Four Ways Making Chicken Piccata Can Hone Your Cooking Skills

When I crave homemade chicken piccata, I consult the incomparable Chef John. Not only do his recipes work, but he'll show me how to rock it AND teach me new cooking skills in the meantime.

If you're new to cooking, chicken piccata is a marvelous recipe to master because it calls for a series of techniques you'll use in many other recipes:

Pounding/tenderizing poultry/meat with a meat mallet

No meat mallet? No worries. Use one of these household items instead.

Seasoning and dredging poultry/meat in flour before browning in the pan

#Protip: Make like Chef John and sprinkle your flour on a plate (I recommend a pie plate, to minimize mess) and add more flour as needed, to avoid having to throw out what's leftover.

Pan-frying

The pan and oil are the right temperature if it sizzles when you add the chicken, sayeth Chef John

Building a pan sauce/Deglazing a pan with wine

#Protip: Make sure you use cold butter to get your sauce good and creamy.

Watch the whole video here. Serve this rich, lemony, briny, appealing dish atop hot rice, your favorite pasta, or mashed cauliflower.

Happy cooking!