Easy Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe (2024)

This quick and easy Chicken Piccata Recipe is made with juicy chicken breasts in a buttery and creamy lemon sauce with tangy capers and fresh parsley. We love serving this romantic dish over fresh Angel hair pasta.

Holy smokes, you guys! If you haven’t had the deliciousness of Chicken Piccata before, you’re in for a real treat. This tender, pan-fried chicken is simmered in a buttery and silky smooth lemon sauce that’s finger-licking good. I think my favorite part are the tiny capers that stud the sauce and give you a salty punch. (in a good way).

What Is Chicken Piccata?

Chicken Piccata is a classic Italian dish that consists of chicken breasts that have been pounded thin, then dredged in flour and seared in butter. It’s then simmered in a buttery, lemon wine sauce that’s filled with capers and fresh parsley. This Italian dinner is typically prepared with veal instead of chicken, but most commonly served over freshly cooked pasta.

How To Sear Chicken:

• Start by halving your chicken breasts to create two thinner slices per breast. This will help to make your chicken cook quickly and efficiently.
• Season the chicken with salt and lemon pepper seasoning, then lightly coat (dredge) them with all purpose flour to give them a nice golden brown crust when cooked.
• Sear the chicken in a hot skillet on both sides, until cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside.

How To Make Chicken Piccata Sauce:

• Remove the chicken from the skillet and toss in some butter and garlic. Sauté until fragrant then whisk in all purpose flour to create a simple roux.
• Add a splash or two of white wine and scrape any browned bits off the bottom of the pan (hello flavor town!).
• Finish the sauce by stirring in some chicken broth, lemon juice and the capers. Add a little more butter to the sauce then let it simmer and return the chicken to the sauce to heat through. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Recipe Tips and Variations –

• In order to get a beautiful pale yellow sauce, you want to make sure you don’t heat the skillet too high when cooking your chicken so it doesn’t burn. Too much browned/blackened bits on the bottom of the skillet will turn your sauce a little more brown than yellow.
• You can use chicken thighs or tenderloins in place of chicken breasts, just make sure they’re cooked through.
• This recipe would also work really well with thinly sliced pork chops, veal, cod or tilapia!
• To get ultra tender chicken, make sure to pound the chicken to an even thickness before dredging in the flour.
• Not a fan of capers? You could leave them out, but this would no longer be considered a piccata recipe; although it would still be delicious.

What To Serve with Chicken Piccata

This quick and easy chicken dish is best served over fresh cooked pasta. Angel hair pasta is our favorite because it cooks quite fast, making this an easy weeknight favorite.

We have also served this lemon chicken over creamy Mashed Potatoes or even riced cauliflower (for a low carb option).

These 2 Ingredient Dough Garlic Breadsticks would make a great side too!

More Favorite Chicken Recipes To Try:

• Juicy Oven Baked Chicken Breasts
• Last Minute Chicken Recipe
• Broccoli Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
• Spinach Herb Baked Chicken

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