Creamy Grilled Chicken Piccata – grilled lemon herb chicken over a creamy piccata sauce. SO good! Better than any restaurant! We make this at least once a month!
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Pin This RecipeA few weeks ago, I saw a recipe for a lemon pasta dish, and I immediately thought “Yuck! Lemon and Pasta sounds nasty!” BUT, I took a minute and thought about how much we love chicken piccata, so why not try a Creamy Chicken Piccata. I decided to give it a shot.
The experiment paid off big time. We LOVED this dish. I made the sauce while the chicken was on the grill and just tossed it together – SIMPLE! I marinated the chicken in some lemon and garlic so it would go with the sauce. I took our usual piccata sauce and just added cream to it (well, I did half and half, but cream would be even better). The chicken would be good just on its own, but the creamy lemon caper sauce just puts it over the top. I love when a recipe comes together just like you pictured it in your mind!
As I said, this was a HUGE hit at our house. We’ve made it several times and just love it. This chicken pasta is great with a salad and some garlic bread. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this yummy pasta:
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Creamy Grilled Chicken Piccata
Ingredients:
Chicken
- Juice of 1 lemon, 3 Tbsp
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp basil or oregano
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Pasta
- 2 cups dried penne pasta
- 2 Tbsp butter
- Juice of 2 lemons, 6 Tbsp
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- ½ cup half and half or heavy cream
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 2 Tbps capers
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions:
Chicken
- Combine first 6 ingredients and mix well. Place chicken in a ziplock bag and pour marinade over chicken. Marinate a few hours to overnight in the refrigerator.
- When ready, grill until done. Allow chicken to rest for a few minutes and then slice into strips to serve over pasta.
Pasta
- While chicken is grilling. Cook pasta according to directions (10-12 minutes). Reserve ½ cup of pasta water and drain.
- In the same saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Whisk in garlic and lemon juice. Pour in half-and-half and whisk until hot. Add some salt and pepper to taste. Add the parmesan cheese, basil and capers, and heat until cheese is melted.
- Check the consistency of the sauce and add some of the reserved pasta water to loosen the sauce if necessary. Toss in pasta.
- Serve in pasta bowls with grilled chicken on top. Sprinkle with more parmesan if desired.
Steph
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this was SO good! my grandaughter found this recipe off of pintrest and we decided to make this! thank you so much for sharing this; I'm thinking of making this a family tradition meal for our holidays
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RWebb – it will change the flavor of the dish, but it will still taste great without them. It is just better with them.
I've never had/used capers before. If I leave them out, will it make much of a difference in the taste? And your pic of this dish looks AMAZING!
I made this tonight and it is amazing! I found you on pinterest and will totally start following you!
The only thing I did differently was not add capers. Gag me. lol. But it was still yummy!!! I will definitely use this recipe again.
Thank you! (I'm going to share it on my blog, too.)
I think I love this! I can't wait to try it!
looks wonderful. me too with the ick to lemon/pasta… but sometimes things surprise you. yumo!!!
Mmm…I love lemon and pasta, this looks fabulous!
That pasta looks so perfect! I love chicken but that pasta looks so good, I could eat a giant bowl of it and not even miss the chicken 🙂
Oh, man! We love pasta and lemon! The kids will as for an extra slice of lemon to squeeze at the table. 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
~ingrid
I like the looks of this! The cream just richens it up and makes it all the more delicious!
AWESOME! Bookmarked and will be tried very soon, maybe even Sunday. That chicken shot is just luscious.
I know that my family would absolutely love this dish. Thanks for sharing.
I had the same thought about the lemon pasta, but your recipe really makes me want to try it! Thanks 🙂
Great looking dish. I luv piccata.
Stephenie, this looks so delicious. I didn't see this over at PW so thanks for sharing the recipe.
I like everything about this dish and will have to try it soon. Be sure to check out my blog today.