Keto Chicken Piccata with Broccoli and Spinach

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prep time

5 min
cook time

18 min
ready time

23 min

Keto Chicken Piccata with Broccoli and Spinach

226 ratings

Chicken piccata is lightly seasoned chicken breast that is cooked in an ultra-buttery sauce, flavored with lemon and capers. The best part about this recipe? Each component is cooked in the same pan, so easy clean up! Paired with a side of broccoli and spinach, you have quite a healthy dinner in front of you.

Please note that you will need 3 slices of lemon in step 5. Lemon is not included in the ingredient list because it will not be eaten

Net Carbs

3.8 g
Fiber

2.4 g
Total Carbs

6.3 g
Protein

46.6 g
Fats

22.8 g

419 cals

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Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

10 ounce
Salt

0.5 teaspoon
Black Pepper

0.5 teaspoon
Garlic Powder

0.5 teaspoon
Olive Oil

2 teaspoon
Spinach

1 ounce
Broccoli, Raw

5 ounce
Butter

2 tablespoon
Capers

1 teaspoon, whole pieces

Step 1

Prepare 2 chicken breasts by butterflying them and pounding them flat. Sprinkle HALF the salt, pepper, and garlic powder over the exposed sides of the chicken.
Step 2

Heat the olive oil in a medium sized skillet on medium-high. Place the chicken breast seasoned side down in the pan. Sprinkle the remaining seasoning over the bare side of the chicken.
Step 3

Place a lid over the chicken and cook both sides until it’s cooked through - about 4 minutes per side. Once done, transfer the chicken to a clean surface to cool.
Step 4

Keep the skillet on the heat. Toss the spinach and broccoli into the pan and coat it in the juices the collected. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until the broccoli becomes a little tender and gets a golden edge to it.
Step 5

*Transfer the cooked veggies to a bowl or plate. Return the skillet to the stove once more over very low heat. Melt in the butter. Place in 3 slices of lemon and the capers. Put a lid on the skillet and cook for about 3 minutes so a sauce developes. There should be little to no simmering.
Step 6

Return the two pieces of chicken and the veggies to the skillet. Get the ingredients coated in the sauce and replace the lid. Let the ingredients heat through on low heat.
Step 7

Enjoy hot! Make sure to pour any leftover sauce in the skillet over your chicken and veggies.

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Comments 29

UpbeatMacadamia881971 9 days ago

Sooooooo gooooood! Just made this, added fresh minced garlic to the sauce instead of garlic powder on the chicken. Also added 1/4 chicken bone broth and juice of 1 lemon to make the sauce. Like others have said, definitely restaurant quality!

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SuperAvocado291268 a month ago

I'm making this for my whole family, do I double the sauce?

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- RoxieSprout a month ago
  
  I think all you do is change the number of servings in the box and the recipe adjust the ingredient amounts. 😀
  
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xding78 6 months ago

Very tasty, easy enough. My husband also loves it. Definitely cook again.

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Carolp 7 months ago

This was so good! Definitely will make again! I did add a little garlic to the butter, lemon and capers.

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NotBrave_JustMe 7 months ago

I was hesistant of this recipe bcuz my wife loves chicken piccata. I used the tips to adapt meal for sauce, veggies and garlic choices. It was an easy to follow recipe and delicious. It was too delicious, in fact, because my wife wants me cooking it more often.

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Cyndi619 8 months ago

This was very good!! Gave it 4 stars for lack of sauce, but read the comments before I made it and added some chicken bone broth. Served it with creamy herb cauliflower rice. Delicious!! !

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MSNC 8 months ago

Very tasty. I microwaved the frozen spinach and broccoli b/c I didn’t think there was enough liquid. (Didn’t see the hint of adding broth). I doubled the recipe and if doing again, I would add more spinach. The recipe was definitely restaurant quality!

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AmazingCauliflower582847 9 months ago

Very good. I took some hints from below. We had double chicken so added the broth. Hubby loved! Will make again and again.

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FavorableRadish405909 a year ago

This was really good. I took others’ advice and added an extra ounce of broccoli and 2 more ounces of spinach. I measured out a 1/4 cup of chicken broth and used a splash with a little butter to cook vegetables (i didn’t seem to have any juices/liquid after removing chicken) and the rest with the butter and lemons to make sauce. I squeezed a little juice from the lemon i had left after slicing.

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StellarCauliflower747313 a year ago

I’ve made this three times. First with broccoli, second and third time no veggies. The sliced lemon and caper sauce is good. I added fresh chopped garlic and some chicken broth to increase the amount of sauce. It also helped get the tasty bits of cooked chicken (fond) off the pan. I make this weekly. Very good!

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StellarCauliflower747313 a year ago

I’ve made a lot of chicken piccata recipes. This was great with no flour or wine. Really tasty. I’ll make it again often.

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AmazingCauliflower384346 2 years ago

Is this for one person? 2 chicken breasts?

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- Moscreations a year ago
  
  It says 1 serving is 1 breast
  
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Penneysue 2 years ago

Excellent and very tasty. I didn’t have capers so used green Olives. I doubled the butter and added some extra lemon. Next time I’ll double the veggies too. Husband really liked this too -he put it over rice.

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StupendousKetone630677 2 years ago

Great recipe didn’t have capers - so used olives.

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MirthfulKetone385092 2 years ago

It definitely is a very nice recipe which I will cook in future

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MirthfulKetone385092 2 years ago

I am confused is this a serving for one person or two as i had half of the chicken breast and it only weighed 112 grams so it seems to me its only one serving for the whole cooked meal

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- Moscreations a year ago
  
  It says 1 serving is 1 breast
  
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BlithesomeRadish138916 2 years ago

Really good. The only change I made was doubling the butter. My husband said “This was restaurant quality”!

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Stellar_Arugula 2 years ago

Where is the lemon in the recipe?

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TPena03 2 years ago

Yummy

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KPax 2 years ago

This recipe was very good, although I did modify it by adding extra butter, an extra squeeze of lemon juice, and 1/2 C of heavy cream to meet my fat Macros for the day.

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BrendaSchonig 2 years ago

They should’ve had somebody test recipe before they published it

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BrendaSchonig 2 years ago

I don’t see any place where it said to add the capers, but I added them at the end

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- Rcross55 2 years ago
  
  It says add lemons and capers
  
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BrendaSchonig 2 years ago

It was delicious but not enough sauce. I doubled the butter and double the lemons. I also doubled the spinach I put in about 7 ounces of spinach and I doubled up the broccoli and I only used one chicken breast sliced in half

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SuperMacadamia513895 2 years ago

I LOVE Piccata and I was worried that this recipe wouldn’t live up to my favorite recipe that uses white wine and floured chicken and served over pasta. But it did! I did use a large clove of fresh minced garlic sautéed about 45 seconds after removing the chicken instead of garlic powder and I did not place a lid on the chicken as it cooked (wanted it to brown) and I added chicken broth to the garlic to make more of a sauce. I also used 8 oz of spinach - a whole carton and next time I’ll add more broccoli too. Yum! Almost forgot! I did like my other recipe calls for and used the juice of a whole lemon too instead of lemon slices. That might be too much for some but it’s perfect for my family.

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UpbeatRadish359531 2 years ago

In the about section it mentions thats lemons are not on the ingredients list.

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