Name: Easy Chicken Piccata
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 6 chicken thighs (boneless and skinless, organic ); 3 cloves garlic (crushed); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/18 teaspoon pepper; 1 lemon (juiced); 1/4 cup chicken broth; 1/4 cup white wine; 3 tablespoons capers

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This is my easy chicken piccata recipe that dares to be nakedly delicious. The chicken is naked because it doesn’t have the skin and you don’t bread or fry these chicken pieces, you bake them to perfection.

A white plate with the piccata, capers, pasta and green beans. There is a salad and a bowl of chicken in the background

Why is easy chicken piccata so satisfying? Maybe it’s the tangy saltiness of it. Probably! I know that Christopher loves this dish. And he loves it even more because the chicken isn’t breaded or fried. He’s healthy that way.

So am I, mostly. But I do enjoy my occasional fried meal. These past two Saturdays, for instance, I had fish and chips at two different restaurants and the haddock was excellent at both.

But mostly I look for ways to make things healthier and that is why there isn’t any skin on the thighs and it’s not breaded or fried.

Do I have to use boneless and skinless thighs?

No. You don’t, but it cooks faster than chicken thighs with bones in them and like I’ve previously stated, it’s healthier without the skin.

Helpful tips

After you place the chicken thighs in the baking dish, don’t pour the liquid over them. You don’t want to disturb the salt and pepper
Try to use organic chicken broth as you can honestly taste the difference
Use a dry white wine and not something sweet like a chardonnay
Use freshly squeezed lemon juice
Use as many capers as you want
You can also use as many cloves of garlic as you like. My thought is, the more the merrier

How to make easy chicken piccata

Step one: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step two: Gather capers, garlic, lemon, chicken, broth and wine. (1)

Step three: Dribble a little oil on the bottom of a baking dish and add chicken thighs, crushed garlic, salt and pepper. (2)

Step four: Add chicken broth and wine in the baking dish, but don’t pour it over the chicken. (3)

Step five: Lemon juice poured in the dish and the capers sprinkled on top of the chicken. (4)

Collage of four photos: a jar of capers, garlic cloves, lemon, chicken, wine and broth. A baking dish with the chicken and garlic on it. Wine added to the baking dish. Capers and lemon juice added to the baking dish

Step six: Put the chicken piccata into the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

Fresh out of the oven.

Now to plate the chicken piccata and put this delicious meal into my belly.

I grab my plate, place a thigh on it along with some green beans and some rigatoni pasta.

I pour some of the yummy gravy onto the the chicken and pasta.

I hope you enjoyed this easy chicken piccata recipe.

Please feel free to leave me a comment, would you miss the piccata being breaded and fried?

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And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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