Chicken Piccata

This is an all time favorite in our house and definetly a must make when my brother visits! The chicken and noodles pair so well with the light lemony sauce, this dish really is one of our comfort foods!


Ingredients:

1 Lb Skinless, Boneless chicken breast filets (extra thin)
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 Cup all-purpose flour, for dredging
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice 
2 Cups chicken stock
1 Tablespoon dried Parsley

1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper (optional)

I Tablespoon Red Chili Flakes (optional)

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1 bags of the extra wide egg noodles

Directions:

In a large pot of boiling salted water, add the extra wide egg noodles and cook until just tender. Rinse and keep in pot. If you will keep these for a while before eating, add a bit of butter to it. I prefer to cook noodles just before eating.

Take the chicken and wash and pat dry it. If you can’t find extra thin breast filets, use the regular chicken breasts but pound them out to be thin. Season both sides of the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne (if you are using it).

Mix the sauce ingredients by combining chicken stock, lemon zest, lemon juice, parsley, salt, pepper, and red chili flakes and set aside.

Take the flour and add salt, pepper, and half red chili flakes (depends how hot you want it). Reserve 1 table spoon of flour for later.  Dredge the chicken filets in the flour and place on a clean dry plate.

Heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil.  Add the chicken and brown on both sides for 2-3 minutes per side depending on thickness and until cooked through. Let the chicken rest on a plate after it’s cooked.  Once all the chicken is browned, add the remaining olive oil to the pan and add the reserved flour and cook for 2 minutes. Once the flour and olive oil mix has cooked and is slightly light brown, add the sauce mixture and reduce heat to low.

Cook sauce for 2-3 minutes until slightly thickened. Add the chicken back in the sauce and simmer on low for 5 minutes. The sauce will thicken even more at this point.

To serve: plate the noodles up and place one chicken breast on top of noodles and pour some sauce over.

You could add sautéed mushrooms if you like.

Enjoy and take the Thyme to Savor!