Chicken Piccatta…. Picattttttaaaaaa
I just like saying it, Picatta… Picaaatttaaa! I was saying it in my head all day..
Chicken Piccatta!
Oh my goodness oh my goodness, this was delicious! My pre-prep ingredients ( minus the chicken obviously) with my recipe
The recipe was given to us during lab and our group did not make this one in class …
If you click on the picture, you should be able to read the recipe. I did make a few changes, which were:
- I used 3 (pounded, thawed) boneless, skinless chicken breasts (huge ones)
- Whole Grain Flour ( I used about 1 cup, recipe calls for All-Purpose)
- Smart Balance instead of Butter
- Reisling instead of Chicken Stock
The Newman’s Own Organic Olive Oil and Smart Balance bubbling…
Chicken dredged in flour sizzling in the butter for 6 minutes…
Once chicken is browned, add in the wine, lemon juice, campers capers (haha) and scrape brown bits until bubbling like this:
When it gets hot and bothered like that, add the chicken back in and simmah (or Simmer) for about 10 more minutes. To complete my meal, I had cooked some wild, whole grain Uncle Bens. I don’t prefer rice really at all but this stuff was tasty with different grain textures.
and finally roasted vegetables (brussels and cauliflower) as well. Drumroll please…
This was absolutely by far the best chicken I have ever made.
It was scrumptious. Using whole grain flour really gave the chicken a wonderful texture. I decided to pound out the chicken for a few reasons, for one, the breasts were HUGE and would’ve taken forever to cook thoroughly and another reason is that pounding the meat makes it so tender. The briny capers and sour lemon cut the buttery taste nicely and the wine added a refreshing sweetness. The lemon, caper, butter and wine combination is probably one of my all time favorite.
Body:
Run: 5.11 miles in 39 minutes. Same time and distance as Sunday so that pumped me up.
I was so pumped that I did Jillian’s 30 Day Shred ( my Day 10 of the challenge) after my run, Level 2, with my 8 lb dumbells. Phew! I’ve lost 1.5 inches in my waist since starting the 30 Day Shred Challenge, but I have also run 23 miles and moved huge furniture for about 4 hours. I’m not eager to lose or gain anything but I am doing the challenge so I think it is interesting to note!
Mind:
Vitamins Exam in ONE WEEK! eek! didn’t I just have one of those! Today’s lecture was on Vitamin B 12, Magnesium and Iodide.We saw all these pictures of goiters ( iodide deficiency condition). Scarred me for life I think.
Studied for our medical terminology quiz.. about to study more right now..
Soul:
Chicken picatta… gees.. it was so satisfying! Talking with family helps keep me balanced, I’m helping friends move and have a birthday dinner for my brother’s girlfriend this weekend.
Grateful that I do not have a goiter ( medical terminology studying has got the best of me).
