This Easy, Healthy Chicken Piccata Recipe isn’t just another chicken dinner recipe. Chicken Piccata is an intensely flavorful dish with sauteéd lemons and garlic. This is an Italian chicken recipe you’ll want to add to your dinner rotation now.
If your regular chicken dinner routine craves a spunky jazz-up, then come on over.
As is our motto, we’re making something that tastes extraordinary using ordinary ingredients. Simple yet scrumptious. Please do join us.
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 the story of my meal-life. I know it’s time for some zest in our dinner routine when I get no lively responses at my proclamation that we’re having chicken for dinner.
Thankfully, it’s totally easy to sprinkle some spunk into an otherwise average chicken meal with the addition of a few simple ingredients. Sauteéd Lemon Slices + Capers, we’re looking at you…
This Chicken Piccata recipe is made up of a handful of ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. I’d normally only need to buy some capers in order for this dish to happen, but I serendipitously found an unopened jar of capers sitting in the back of my pantry. Me and Piccata were meant to be on this day.
Besides the briny kick of capers, this Chicken Piccata is intensely flavored with plenty of garlic, onion, and fresh lemon slices that are sauteéd until gloriously browned. It’s a winning combination that results in tender, luscious chicken in a single pan. There’s plenty of sauce for dipping this rustic rosemary bread into, or you can serve all the goodness over this super easy spaghetti aglio e olio.
Our people gobble Piccata up no matter how we serve it, hook line and sinker.
Go ahead – jazz up your weeknight chicken dinner. Enjoy.
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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
This dish is fantastic served with this 15 Min Spaghetti Aglio e Olio or Garlic Rosemary Bread
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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!