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Lemon Caper Chicken

Lemon Caper Chicken

Ingredients

  • From Cook's Illustrated: Sep & Oct '07
  • This goes nicely with something like bow-tie pasta or rice.
  • Saute 4 chicken cutlets (half a chicken breast, halved) in vegatable
  • bits sticking to it.
  • 2 teaspoons vegatable oil
  • 1 medium shallot, minced, about 3 tablespoons
  • 1 teaspoon all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup low sodium chicken broth
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon capers, rinsed and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves
  • 1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • bits. Continue to simmer until reduced to about 1/2 cup. 2-3 minutes.
  • pepper to taste. Spoon sauce over cutlets and pasta/rice.

Instructions

  1. oil until browned, then set aside. Reuse pan with the little browned
  2. Add oil to used skillet, heat on low.
  3. Add shallot and cook until softened 1-1.5 minutes
  4. Add flour and cook 30 seconds
  5. Add broth, increase heat to boil and scrape pan bottom to free browned
  6. Stir in chicken juices that accumulated in the set aside chicken cutlets
  7. Add capers, parsley and butter. Add lemon juice last. add salt and