How to Make Chicken Scallopini

Chicken Scallopini sounds like it would be too fancy to make at home, but that is not so! With a few simple tools and ingredients, your guests will be asking for seconds.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• 2 lbs chicken breasts
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 cup capers
• 1/4 cup pitted olives of your choice
• 1/4 cup white flour
• 2 lemons
• Wax paper
• 6 tbsp butter
• Pasta of your choice
• Meat Tenderizer

The secret is in the cooking technique

1. Trim chicken the fat off the chicken breasts. Place the breasts between sheets of wax paper. Pound with smooth side of a meat tenderizer until it reaches 1/4-inch thickness. Remove and dredge the chicken on both sides in the flour.
2. Heat three tablespoons each of butter and olive oil over medium heat in a frying pan. When the butter starts to froth, place the breasts into the pan and saute for three minutes on each side. Remove and place on paper towels.
3. Cut one lemon into thin slices. Cut the second lemon in half and squeeze the juice from it into a small cup. Set it aside. After wiping the pan clean with a paper towel, heat the other three tablespoons of butter and oil. Add the capers, the pitted olives, the lemon slices and the lemon juice into the pan and saute for one minute on medium heat. Turn heat to low and saute for five more minutes.
4. Add the chicken breasts back to the pan and toss with a spatula.
5. Serve over your choice of pasta with a side salad and some good country bread.
6. Enjoy!

Tips & Warnings

• Heat the butter and oil until the butter is frothing before you add the ingredients.
• After you turn the heat down on the olives, capers and lemons, toss only one time with the spatula before adding the chicken.