Chicken - Piccata

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts or 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• 8 slices lemons

Recipe

• 1 warm a platter in a 200-degree oven.
• 2 flatten chicken breasts between two pieces of wax paper.
• 3 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 4 shake in a bag with 3 tablespoons flour.
• 5 heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over moderately high heat.
• 6 cook chicken 3 minutes on each side until browned.
• 7 remove to warm platter.
• 8 add chicken broth to skillet and stir to release the brown bits.
• 9 increase heat to high, add lemon juice and lemon slices (add some capers if desired).
• 10 cook about 2 minutes until sauce is slightly syrupy.
• 11 pour sauce over chicken.
• 12 garnish with chopped parsley, if desired.