Tastiest Lemon Chicken Piccata with Pasta Quarantine Meals | ThermoPro Recipes 2020

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while enhancing flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

Combine the flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder in a bowl. Toss the chicken breasts in the flour mixture. Set them aside.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Once hot, add the pasta of your choice. Cook according to the package instructions. When draining the pasta, reserve about ¼ cup of the cooking liquid.

In the empty pan, melt the 2 tablespoons of butter, then add back in the pasta and some of the reserved pasta cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper and 2 tablespoons of the chopped parsley.

While the pasta is cooking, heat the ¼ cup of salted butter in a pan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted and bubbling, add the chopped garlic. Stir the garlic around in the pan until the garlic is fragrant, then add the chicken breasts to the pan. Let them brown for 2 minutes on each side.

Add the broth and capers to the pan, followed by the lemon juice and lemon slices. Flip the chicken over again after an additional 2 minutes of cooking.

Once the chicken reaches the appropriate temperature, garnish with the remaining chopped parsley. Serve the chicken over the buttered pasta and garnish with parsley and red pepper flakes.

Cooking Techniques

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