Chicken Piccata
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By Matt Margeson in Recipes Published: Saturday, 29 March 08 - 06:18 PM (GMT -07:00) Last Updated: Sunday, 30 March 08 - 08:14 PM (GMT -07:00) |
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People never cease to amaze me, but issuing an arrest warrant for God is probably asking for trouble. Of course the problem here is that unless the Lord has a really twisted sense of humor he probably is not driving around letting police pull him over for DUI. In fact, unless God had something really important to do that day why wouldn’t he show up in court? God couldn’t possibly be worried about what the jury verdict might be. Could he?
In all seriousness I run into clients who call me up AFTER an arrest warrant has been issued because they didn’t make it to a court date. Every so often everyone gets a traffic ticket. The best thing you can do is take some time off work and go down and handle the ticket or if you feel the matter is serious enough give Margeson & Reed a call and we’ll go down and handle it for you. Not showing up, however, is not an option! The reason behind this is, once again, every so often everyone gets a traffic ticket, and when you get that next ticket you’ll be going to jail…
So today’s recipe is chicken piccata not because there is anything particularly godly about it, but because this is one of those recipes that is quick and easy to make so you can be well rested for your early morning court date. Seriously, just go it’s so much better for you in the long run.
1 lb chicken breasts
2 eggs
1-2 teaspoons lemon zest
½ cup of flour
1/3 stick of butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion chopped fine
2 cups chicken stock
½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
¼ cup of caper berries and just a bit of the caper juice
1 box of your favorite pasta noodles preferably linguine
Salt and pepper
Beat the two eggs in a bowl and once you have a nice golden color and a smooth consistency set the eggs aside. Mix the flour with the zest from the lemons you’re going to juice later, salt, and a little pepper, and set in another bowl beside the egg bowl. Take your chicken and chop it into 1 inch chunks. Then prepare your pan by placing all the butter and olive oil in it and melting the butter over medium heat. Once the pan is hot and all the butter is melted we can get started with the chicken.
Dip the chicken in the egg and swish it around a bit to coat the chicken. Once covered in the egg, move the chicken to the flour mixture toss it around to coat. Do this process in two or three batches so that all the chicken gets a chance to soak up the goodness. Then move the chicken to the pan and brown it on all sides. Once brown remove the chicken from the pan and let it rest for a minute or two. At this point you can throw in the chopped onion and cook until just translucent.
Take the browned up flour bits and remaining butter in the pan and add few tablespoons of the flour mixture to the pan. Stir this mixture till you start to get something with the consistency of paste interspersed with the onion bits (it’s unappetizing looking at this point but don’t worry it gets way better). Let this cook for just a minute or two stirring the whole time so the additional flour doesn’t burn. There will be some bubbling and you should notice your paste turning a golden color. At this point add the chicken stock and lemon juice and bring the mixture to a boil stirring constantly. Once boiling back down the heat to a simmer and add in the chicken and the capers and cover the pan. Let this mixture cook until the chicken is cooked through. This will take about 30 minutes
While your piccata mixture is simmering start the pasta so that its ready to go when your chicken is done. Throw all this on a big plate and enjoy!
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