Chicken Francese

Submitted by Shawn C

"My brother-in-law is from Naples, Italy and he and my sister owned a Italian restaurant that I worked at for a little while. This was my absolute favorite dish and I often serve it now 2-3 times a month. Sometimes I add artichoke hearts. When I add the artichoke hearts I use a can of quartered artichokes and drain off the brine and add at the end just long enough to heat through!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, fileted thinly to create 2 to 3 breasts servings
• 1 cup very condensed chicken broth
• 1⁄4 cup white wine
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 3 eggs
• grated parmesan cheese
• flour
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• parsley
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter (not margarine)
• linguine

directions

1. Dust chicken with flour.
2. In a flat container mix together eggs and enough parmesan cheese to create a thick batter (something like pancake batter).
3. Dip breasts in batter and cook at medium to med-high heat in a little olive oil, brown a little on both sides.
4. Remove all chicken to a platter- keep warm.
5. In same skillet increase heat to a med-high and quickly brown the garlic (not too brown) then deglaze pan with wine and let"boil" a few minutes.
6. Add broth, butter and let cook until butter has melted.
7. Add parsley, quickly whisking together.
8. Add lemon juice 1/4 at a time until desired taste.
9. Thicken if desired.
10. Ladle over chicken and pasta on individual plates, with a garnish of lemon wedges and parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[peachez]

Exquisite recipe. I served this over some doctored up brown rice with bits of fresh vegetables. My DH and DS want me to make this " Chicky Franky " ( my DH can't pronounce it, so this is what he calls it now )at least twice a week. I wish I could give it far more than 5 stars, it's that pleasing. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Maiya]

This was a pretty tasty recipe. I did have to make a couple of changes though. I had to substitute red wine for white, and I was out of parsley. I think this recipe is a keeper!

 

[Natalie S.]

Best Chicken Francese recipe... easy to make, simple ingredients yet packed with flavor! I love lemon so I added an extra squeezed lemon and wondra flour to thicken sauce... perfect

 

[Spyder-man]

I really liked this one! and I used the artichoke hearts like in your comments. They wwere so tender! I did add extra garlic- loved the extra flavor it added. Didn't have any linguini but used vermicelli- still great though. Will have again, thanks for the recipe! Next time I might add some capers and have it in the true chicken picatta style.

 

[Rinder]

A very tasty recipe if a little involved. Surprisingly light tasting for the amount of butter used. Also the recipe didn't state the amount of parsley or whether it should be fresh or dried. Will definitely make again.