Chicken breasts with caper sauce
4
Points®
Total time: 43 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 28 min • Serves: 2 • Difficulty: Easy
If you’re a fan of capers and garlic, then this easy chicken dish is a must try. Chicken breasts are coated with a rich-flavored sauce that gets its luxurious, silky consistency from the butter-flour mixture that’s stirred into the sauce during the last few minutes of cooking. If you don’t have sherry vinegar, fresh lemon juice would make a good sub here. You could easily make this recipe with boneless, skinless chicken thighs or boneless pork chops. Serve the dish over cooked orzo or angel hair pasta with a side of steamed broccoli spears. For a pop of color and fresh flavor, sprinkle the final dish with chopped basil, thyme, or parsley.
Ingredients
Reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 cup(s)
Sherry vinegar
0.5 tsp
Garlic
4 medium clove(s)
Peppercorn
0.125 tsp
Bay leaf
1 leaf/leaves
Uncooked boneless skinless chicken breast(s)
10 oz
Table salt
0.25 tsp
Black pepper
0.125 tsp
Olive oil
1 tsp
Capers
1 tsp
Unsalted butter
1 tsp
All-purpose flour
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Bring the broth, vinegar, garlic, peppercorns, and bay leaf, to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce the heat and simmer until the liquid is reduced to about 3/4 cup and the garlic is very tender, 8–9 minutes. Discard the peppercorns and bay leaf; puree the garlic mixture in a blender.
2
Sprinkle the chicken with the salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until browned, about 5 minutes on each side. Add the garlic mixture and capers; partially cover and cook, turning the chicken, until heated through, 2–3 minutes longer.
3
Meanwhile, mix the butter and flour in a small custard cup to form a paste. Stir it into the sauce until blended and smooth. Simmer until the sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. Yields 1 chicken breast half and 1/3 cup sauce per serving.
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