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Easy Chicken Picatta

Easy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsored

Over the past several years of following a healthier lifestyle, I’ve learned one of the best ways to stay happy and healthy is to enjoy the comfort foods you love.

Because what’s the point of enjoying your healthy lifestyle if you’re not happy?

BUT…here’s the thing.

There are so many ways to recreate the comfort foods we all know and love into healthier versions of themselves.

Easy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsoredEasy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsored

And, by healthier versions, I mean ALL the same flavors, fragrances, and textures (basically: the look and feel), but without all those ingredients that aren’t good for us.

What do I mean by “not good” for us ingredients?

Pretty simply, those types of ingredients fall into the following categories:

  • refined sugars (think granulated white sugars and artificial sweeteners, more on that here)
  • refined flours (think bleached flours, stripped of all their nutrients)
  • high sodium (think loads of added salt)
  • refined fats (think oils and fats that increase shelf life, like trans fats)

These are the main culprits that make the comfort foods we love what we shouldn’t enjoy that often.

Easy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsored

So, how do we turn our unhealthy comfort foods into healthier options we can enjoy more often?

Fortunately, it’s shockingly easy.

The trick is to find high quality ingredients that replace the lower quality ingredients.

For example…

  • replace refined sugars with more nutrient-rich, naturally occurring sweeteners (like pure maple syrup or raw honey)
  • replace refined flours with higher quality flours, like quinoa flour, amaranth flour (like I’ve done in this recipe by using truRoots® Ancient Grains Organic Spaghetti <— LOVE)
  • reduce high sodium foods by removing unnecessarily added salt from manufactured foods and using fresh, whole ingredients
  • replace refined fats with healthier forms of fat, such as olive oil and coconut oil

The more ingredients you replace, the better the health factor for your re-created healthy comfort food.

Easy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsored Easy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsored

While it may sound a little daunting at first to figure out which ingredients are good or bad for you, the more you do it, the better you get until, one day, you just know and never even consider the unhealthier alternative.

Also finding some favorite ingredients you know you can rely on, like the pasta and chickpea flour in this easy chicken picatta recipe, will help you feel confident the more you use them.

Easy Chicken Picatta | An easy, delicious comfort food made healthier! | A Sweet Pea Chef #sponsored

Most importantly, take it step by step, day by day.  Learning to eat healthier is a process that takes time, commitment, and repetition.

If you’re looking for some great options for healthier comfort foods to get you started, check out the following right here on the blog:

Feel free to leave in the comments any recipes you’d love me to make a healthier version of to kickstart your healthy eating journey.

Best of luck!

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5 from 2 votes
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Easy Chicken Picatta
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 
Easy Chicken Picatta, one of the best comfort foods ever, made HEALTHIER so it can be enjoyed any day of the week! Plus, it's so easy to make and is ready to devour in just 25 minutes!
Categories: Dinner
Difficulty: Easy
Keyword: chicken picatta recipe, chicken piccata pasta recipes, picatta
Servings: 2
Calories: 519 kcal
Author: Lacey Baier
Ingredients
  • 1 8 oz package truRoots® Ancient Grains Organic Spaghetti
  • 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
  • 1 tsp sea salt, divided
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, divided
  • 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 cup chickpea flour
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed (about 1 lemon)
  • 1 whole lemon, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup low sodium chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • Italian parsley, chopped (optional garnish)
Instructions
  1. Fill a deep stock pot with water and heat over high heat.  Once boiling, add the truRoots® Ancient Grains Organic Spaghetti.  Cook just until al dente, about 7-9 minutes. 

  2. Place chicken breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap or in a large Ziploc bag and pound evenly until approximately 1/4-inch thick.

  3. Once flattened, season both sides with 1/2 tsp. sea salt and 1/4 ground black pepper.
  4. Combine the chickpea flour, remaining 1/2 tsp. sea salt, and 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper in a shallow dish.

  5. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

  6. Take each seasoned chicken breast and dredge into the flour mixture, taking care to shake off excess each time.

  7. Once the oil is hot, transfer the dredged chicken to skillet and cook until golden-brown, approx. 3-5 minutes per side. 

  8. Once golden on each side, add the lemon juice, lemon slices, chicken broth, and capers. 

  9. Cook for 8-10 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce is reduced.

  10. To serve, plate chicken over the spaghetti noodles, and drizzle sauce over and around on the plate. Garnish with cooked lemon slices and chopped parsley, if desired.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Chicken Picatta
Amount Per Serving (1 entree)
Calories 519 Calories from Fat 242
% Daily Value*
Fat 26.9g41%
Saturated Fat 6.1g31%
Cholesterol 111.4mg37%
Sodium 598.3mg25%
Carbohydrates 29g10%
Fiber 3.9g16%
Sugar 1.8g2%
Protein 42.3g85%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Lacey Baier

Hey there! I’m Lacey Baier and I’d like to welcome you! I’m a healthy lifestyle influencer and the creator of this clean-eating blog and YouTube channel, as well as cleanish, my clean-eating supplement brand. My recipes have been published on Food Network, Good Morning America, FoxNews, Tastemade, Fitness Magazine, and much more. I live in Austin, Texas with my husband and four kiddos. Let’s get started!

13 thoughts on “Easy Chicken Picatta

  1. 5 stars
    This is the BEST chicken picatta we have ever had! Thank you for making it so easy to make. My husband is still raving to his friends at work about it. You are definitely making me look good thank you!

  2. A note for all those making this in the future. Do NOT forget to drain your capers. I didn’t and completely ruined my sauce. Next time I will pay far more attention, lesson learned though.

  3. I love your pictures, I almost feel like I don’t even need to follow directions. You make everything look so easy. I wish I would’ve read this a few days ago when I had chicken but no inspiration.

  4. Hi Lacey, Congratulations on your new bundle from heaven. I can’t wait to make your Chicken Picatta. Your Halibut Picatta was out of this world. Thanks for fantastic recipes and a great blog.

  5. Look at you, Super Mom! I love chicken picatta… and I have stirred the sauce extra just so I can taste it. lol

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