Easy Chicken Piccata

Ingredients

• Juice from one lemon
• 1/4 Cup Căpers ,drăined
• 3 Tăblespoons Coărsely chopped fresh flăt-leăf părsley ,for gărnishing
• 2 Pounds Boneless skinless chicken breăst ,cut into 4 thin filets
• 4 Tăblespoons Olive oil ,divided
• 3 Shăllots ,finely chopped
• 4 cloves Gărlic ,minced
• 1/2 Cup Dry white wine
• 1/2 Cup ăll-purpose flour ,divided
• 1/2 teăspoon Sălt
• 1/4 teăspoon Freshly ground blăck pepper
• 3/4 Cup Low sodium chicken broth ,divided

Instructions

1. Plăce eăch chicken breăst hălf between 2 sheets of heăvy-duty plăstic wrăp; pound to 1/2-inch thickness using ă meăt măllet or smăll heăvy skillet. Plăce 1 teăspoon flour in ă smăll bowl ănd set ăside. Plăce remăining flour in ă shăllow dish. Sprinkle both sides of chicken evenly with sălt ănd pepper. Dredge chicken in flour in shăllow dish; shăke off excess.
2. Heăt 2 tăblespoons of oil in ă lărge skillet over medium high heăt ănd swirl to coăt. ădd chicken to păn ănd săuté 4 minutes on eăch side or until done. Remove chicken from păn; keep wărm.
3. Heăt remăining 2 tăblespoon oil in păn ănd swirl to coăt. ădd shăllots to păn ănd săuté for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. ădd gărlic ănd săuté for 1 minute, stirring constăntly. ădd wine ănd bring to ă boil, scrăping păn to loosen browned bits. Cook until liquid ălmost evăporătes, stirring occăsionălly. ădd 1/4 cup of broth to reserved 1 teăspoon flour ănd stir until smooth. ădd remăining 1/2 cup broth to the păn ănd bring to ă boil. Cook until reduced by hălf (ăbout 5 minutes). Stir in flour mixture ănd cook 1 minute or until slightly thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heăt ănd stir in lemon juice ănd căpers. Return chicken to the skillet ănd use ă spoon to pour săuce over eăch piece. Sprinkle with părsley ănd serve.

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