Hen Piccata – A Lovely Mess

This straightforward hen piccata recipe is a good weeknight dinner possibility once you want to make one thing flavorful with hen breasts. We eat hen usually at our home and I’m at all times oscillating between totally different flavors and this hits the Italian/Mediterranean profiles for me. Hen piccata is an Italian American dish made with butter, lemon and capers. I like so as to add cream to my sauce, because it makes it a bit extra like Olive Backyard. Lol.

Capers are packed in brine and often discovered close to the inexperienced olives within the grocery retailer. They style just like inexperienced olives, however with a barely lemon/floral undertone. They’re excellent for this conventional hen piccata recipe, which I wish to serve over pasta.

Associated: Love Italian American meals? Subsequent up, attempt our Alfredo Sauce, Pomodoro Sauce or home made Pizza Sauce.

Components

• Hen breast
• All-purpose flour
• Garlic powder
• Cayenne
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Butter
• Olive oil
• Hen inventory
• Lemons
• Capers
• Cream – half and half or heavy cream
• Parsley
• Parmesan cheese

I serve hen piccata on fettuccine noodles often, however any noodle (penne, ziti, spaghetti, or angel hair pasta) you like can work simply fantastic. You possibly can additionally serve this with gnocchi, mashed potatoes or rice for those who wished.

Instructions

Lower the hen breasts in half, lengthwise. Season all sides with somewhat salt and pepper. On a plate with a lip or a pie pan mix the flour, garlic powder and cayenne. Dredge the hen items within the flour combination, coating all sides.

If you’re making pasta or rice with this recipe, go forward and start that preparation together with the hen and sauce.

In a big skillet or sauce pan, warmth one tablespoon of the butter and the olive oil over medium-high warmth. Cook dinner the hen cutlets for 3-4 minutes on either side (6-8 minutes whole). Use a meat thermometer to examine that the inside has reached 160°F. In the event you don’t have a meat thermometer, reduce one of many items open to examine the hen is absolutely cooked and now not pink. Then take away the hen to a plate, protecting with aluminum foil to maintain heat as you make the sauce.

In the identical pan, soften the rest of the butter. Add the recent lemon juice, lemon zest and hen broth. Whisk to mix and take away any brown bits from the pan. Stir within the capers and cream.

You may add the cooked hen again into the pan and simmer for a couple of minutes, or you may pour the hen piccata sauce over the hen after plating with pasta (or no matter aspect you’re serving this with). Both manner! Prime with recent parsley and Parmesan cheese if utilizing.

Suggestions and Notes

• In the event you can’t discover capers, you might substitute sliced up inexperienced olives as a substitute.
• You may substitute the hen inventory for dry white wine, like Chardonnay, for those who like.
• My favourite approach to plate that is to toss the pasta within the piccata sauce (utilizing tongs), then I plate the pasta, slice the hen and add it excessive. And lastly, I drizzle or spoon the remaining sauce from the pan over the hen.
• When you’ve got leftovers, one of the best storage IMO is to retailer the hen and sauce individually in hermetic containers within the fridge after which rewarm every earlier than combining. In any other case, I believe the hen will get type of soggy.

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