

Steps:

• Pat the chicken breasts dry with a paper towel. Press your palm down on a chicken breast and slice the chicken in half with a sharp knife parallel to the cutting board. Repeat with the second chicken breast to make a total of 4 cutlets.
• Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the capers and fry until golden brown and crispy, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the skillet using a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Reserve the oil in the skillet and remove from the heat.
• Set up a dredging station with 2 shallow bowls or pie plates. Combine the flour with 1/4 cup of the Parmesan, 1 tablespoon kosher salt and the lemon zest in 1 bowl; stir with a fork to combine. Whisk the eggs with 2 tablespoons of the cream in the other bowl.
• Heat the reserved oil in the skillet over medium heat.
• Working in an assembly line, dredge 1 chicken cutlet in the seasoned flour and turn to coat both sides; tap off any excess. Dip the chicken cutlet into the beaten eggs and coat both sides, letting any excess drip off. Carefully lower the cutlet into the skillet. Repeat with the remaining chicken cutlets, frying them in a single layer, until the chicken is opaque and golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a paper towel-lined baking sheet and set aside.
• Carefully pour off the oil and discard. Wipe out the skillet with a paper towel. Add the butter and cook over medium heat, swirling the skillet occasionally, until the butter bubbles and begins to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the wine and the juice of 1/2 the zested lemon, increase the heat to medium-high and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is reduced and thickened, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock to the skillet and continue to cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is reduced and thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoon cream until emulsified.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary. Return the chicken to the skillet, add the lemon slices and increase the heat to medium. Cook, spooning the sauce over the chicken, until it's warmed through and the lemons have started to soften, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Divide the chicken among plates, top with the lemon slices and spoon the sauce over the top.
• Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup of Parmesan, the parsley and fried capers and enjoy.

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.

FENNEL-DUSTED CHICKEN WITH BROWN BUTTER AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Stir together fennel seeds, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Pat chicken dry, then sprinkle both sides with fennel mixture.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter with oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat until foam subsides, then cook 2 cutlets, turning once, until just cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes total. Transfer to a plate and cover loosely. Add remaining 2 cutlets to skillet and cook, then transfer to plate. (Butter will brown as chicken cooks.)
• Add capers and orange juice to skillet along with any meat juices from plate and bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits. Remove from heat and swirl in remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Pour over chicken.

CHICKEN PAILLARD WITH CAPER BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Flatten chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap to 3/8" thickness.
• In 9" pie plate or large shallow dish, combine bread crumbs and grated Parmesan.
• In cup, on HIGH power, microwave 2 tbsp butter until melted, about 20 seconds; stir in 3/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
• Working with 1 breast at a time, brush 1 side with melted butter.
• Place, butter side down, in crumbs; press down to coat.
• Brush top of breast with butter; turn over and coat with crumbs.
• Place on waxed-paper lined baking sheet.
• Repeat with remaining breasts.
• In each of 2 large non-stick skillets, melt 1 tbsp butter until foamy.
• Place 2 chicken breasts in each pan; cook over medium heat 6 minutes; turning once, until coating is golden brown and chicken is cooked through (adjust heat if crumb mixture is browning too quickly).
• Remove chicken to serving platter; wipe one of the skillets clean.
• In clean skillet, melt remaining butter; cook over medium heat until light golden and smells toasted.
• Stir in lemon juice and capers.
• Pour over chicken.

SAUTEED CHICKEN WITH CAPERS AND LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• Season cutlets with salt and pepper.
• Grate 1/2 tsp lemon zest and squeeze 2 T juice from the lemon.
• Set aside.
• Heat butter and olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• Add the chicken and cook, turning once, until golden brown and cooked through (~2-3minutes per side).
• Remove chicken to serving plates, leaving drippings in the pan.
• Add 3 T water, lemon juice, lemon zest and capers to the pan and cook, stirring up browned bits from bottom of pan, for about 1 minute.
• Mash a few of the capers into the sauce with the back of a spoon.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve.