Quick Chicken Piccata
- 1 pound thin sliced skinless, boneless chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon hot paprika
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large lemon-half thinly sliced, half juiced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium shallot, chopped
- 1/3 cup white wine or dry vermouth
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- Some thin-sliced chicken breast has been sliced crosswise, so they look like thin rounds and strips; others look like large cutlets.
- If your market has the large ones, slice them on an angle into 2 or 3 pieces, so they look like veal scallops.
- Trim any fat from chicken and slice if necessary as described above; arrange chicken pieces in a single layer on a large plate or a tray.
- In a small bowl, mix flour, salt and hot paprika.
- Sprinkle half of seasoned flour over chicken.
- Turn pieces over and dust with remaining seasoned flour.
- In a large skillet, heat oil over high heat.
- Add lemon slices and cook 1 minute on each side; remove and set aside.
- Add chicken pieces to pan in a single layer and cook until golden brown outside and white inside but still juicy, 1 to 2 minutes on each side; remove to a platter.
- Melt 1-tablespoon butter in same skillet over medium heat.
- Add shallot and cook until softened, about 2 minutes.
- Pour in wine and broth and bring to a boil over high heat, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spatula; boil until reduced by half, about 1 minute.
- Stir in lemon juice and remaining butter, strain sauce over chicken, garnish
thin, flour, salt, hot paprika, olive oil, lemonhalf, butter, shallot, white wine, chicken broth
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/quick-chicken-piccata-recipe.html (may not work)