Chicken Scallopini Recipe
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Chicken Scallopini

By: Strangecacti 
"While many have heard of veal scallopini, you can make this Italian dish with most any meat or even vegetables. The trick is to use a demi-glace of the same style -- i.e., a venison demi if using deer. You can 'fake' a demi-glace by reducing an appropriate brown stock and adding a water and flour slurry to thicken. Makes an awesome romantic dinner for two. "

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (59)

Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
40 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 2 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 clove garlic, pressed
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 4 ounces sliced mushrooms
  • 20 capers, or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 2 tablespoons chicken-flavored demi-glace, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
  • 2 lemon slices

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, stir together the garlic and butter until well combined. Set aside. Place a chicken breast half on a work surface with the thick side facing to the right (if you're right-handed), and place your left hand down on the chicken breast. Using a very sharp knife, carefully cut the chicken breast from the thick side to about 1/2 inch from the edge of the thin side, in a horizontal cut. Open the cut chicken breast and spread it out like an open book. Using a meat mallet, gently pound the butterflied chicken breast out until it's an even thickness.
  2. Place the flour into a shallow dish, and dredge each chicken breast on both sides with flour. Melt the garlic butter in a large skillet over medium heat until it stops foaming, and cook each chicken breast until golden brown on both sides, 6 to 8 minutes per side. Sprinkle each breast with salt and pepper. Remove the chicken breasts to a platter, and keep warm.
  3. Cook and stir the mushrooms in the same skillet as the chicken until the mushrooms have absorbed the remaining butter in the skillet and have begun to turn brown at the edges. Stir in capers, lemon juice, white wine, and chicken demi-glace, and stir to combine. Reduce to a simmer. Adjust salt and pepper again, and stir the parsley into the sauce.
  4. Remove the chicken breasts to plates, and serve the sauce over the chicken. Garnish each serving with a lemon slice.

Footnotes

  • Cook's Note
  • If you need to make this for a large party, cook the chicken as directed but in several small batches, and reserve the butter and flour from cooking each batch until you are ready to make the sauce for all.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 542 | Total Fat: 27.2g | Cholesterol: 128mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2011 by Robinspl Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Excellent recipe - it was delicious. I didn't have white wine so I used chicken broth and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by squirley   view full review
Excellent dish. Taste even better if a bottle of wine is consumed during preparation.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2011 by foxlaw   view full review
This dish is a standard in our household. We love it with steamed broccoli, and perhaps...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 1, 2010 by Gally   view full review
Loved it! Didn't have mushrooms but they'd have been welcome! I didn't think it needed lemon...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by cooking retired   view full review
I would use ex virgin olive oil, not butter. much healthier and very italian. season the flour...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 3, 2011 by kayakjoan   view full review
Fixed this tonight and loved it!! Could not find chicken flavored demi-glace so substituted...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2011 by Gena   view full review
I love these ingredients. I also add artichoke hearts. Yumm! I also increase the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 20, 2011 by naples34102 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
This dish is not new to me at all, and I have always loved it. But I've always used chicken...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by april Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Made this last night - this is a keeper. Did not make any changes to recipe. Recipe was so...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by MtnNanny   view full review
I didn't have a problem with this. I used chicken bouillon paste (Better Than Bouillon, brand...

 

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