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Chicken Picatta Pasta

Chicken Piccatta Pasta - A Family Feast
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Chicken Piccata Pasta has bite-size pieces of tender-cooked chicken and pasta, all tossed in a flavorful lemon garlic caper sauce.

Ingredients

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1 pound Cavatappi pasta or other large sturdy pasta

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon white pepper

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 stick of butter, divided

1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced

Zest from one lemon

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice, about 1 1/2 lemons

1/2 cup vermouth, or white wine

1 cup chicken stock

1/3 cup of capers, drained

2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced

Instructions

  1. Place a large pot of water on to boil. Once it boils, add a little salt.
  2. Remove any fat and veining from the chicken thighs then cut into bite sized pieces.
  3. In a medium bowl, place flour, salt and pepper.
  4. Toss the chicken pieces in the flour and shake off excess.
  5. Add the pasta to the boiling salted water. Cook the pasta to a few minutes short of fully cooked. The pasta should still be chewy and a bit hard.
  6. While the pasta cooks, in a large brasier or high sided heavy skillet, place all the olive oil and half the butter and turn to medium high heat.
  7. Once the butter melts and the mixture becomes a little frothy, add half the coated chicken and cook for about three minutes on each side until cooked through. Remove to a plate.
  8. Add the remaining chicken and cook until fully cooked. Move to the same plate.
  9. Add garlic and cook for one minute then add the lemon juice and zest and reduce by half.
  10. Add the vermouth and again, reduce by half, scraping up any brown bits from the pan bottom.
  11. Add the stock and again, reduce by half.
  12. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining butter to form a somewhat thick sauce.
  13. Add the capers, then use a spider and remove the almost cooked pasta from the hot water and add to the pan along with the cooked chicken.
  14. Stir and add some pasta water and cook over medium heat until the pasta is fully cooked, adding more pasta water until the pasta is at the desired doneness.
  15. Stir in half the parsley and serve with additional parsley served over portions.

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