Creamy Chicken Piccata
The easiest chicken piccata ever! With tender, juicy chicken thighs + the most heavenly cream sauce. 30 min, start to finish. YES!!
How do you like your chicken piccata? Because I like mine extra-extra creamy. You know, so you have enough sauce for your vegetables, your pasta, or you know, for the crusty bread to sop up all the good bits.
So that’s exactly what we have here. Extra-extra creamy as I call it. And you know I love using boneless, skinless chicken thighs, but as always, you can substitute chicken breasts if you prefer white meat. You’ll still have all the saucy goodness to go around!
Serve with the wine you cook with in this recipe – no need to let that go to waste!
Creamy Chicken Piccata
The easiest chicken piccata ever! With tender, juicy chicken thighs + the most heavenly cream sauce. 30 min, start to finish. YES!!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 5 ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 ¼ cups chicken stock
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- ¼ cup capers, drained
Instructions
- Season chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Dredge chicken in 4 tablespoons flour until evenly coated.
- Heat canola oil and butter in a medium skillet over medium heat.
- Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet in a single layer and cook until golden brown and cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees F, about 4-5 minutes per side; set aside. Reduce heat to medium low.
- Whisk in remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
- Gradually whisk in chicken stock, wine and lemon juice. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced and slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir in heavy cream, parsley and capers; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Return chicken to the skillet.
- Serve immediately.
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I’ve never had Chicken Piccata before. This recipe was so good, my husband said it was “restaurant quality”. I’m not a spectacular cook or anything. This recipe was so easy to follow and the result was delicious.
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Absolute perfection! The entire family loved this dish! I have now made it a few times and have even swapped out chicken with grilled garlic shrimp. So yummy! I double the sauce and add the pasta to it. So amazing! I’ve shared this recipe countless times and everyone loves it.
Damned delicious! I made with chicken breasts – but otherwise followed recipe ♥️ Side dish one night was rice and asparagus, the next night was roasted potatoes and asparagus both were perfect for soaking up the yummy tangy creamy sauce. Another winner!! Thank you!
Love this!
Definitely a keeper. I didn’t use capers the first time, but I’m planning on making it again, and I’ll add them to try it.
Delicious lemony sauce, everyone liked
Even my 6 and 4 year old loved it! They preferred it with spaghetti, but my husband and I loved it over rice. Make a double batch!
This recipe is truly amazing, 5 star restaurant quality. My 6 year old son said it is the best chicken he’s ever had. I made it exactly as written, except I used oat milk as my son is allergic to dairy, and made extra sauce to have over pasta! It was incredible, and the whole family loved it. The lemony flavor is amazing. I will definitely be making again!!!!
I made this dairy free too – I always sub a can of coconut cream for “cream” or heavy cream. I also use it in her chicken creamy wild rice soup. Really helps thicken up and you don’t taste the coconut at all. Just scoop out the thick cream at the top of the can and skip the liquid.
Delish! Thanks for the recipe.
Entire fam loved it!
What do you serve it with? I had herbed rice on hand but want to try another side… Any recos?
I would serve it over buttered vermicelli or angel hair pasta! Or some egg noodles! I bet just about anything would be good 🙂
Just made this tonight! Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy! It was fun to make something different than my “usuals” and it got great reviews from my family.
I regret how long it took my husband and I to get around to making this….so freaking good. Amazing flavor and paired nicely with seasonal Asparagus and chickpea pasta!
Wow! Big hit with the family and picky teen asked for it again tonight. I had to add a little more heavy cream and chicken stock because I added too much fresh lemon juice. It was user error but still came out great. We sopped up the sauce with dinner rolls which isn’t healthy but it’s OH SO GOOD! Added to this to the rotation. 🙂
I was wondering if you could prepare this in the morning and bake in the oven later in the afternoon? We are having an intimate wedding ceremony in the back yard and I realize that this method changes the receipe completely, but wondering if it has been tried and would turn out company worthy? It looks so yummy!! Thanks 🙂
Loved this recipe of Creamy Chicken. Thanks for such amazing recipe.
I made this for dinner tonight and it was a huge win. I didn’t have any white wine, so I used a little extra chicken stock and some apple cider vinegar. I used chicken breasts and pounded them flat-ish with my rolling pin – that took some extra time, but they cooked very quickly in the pan (4 minutes each side). I served it over protein plus angel hair pasta. The perfect high protein meal for Sunday dinner! Will definitely be making this again!
Easy and delicious!!
Yum! This recipe was delicious! Very easy to make. Will be putting this into the dinner rotation.
This was our Easter dinner this year and it was SO delicious! So quick and easy to make as well! Can’t wait to have it again soon!
Ummm this was absolutely amazing!!! I made it over our quarancation..I put it away, and then pulled it back out of the fridge an hour later to eat more haha. Plenty of sauce for noodles, etc- which I feel like is often an issue with recipes. Added to recipe binder immediately! Yum!
I love chicken piccata, it’s one of my favorite overall dishes. We made with with farfalle and fresh lemon juice and followed as written and my husband literally closed his eyes when he took the first bite. This was delicious. Will definitely make again and thank you for the recipe!