Name: Chicken Piccata and Fettuccine with Lime sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 4 chicken tights (4 skinless and boneless chicken tights); 4 tbsps unsalted butter (4 tablespoons unsalted butter); 2 garlic (2 peeled and chopped garlic cloves); 0.5 cup Vermouth (1/2 cup sweet Vermouth); 2 cups tomatoes (2 cups diced tomatoes); 1 tbsp capers (1 tablespoon capers); 0.25 cup lemon juice (1/4 cup lime or lemon juice); 4 limes (4 juiced limes); 0.33333333333333 cup heavy cream (1/3 cup heavy cream); 0.5 cup whole milk (1/2 cup whole milk); 3 tbsps unsalted butter (3 tablespoons unsalted butter); 0.5 pound pasta (1/2 pound Fettuccine pasta)

Chicken Piccata and Fettuccine with Lime sauce

35 mins total
10 mins prep
25 mins cook
serves 4

IntroductionSkip To The Recipe

We always enjoy having friends over for dinner. Last night was a wonderful evening just of that, friends over, children playing, parents sharing a glass of wine and cooking dinner. As the evening was quite impromptu, we had just lemon- lime pasta with chicken piccata my way.

The original piccata requires lemon juice, however I just had one lemon and therefore used key-limes for the chicken as well as the pasta. The flavor was uplifted with the lime, the pasta was light and fresh. Great alternative considering that lately I have more limes in the house than lemons.

Chicken Piccata and Fettuccine with Lime sauce

35 mins total
10 mins prep
25 mins cook
serves 4

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 4 servings Serving Size

US - Metric

4 skinless and boneless chicken tights

4.00
4 tablespoons unsalted butter

4.00 tbsps
2 peeled and chopped garlic cloves

2.00
1/2 cup sweet Vermouth

0.50 cup
2 cups diced tomatoes

2.00 cups
1 tablespoon capers

1.00 tbsp
1/4 cup lime or lemon juice

0.25 cup
4 juiced limes

4.00
1/3 cup heavy cream

0.33 cup
1/2 cup whole milk

0.50 cup
3 tablespoons unsalted butter

3.00 tbsps
1/2 pound Fettuccine pasta

0.50 pound

Instructions

GIANGI'S CHICKEN PICCATA
In a frying pan put 3 tablespoons butter and cook until melted and starts to bubble. Add the chicken tights and brown nicely on both sides.
Add to the pan the sweet vermouth, garlic, the diced tomatoes, the capers, lemon-lime juices, salt and pepper. Scrape any bits of the pan and cook until the sauce start to bind.
When the chicken is cooked through, add the remaining butter and swirl
Serve hot.

FETTUCCINE WITH LIME SAUCE

Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the pasta according to package directions. When the pasta is done, drain and put the fettuccine back into the cooking pan.
Add the butter, the milk, heavy cream and lemon juice.
Stir over medium low heat, stirring constantly until the milk and cream are absorbed .

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