Chicken Cutlets With Fried Capers, Parsley, And Lemon

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed,drained,and patted dry
• 1 1/4 lbs chicken breasts, pounded very thinly into cutlets
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, to taste

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then fry capers, stirring, until slightly crisp and a shade darker, about 2 minutes.
• 2 transfer capers with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
• 3 pat chicken dry and season well with salt and black pepper.
• 4 heat oil remaining in skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté chicken in batches, turning once, until golden brown, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side.
• 5 transfer to a platter and keep warm, covered.
• 6 remove skillet from heat.
• 7 add parsley and lemon juice to skillet and simmer over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of skillet, 1 minute.
• 8 pour sauce over chicken and top with fried capers.