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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Chicken Piccata


What you'll need...

Chicken:
  • Thin sliced chicken breasts
  • Flour (seasoned well with salt and pepper!)
  • 1 egg + 2tbls milk (for an egg wash)
  • Olive oil and butter
Sauce:
  • 1\2 cup Heavy cream
  • Splash of White Wine 
  • 4 cloves of minced garlic
  • 2tbls butter
  • 2tbls cappers (you can add more if needed)
  • Handful of chopped artichokes
  • Half a lemon sliced
  • 3tbls Parmesan
  • Angel hair pasta
The chicken
  1. Start off by making your egg wash by beating the egg and milk together, then on a plate pour put some flour to coat your chicken and season with salt and pepper
  2. In a large sauté pan simmer olive oil and butter on medium low
  3. Dip chicken in egg wash then flour and into the pan
  4. Cook till lightly browned on each side about 4 minutes on each side
  5. When done put on a pan and keep  in oven at 200 while we make the pasta
The pasta

  1. In the same pan add you wine over medium heat to deglaze I usually just pour half of the glass I'm working on.... then add the butter, cappers, artichokes, garlic and a splash of olive oil 
  2. Next add the lemon slices and simmer on med low for a few minutes, then add your heavy cream 
  3. Turn the heat up and let the sauce bubble for a few minutes before adding the pasta and parmesan
  4. Turn off heat and let pasta sit in sauce covered for five minutes
  5. Serve with chicken over the pasta and extra parmesan and lemon on the side! 

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