Chicken Piccata with Lemon Caper Sauce

Chicken piccata with lemon caper sauce is a fast and easy weeknight meal. Lightly breading and pan-frying the chicken breasts creates a beautiful golden-brown crust.
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🕑 INSTRUCTIONS:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Prepare the Chicken
01:17 Flour the Chicken
01:58 Prepare the Lemon Caper Sauce
02:36 Fry the Chicken
03:26 Reduce the Sauce
03:44 Flavoring the Chicken
03:57 Finishing the Dish

✅ INGREDIENTS:
• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup brined capers, rinsed
• ⅓ cup lemon juice
• lemon zest, from one lemon
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley

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(upbeat music) Hey friends, this is Jessica from JessicaGavin.com, and welcome to my test kitchen! Today I’m going to show you how to make delicious chicken piccata with lemon caper sauce This is an easy weeknight chicken dinner meal to make in just 30 minutes The name might sound fancy but it’s really simple and easy to prepare Chicken breasts are thicker on one end and then taper down on the other side this can cause overcooked and undercooked sections to prevent this from happening you can flatten down the chicken into thinner pieces using your meat tenderizer or I’ll show you how to slice them into thinner pieces to ensure even cooking cut the chicken breast in half lengthwise to create four total portions if you decide to use a meat tenderizer aim for half-inch thick pieces you don’t want to go paper-thin (upbeat music) Season both sides of each cutlet with salt and pepper (upbeat music) in a shallow bowl combine a half a cup of flour half teaspoon salt and a quarter teaspoon pepper dredge chicken breasts in the seasoned flour shake off any excess flour then transfer to a plate chicken piccata has a light coating of flour on the outside it’s not crunchy and crispy like chicken parmesan when the flour proteins cook and the starches it’s going to create this rough texture on the surface so that when the lemon sauce is added on top it’ll stick to it now that we have the chicken prepared let’s make the sauce Capers are pickled flower buds that pack in massive flavor they have an intense pungent and salty taste they add a really unique flavor to the dish so make sure to leave them in In a bowl combine zest of one lemon 1/3 cup lemon juice half a cup of chicken broth and a quarter cup papers (upbeat music) To cook the chicken heat a large 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat once hot add a quarter cup of olive oil when the oil starts to shimmer carefully add the pieces to the pan cook until each side is lightly browned about 3 minutes per side remove the chicken and transfer to a clean plate if you have an instant-read digital thermometer you can test the doneness of the meat insert the probe into the thickest part of the chicken and when it reaches 160-degrees it’s done this looks good i’m going to remove the rest of the chicken from the pan and we’ll make the sauce (upbeat music) Add sauce and two thyme sprigs to the the same pan used to cook the chicken bring the liquid to a simmer over medium heat and scrape down the pan whisk until any brown bits are dissolved into the liquid then reduce by 1/3 about 2 minutes return the chicken to the pan and simmer over medium-low heat for 5 minutes flip halfway through cooking transfer the pieces to a clean plate remove and discard the thyme the key to a silky sauce is to add cold butter I whisk in the cold butter at the end of cooking over low heat to create an emulsion this prevents the sauce from breaking (upbeat music) over low heat vigorously whisk in two tablespoons of butter into the sauce taste and season with more salt and pepper as desired (upbeat music) Pour the lemon caper sauce over the chicken (upbeat music) Pour some of this amazing lemon sauce over the chicken and I like to garnish it with a little bit of lemons and parsley to complete this dish you could serve it with rice or pasta to soak up all the luscious lemon flavors I hope you enjoyed learning the science behind chicken piccata and if you did make sure to hit the like and subscribe button Thanks for watching and remember, cook with confidence, you got this! See you later