This healthy and easy Chicken Piccata recipe is intensely flavorful, with sautéd lemons and garlic. It’s a fail-proof Italian chicken recipe that’s an absolute keeper.
Easy, Healthy Chicken Piccata
If your regular chicken dinner routine craves some jazzing up, you’ve. come to the right place. We’ve got non-boring chicken on the menu for your busy weeknight dinner.
As is our motto, we’re making food that tastes extraordinary using ordinary ingredients. Simple yet scrumptious. We’re talking scrumptious meals in 30 minutes, with 10 ingredients or less (in one single pan.) No compromise on flavor.
It’s easy to get into a rut with humdrum chicken recipes when schedules keep us hustling on our toes all week long. That’s a common dinner time reality. You know it’s time for some zest in the dinner routine the eaters aren’t all fired up about chicken on the menu.
Thankfully, it’s totally easy to sprinkle some spunk into an otherwise average chicken meal with the addition of a few simple ingredients.
Buying Capers
This Chicken Piccata recipe is made up of a handful of ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. Unless you serendipitously have a jar of capers sitting in your pantry, it might be the only ingredient you’ll need to buy for your chicken piccata dish. Luckily, it’s usually easy to find a little jar of briny capers on your grocery store shelves.
Capers are reminiscent of pickles, in miniature morsel form. In fact, you’ll usually find little jars of capers next to jars of pickles and olives at the grocery store. Because jars of capers are typically brined in salt, water, and vinegar, they keep really well in your fridge after opening (unopened jars can keep for a long time in your pantry.) These tiny capers provide the salty/tangy flavor that’s classic in chicken piccata.
Just a light sprinkling of capers adds huge flavor, so you’ll have plenty left over in your little jar to keep for all your future chicken piccata nights.
Serve with Noodles or Rustic Bread
Besides the briny kick of capers, this chicken piccata is intensely flavored with plenty of garlic, onion, and fresh lemon slices that are sautéd until gloriously browned. It’s a winning combination that results in tender, luscious chicken in one single pan.
There’s plenty of intensely flavorful sauce for dipping this rustic rosemary bread into, or you can serve all the goodness over this super easy spaghetti aglio e olio.
Whether it’s a casual, quick weeknight dinner or you’re hosting a weekend meal for friends, this chicken piccata is destined to be an instant hit.
Jazz up your chicken dinner routine with a handful of ingredients and one pan. Enjoy.
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Easy Healthy Chicken Piccata Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 8 mins
- Total Time: 28 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
This Easy, Healthy Chicken Piccata Recipe isn’t just another chicken dinner recipe. Chicken Piccata is an deliciously intense with flavorful dish with sauteéd lemons and garlic. This is an Italian chicken recipe you’ll want to add to your dinner rotation now.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3 TB extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1 large lemon)
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup regular chicken broth
- 1 TB capers, drained
- 1 TB salted butter
- kosher salt + freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Optional garnish: freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts on cutting board and cover with plastic wrap. Pound to even thickness. Use paper towels to dab off excess moisture from chicken.
- Sprinkle each piece of chicken with a thin layer of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper on both sides. Place flour in a shallow dish. Coat each piece of chicken in flour, shaking off excess.
- In an extra large skillet, heat 2 TB olive oil over medium high heat until oil is hot. Add chicken to skillet (cook in batches if needed, to avoid overcrowding.) Cook for 2-3 minutes of each side or until no longer pink in center; don’t overcook. Use tongs to transfer chicken to a separate plate; keep warm.
- Without cleaning the skillet out, add 1 TB olive oil to same skillet over medium high heat. When oil is hot, add onion and garlic, stirring 1-2 min until fragrant. Add lemon juice and lemon slices, scraping pan if needed to loosen any browned bits. Cook until lemon slices are nicely browned. Add broth, capers and butter, stirring just until butter melts. Pour lemon mixture over chicken and serve. Garnish with freshly chopped parsley, if desired.
Notes
Though piccata and capers go hand in hand, feel free to go light on the capers if your eaters (or you!) don’t like them. You can even omit them and still have a delicious dish.
This dish is fantastic served with this 15 Min Spaghetti Aglio e Olio or Garlic Rosemary Bread
If you enjoyed this recipe, please come back and give it a rating 🙂
- Category: Dinner, Main, Chicken
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Keywords: chicken piccata recipe
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Love the recipes listed in here! I totally love creating new way of cooking chicken, ofcourse in a healthy way too! Such a great article thanks!
Yuuuum this look way. too. good. Thank you for sharing! I think the lemons and garlic sound amazing here.
So glad I stumbled upon this recipe! I’ve been looking for new chicken dishes to try, and this looks like something my family would love. 🙂
This looks like a really healthy and quick recipe for chicken lovers. I am a veggie but I could use Quorn and enjoy this lovely recipe too.
I had to pin this as well, it looks absolutely mouthwatering! anything to change up chicken i’m good with!
Wow, it looks so good! The picture made my mouth water. Lemon always makes food tasty zesty and look pretty.
Thanks for sharing these recipes, I like making simple but delicious meals- certainly provided more ideas.
