Food Network — Giada De Laurentiis makes chicken piccata
Official creator video demonstrates chicken piccata with lemon, capers and butter. Video fat amounts and garlic differ from FOOD's 450 g chicken and 9 g garlic; follow FOOD's 74°C internal temperature. Site playback untested.
Official cooking video · Food Network · YOUTUBELemon-Caper Butter Chicken Piccata
Three servings of thin chicken cutlets cooked in a skillet with lemon, capers and a butter pan sauce. Use a food thermometer.
Ingredients
servings: 3 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
1. Wash hands and rinse parsley. On a separate board, cut 450 g raw chicken into 1.5 cm cutlets and pat dry. Season with 2 g salt and 1 g pepper; dust with 35 g flour and shake off excess.
Discard flour left after coating raw chicken. Do not return it to the flour container or use it uncooked on another dish. Keep contaminated flour, boards and tongs away from ready-to-eat ingredients and wash hands. - 02
2. Heat 20 ml oil and 10 g butter over medium to medium-high heat. Sear cutlets in one layer for 3–4 minutes per side until golden, then place on a clean plate; the centers may not yet be cooked.
- 03
3. Reduce to medium; cook 9 g garlic for 30 seconds. Add 90 ml stock, 45 ml lemon juice and 28 g capers, scraping the pan. Return chicken and simmer 5–8 minutes until a thermometer reads at least 74°C at the thickest center.
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4. Divide chicken among three plates. Off heat whisk 15 g remaining butter into the sauce; spoon over chicken, scatter 12 g parsley and serve.
Swirl the remaining 15 g butter into the sauce little by little after switching off the heat to reduce splitting. If chicken has not reached 74°C, finish cooking it before adding the final butter.
Before you cook
Contains wheat and milk. Do not rinse raw chicken; separate it from ready-to-eat food and clean contaminated tools. Cook the thickest chicken section to at least 74°C regardless of color. Chill leftovers within 2 hours at or below 4°C and reheat to 74°C.
Allergens: wheat (flour), milk (butter), check chicken stock for additional allergens
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