Twisted Chicken Scallopini Recipes

CHICKEN SCALLOPINI

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Remove the chicken breasts to plates, and serve the sauce over the chicken. Garnish each serving with a lemon slice.

LEMON-CILANTRO CHICKEN SCALOPPINE (SCALLOPINE OR SCALLOPINI)

Steps:

• BASIC CHICKEN SCALOPPINE (first three ingredients).
• Rinse 4 boneless, skinned chicken breast halves (5 to 6 oz. each); pat dry.
• Sprinkle both sides lightly with salt and pepper.
• Place halves between sheets of plastic wrap; with a mallet or a rolling pin, gently pound chicken to an even 1/4 inch thick. Peel off wrap.
• Put about 1/2 cup all-purpose flour in a shallow container. Turn each piece of chicken in flour to coat lightly.
• Set a 10- to 12-inch nonstick pan over medium-high heat; when hot, add 2 teaspoons olive oil. Lay 2 pieces of chicken in pan; cook, turning once, until no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a platter or plates and keep warm in a 200° oven.
• Repeat to cook remaining chicken in 2 more teaspoons oil.
• LEMON-CILANTRO CHICKEN SCALOPPINE (last 9 ingredients).
• You'll need to use the Basic Chicken Scaloppine (see above) and then continue with remaining directions below.
• Keep basic chicken scaloppine warm in a 200° oven.
• Add olive oil and garlic to hot pan used to cook chicken (don't wash) and stir over high heat until garlic is slightly limp, about 15 seconds.
• Add chicken broth, lemon peel, lemon juice, and chile flakes to pan; stir until mixture is boiling. Boil, stirring occasionally, until juices are slightly reduced, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, then stir in fresh cilantro.
• Spoon sauce evenly over chicken. Add salt and pepper to taste, and garnish with lemon wedges.
• Yield.
• Makes 4 servings.

CHICKEN SCALLOPINI

Steps:

• Add salt and pepper to breadcrumbs and stir together. Put breadcrumbs onto a dinner plate or into a ziploc bag, set aside.
• Place two chicken breast halves into a ziploc bag, remove air, and seal; pound to 1/4-inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin. Do the same with the other two breast halves.
• Pour the lemon juice onto a dinner plate and coat both sides of chicken with juice. Dredge chicken in breadcrumbs.
• Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; cook 3-4 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Remove from pan; keep warm.
• Add broth and wine to pan, and cook two minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in capers and butter.

THE REALTOR'S CHICKEN SCALLOPINI

Steps:

• 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 until it is an even thickness.
• Place the flour in a shallow dish; dredge each chicken breast on both sides with the flour.
• Melt the garlic butter in a large skillet over medium heat until it stops foaming.
• 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.
• Cook and stir the mushrooms, in the same skillet, 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, chicken base and water.
• Stir to combine. Reduce to a simmer.
• Adjust salt and pepper again; stir the parsley into the sauce.
• Remove the chicken breasts to serving plates.
• Serve the sauce over the chicken.
• Garnish each serving with a lemon slice.

CHICKEN SCALLOPINI WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Chicken Scallopini:.
• Pound chicken breasts to 1/8" thick.
• Heat butter & olive oil in pan.
• Brown chicken breast in hot pan, about 4 - 5 minutes or till cooked through.
• Keep warm while preparing sauce.
• Mushroom Sauce:.
• Add butter & olive oil to pan chicken was cooked in, & saute mushrooms.
• Add wine & chicken broth, cook till reduced to half original amount.
• Make sure you scrape the bottom of the pan to get all the little browned bits in the sauce.
• Stir in cream, season with salt & pepper, heat through.
• Serve over chicken.

LEMON CHICKEN SCALLOPINI WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until well-browned on both sides and meat is cooked thoroughly. Remove chicken from the skillet and cover.
• Stir the stock (or broth), garlic, lemon juice and zest, and soup in the skillet. Add the spinach. Cook and stir until the spinach is wilted.
• Return the chicken to the skillet with the other ingredients.
• This is delicious served over mashed potatoes, rice or pasta.