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07/03/2025

Crispy Chicken Breast in Caper, Lemon and Garlic Butter

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This is a great method to cook a chicken breast fillet so the skin is crisp but the centre remains juicy.

Serves:

2

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breast fillets, skin on*
  • sea salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 80g butter
  • 2 large cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 1 tablespoon chopped continental parsley

Method

  • Season chicken with salt on both sides and grate lemon rind over the skinless side of the chicken. Allow to stand 10 minutes.
  • Heat oil and half the butter in a frypan and cook chicken, skin side down, over medium heat for 10 minutes until skin is crispy. Cover and continue to cook, skin side down, for a further 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked all the way through. The skin will continue to cook and crisp further, and will protect the meat from drying out.
  • Remove and place onto serving plates while making the sauce.
  • Add the garlic to the pan and sauté until softened. Add lemon juice and capers and deglaze the pan, stirring with a wooden spoon to dissolve the pan juices. Remove from heat and mix in remaining butter, swirling to make a sauce. Season to taste, stir in parsley and spoon over chicken.
  • Serve sprinkled with pepper.

Tips

* Buy a whole chicken and remove the chicken breast fillets for this recipe, leaving the skin on, and use the rest to make chicken soup or another dish.

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