Grilled Chicken Breasts Piccata
Total time: 30 minutes
Capers, tarragon and lemon add a wonderful flavor to chicken breasts. Marinated for just 15 minutes, cooked on the barbecue grill and finished with a lemon, tarragon, caper sauce, these boneless chicken breasts make a lovely gourmet summer dinner, worthy of dinner guests... or just you!
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 3 tbs capers (with liquid)
- 4 tbs fresh lemon juice, about 1 lemon
- 4 tbs olive oil
- 2 tsp fresh snipped tarragon substitute 1 tsp dried
Instructions:
- Chop 2 tbs capers.
- Squeeze the lemon and remove any pips.
- Put lemon juice and oil in a small bowl and whisk well to combine, it should get thick.
- Put 3 tbs of the lemon/oil mixture into a separate bowl for the sauce.
- To the remaining marinade add the chopped capers.
- Put chicken in a shallow dish, pour the marinade with the chopped capers over and let marinate for 15 minutes.
- Snip the tarragon and add it to the sauce (reserved 3 tbs of lemon/oil), set it aside.
- To cook: Remove the chicken from marinade, discarding the marinade, and cook on barbecue grill for 8 - 12 minutes per side depending on size, or until done, take a peak and see.
- Or can be sautéed in nonstick skillet over medium heat for the same time.
- Remove from heat, slice, drizzle the sauce over the top, sprinkle with remaining capers and serve.