Quick Chicken Piccata

Name: Quick Chicken Piccata
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: chicken breasts; salt and black pepper; butter; vegetable oil; chicken broth; vermouth; lemon juice; capers; lemon

Submitted by spike1144

Dress up your dinners with this succulent chicken dish made with lemon juice, capers and vermouth.

YIELD

4 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

EACH CHICKEN BREASTS
boneless, halves, skinned

X SALT AND BLACK PEPPER *

TABLESPOONS BUTTER

TEASPOON VEGETABLE OIL

CUP CHICKEN BROTH

CUP VERMOUTH *

TABLESPOONS LEMON JUICE
fresh

TABLESPOON CAPERS
drained, rinsed

SLICES LEMON *

Directions

Pat chicken dry. Season with salt and pepper. Melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until springy to touch, 4 minutes per side. Remove from skillet; keep warm.

Increase heat to high. Stir broth and vermouth into skillet. Boil until reduced by half, scraping up any browned bits. Remove from heat. Mix in lemon juice and capers. Place chicken on plates and pour sauce over.

Garnish chicken with lemon slices. 4 servings.