Easy Lemon Chicken Piccata

This easy Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe is one of our ABSOLUTE FAVORITE things to eat for supper. And it’s so easy! I use one pan and one pot for everything.

This recipe does call for capers, but if you can’t find capers or you’re just skeptical about them, you don’t have to use them. I do recommend them, though. They make this dish extra special.

Here’s how to make it.

Ingredients (for the chicken)

• Boneless, skinless chicken breast, diced
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt (more to taste when done)
• 2 tbsp olive oil (more if needed)

Ingredients (for the sauce)

• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 cup chicken broth (I use chicken stock base + water)
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp capers, drained

Also you’ll need a box of your favorite pasta (I use angel hair) and a jar of your favorite pasta sauce. (I like Bertolli Garlic & Olive Oil.)

You also might need a little bit more olive oil to ensure your chicken is all cooked through, as well as some salt to taste for the chicken.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180º F (or no more than 200º F) to keep chicken warm once it’s cooked.
2. Mix 1/2 cup flour and 1/4 cup salt then lightly dust diced chicken.
3. Heat 2 Tbsp. olive oil in skillet and cook chicken until done. Don’t crowd the pan. Cook in batches and keep cooked chicken warm in oven.
4. Once chicken is done, use same pan on low or medium low to heat garlic until fragrant. (Note: If pan has a bunch of oil in it when you’re done cooking chicken, blot some out with paper towels. If the bottom of the pan has too much flour stuck to the bottom so that the whole bottom of the pan is brown, you might actually need to clean the pan a bit before adding a bit more oil. Too much of anything is going to make a less-than-pleasant sauce.)
5. As soon as garlic is fragrant, add 1 cup chicken broth and continue to stir, breaking up bits of flour at bottom of pan. Continue cooking until it begins to thicken. Once thickened, add lemon juice. Stir and continue heating. Just before you’re ready to serve, add butter to melt and and add in capers and heat through.
6. Heat up pasta sauce in a separate bowl.
7. Once pasta is cooked, assemble everything and serve. Pasta with pasta sauce. Chicken beside it with lemon caper sauce.