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                            CHICKEN PICCATA

Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Main Dish                        Poultry
               Meats

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  5                    Chicken breasts
                       Pepper
                       Flour to dredge
    1/4   c            Olive oil
  5                    Garlic cloves, sliced
    1/4   c            Wine, white
    1/4   c            Demi-glace (opt.)
                       Lemon juice from 1 lemon
    1/2   c            Butter
                       Parsley, chopped finely

 Bone and skin chicken breasts. Gently pound the meat with a mallet until
 thin and flat but not broken. Sprinkle meat with black pepper, dredge
 lightly in flour.

 Preheat a heavy wide skillet. Add the olive oil and saute the garlic until
 lightly browned, then remove and reserve. Turn up the heat and fry the
 chicken quickly. Remove the chicken and set aside.

 Drain oil from pan, then deglaze pan with white wine. Add demi-glace if
 desired, lemon juice and the reserve garlic. Stir well to heat the sauce
 thoroughly. Add the butter. The garlic can be removed with a slotted spoon
 or left in. Add the parsley and spoon over the chicken.

 This dish is excellent when prepared with Chukar, pheasant, Hungarian
 partridge, blue grouse or ruffed grouse. The demi-glace can be left out.

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