Oh my gosh yum! Pinned so I can pig out later! 😀
I’ve never made chicken piccata, but this looks doable! It’s also so lovely with the lemons on top. What a pretty touch! 🙂
I love the combination of lemon, pepper and parsley, it must taste heavenly! Also seems like a very easy recipe, thank you for sharing, I’m going to try it soon 😉
I have never heard of Chicken Piccata! Great to learn it from your post that it is an Italian cuisine. By looking at the recipe it is quite easy to make and the ingredient used is quite healthy, chicken breast and lemon. I would love to try it out.
I’m always looking for different flavors to spice up chicken! The lemon and other spices sound like a great idea!
Well I am a veg but when I saw this recipe I thought of reading through it. I am going to pass it to my husband who loves to cook Chicken and he will surely thank me for this . Thankyou for the tips shared.
This chicken piccata looks delicious! I’m even curious about the Thai Basil Chicken you shared. I’m always looking for chicken recipes for the week.
This looks so tasty! Chicken is one of the rare meats I eat and I always struggle to find different ways to coo it! I will for sure try this recipe!
Wow….mouthwateing recipe & looks so tempting , Iam sure might have tasted awesome…Healthy & Tasty food is what I always advice to my clients as Nutritionist. …thanks
Sounds delicious! I love that it only takes 30 minutes to make. I’ll be adding this to my meal rotation for sure.
This dish look so appetising with all those tasty ingredients!
very nice addition to the dish! I should definitely try to sparkle mine that way
This is actually one of the few chicken recipes that I eat, as I am not really a fan of chicken. I love the combination of lemons and garlic, it makes the chicken taste very flavoursome and combines sweet with sour tastes.
That looks and sounds fantastic. Yup! Good to change things up a bit every now and then so life dies not get boring.
Wow, I love this motto of yours “something that tastes extraordinary using ordinary ingredients”. Anyway, the Chicken Piccata looks really tempting and it appears to be really luscious. I love cooking as well, and I will surely try this recipe at home If I have time.
I have refused to cook chicken lately because of how bored I am of it. This gives me a fresh new idea to try! Any suggestions of a substitute for the capers?
Amanda, you can omit the capers or try using chopped olives, if you prefer. Hope you guys love it!
We eat Italian at home and I’ve never done chicken piccata! In fact, for us piccata is made with veal, but I’m totally saving this for a variation, it looks delicious!
I love chicken and this doesn’t seem that easy to make. However, after reading your recipe, it looked so achieveable. Let me try to see if I can try to do it myself.
wow, as usual sounds and looks absolutely delicious. Whenever I read your blog I wish I was a good cook! keep them coming!
This Easy, Healthy Chicken Piccata recipe looks really delicious. I will absolutely try to make this yummy recipe. I will be pinned this, for sure.
Chicken piccata looks palatable. Love to beautiful presentation. I will surely give it a try.
Lemon, pepper and parsley are few of my favorite ingredients for chicken and fish dishes. The Chicken Piccata looks so delicious and healthy. I would love to try this out for my chicken lovers family 🙂
Chicken piccatta is my FAVORITE dish. Mom mom is not a fan of capers, but she likes Rosemary, I’m wondering if Iput Rosemary on hers if it will still taste delcious, and if so, do I put it in when I put the capers in? Thanks!
I think that’s a good idea for your mom, if she loves rosemary. Yes, just put them in at the same time 🙂 Enjoy!
I just LOVE your motto of “scrumptious meals in 30 minutes, with 10 ingredients or less (in one single pan) – no compromise on flavor”! That’s just what people need in today’s busy, busy world! An oh my goodness – this recipe! Big flavors so very easily! And your photography is just stunning!
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Thank you, Shelley! 🙂
This recipe looks so simple but still so delicious, and it does seem perfect for weeknight dinner. I love recipes where everyone thinks you slaved over dinner, but it was really quite simple. And capers! I haven’t used them in a recipe in such a long time. Thanks for the reminder!
This dish was wonderful! Thanks for the easy to follow directions. This will be a regular in my meal plan for sure!
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Terrific, Sara!
Easy and very quick and delicious recipe. Chicken is one of our favorite meal and I love this flavorful chicken sauted with lemon and garlic. yum
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So happy you all enjoyed this!
This looks so flavoursome and absoloutly divine! I love the look of this whole dish, it makes my mouth water so badly. I love adding capers to my dishes and this looks like the perfect dish to do that! I need to try this recipe tonight. Thank you for sharing.
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I have never made chicken piccata before and it’s time for a new chicken recipe in the house. Thanks for sharing.
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I tried this recipe last weekend and loved it. Not only me my family went crazy asking how did you make this. Thanks for sharing. Lovely recipe
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Awesome, Aditi! 🙂
This Chicken Piccata looks so so good. My husband will love this dish.
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Wow, this is just delicious. Tender chicken and the sauce is wonderful. A big hit.
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So happy y’all loved it, Eileen!
This is usually my favorite pick at any restaurant so I very excited to make it at home and enjoy frequently.
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We adored this chicken piccata ! This is a new family favorite for sure , it was so flavorful. I loved the brine from the capers , it went so well with the garlic and freshness of the lemon. You are so right , this dish is going into our meal rotation,
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Yay, Debbie! SO happy you guys loved it 🙂
Love, love, love this recipe
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Yay, Holly!