There is just something so delicious about chicken cooked with capers and fresh mushrooms. This is a great recipe to try if you love a good chicken piccata. Serve with a side salad and egg noodles or a baked potato.
Healthy Chicken and Mushroom Piccata
The key to making a great chicken piccata is to make sure the chicken breasts are very thin. This requires less cooking time and no chance of the chicken getting dried out or tough & chewy.
Most chicken piccata recipes are very similar, but I like to add a touch of milk or cream at the end to cut the tartness of the lemon.
If the chicken breasts are thick, cut the chicken breasts in half horizontally and place them between two pieces of plastic wrap and pound them thin with a meat mallet or a small skillet.
Adding mushrooms to the chicken adds that additional kick of nutrients, not to mention just another way to squeeze in an extra serving of vegetables! So squeeze them in whenever you can!
Ingredients Needed for this Delicious Chicken Recipe:
- Boneless chicken breasts
- Four
- Garlic powder
- Fresh mushrooms – buy organic if possible
- Olive oil
- Butter
- Minced garlic
- Chicken broth
- White wine
- Heavy cream
- Fresh parsley
- Lemon
- Capers
Healthy and Delicious Dinner is served with this Chicken and Mushroom Piccata
- 1 lbs. boneless chicken breasts, sliced very thin
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- pinch of pepper
- 6-8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
- 1-1/2 tablespoons olive oil, diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 1/3 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- juice of one large lemon
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Mix together the flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Dredge both sides of chicken breasts in flour. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil and the butter in a large skillet. Place floured chicken in the skillet and cook on both sides for about 4 minutes per side.
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Remove chicken to a plate. Add the additional 1/2 tablespoon of oil to the skillet along with the mushrooms. Cook for about 2 minutes until mushrooms start to get tender.
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Add the broth, wine, parsley, lemon juice, capers and cream to the skillet. Return the chicken to the skillet and simmer on medium heat for about 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
What To Serve with Chicken and Mushroom Piccata
We love to serve our chicken and mushroom piccata with cooked egg noodles.
Serve a side salad with a homemade Ranch dressing.
Baked Potato
We also serve this healthy Chicken Piccata Recipe with easy diced and Roasted Sweet Potato Cubes – a healthy and delicious side dish for most meat dishes.
Why We Love Chicken with Capers and Mushrooms
We love this chicken recipe because of the flavorful combination of capers and mushrooms cooked with the chicken it all just blends together so nicely. Mushrooms are a healthy part of a balanced diet.
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