Grilled Chicken Picatta
- 2 whole Lemons (zest And Juice, Divided Use)
- 1- 1/2 Tablespoon Olive Oil, Divided
- 1 dash Salt And Pepper For Marinade
- 4 whole Chicken Breasts
- 8 ounces, weight Baby Bella Mushrooms
- 1 Tablespoon Butter Or Margarine
- 2 teaspoons Flour
- 3/4 cups Dry White Wine
- 1/2 cups Low Sodium Chicken Broth
- 1 dash Salt And Pepper For Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Capers, Drained
- To make chicken marinade: combine zest of 1 lemon, 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice (save the rest of the lemon), 1 Tablespoon olive oil and a dash of salt and pepper.
- Pound chicken to 1/2 inch thickness and marinate for 30-60 minutes.
- Grill chicken on a grill pan on the stove, set to medium heat and turning once.
- Grill about 5 minutes on each side.
- If the chicken is not cooked through but is browned nicely, you can just cook it longer in the sauce.
- Set aside when its browned.
- While grilling chicken make the lemon wine sauce.
- Rinse mushrooms and slice.
- Heat 1 Tablespoon of butter or margarine and 1/2 Tablespoon olive oil in a deep pan over medium heat.
- Add mushrooms and saute 5-7 minutes until they have released their liquid and are soft.
- Add flour to the mushrooms and stir for 1 minute.
- Turn heat to medium-high and add the white wine.
- Stir well for 2 minutes so the flour blends with the wine.
- Add the chicken broth, all remaining juice of both lemons (taking the seeds out first), and the lemon halves to the pan, stir to combine.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Turn the heat back down to medium and add the chicken to the pan.
- Let the mixture simmer for about 5-10 minutes until sauce has reduced just a bit and thickened up.
- Remove lemon halves, add capers and remove from heat.
- Plate over brown rice or whole wheat pasta.
lemons, olive oil, salt, chicken breasts, bella mushrooms, butter, flour, white wine, chicken broth, salt, capers
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/grilled-chicken-picatta/ (may not work)