Elegante Chicken Piccata

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• flour
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 3 ounces wine (3/8 cup)
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into cubes
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 ounce capers

Recipe

• 1 place chicken breasts between layers of plastic wrap and pound to about ¼â€? thick using the flat side of a meat mallet; set aside.
• 2 heat ¼ cup olive oil in a large sauté pan; once oil is hot, lightly dust chicken breasts with flour and place in pan; season (top-side only) lightly with salt and pepper then cook for 1 and a 1/2 minutes; turn over.
• 3 add wine, lemon juice, and chicken broth in that order; allow chicken breasts to cook (over high heat) in this sauce for 2 minutes; remove chicken to a serving plate, leaving sauce in pan.
• 4 add the capers to the sauce and whisk in butter cubes; once butter is half-way melted, remove pan from heat and continue to stir until the butter is melted; pour sauce over the chicken breasts and serve.
• 5 note: go easy with the salt shaker as the capers add sodium to the sauce.