This low calorie chicken piccata recipe is only 113 calories and has 11.9g of protein!
In this low calorie chicken piccata recipe, you’ll find a recipe for piccata that’s easy, delicious, and 100’s of calories less than the average chicken piccata with chicken piccata with capers.
I made a few simple modifications to make the chicken piccata sauce recipe low in calories, without sacrificing flavor.
And to make this chicken piccata recipe easy, I’ve supplied you with a shopping list, printable recipe card, nutrition label, and more.
This easy chicken piccata recipe is only 113 calories and has 11.9g of protein!
Low Calorie Chicken Piccata Recipe
This lemon chicken piccata makes a wonderful main dish, and can be whipped up in just 22 minutes, including prep time!
Question: What is Chicken Piccata?
Answer: Chicken Piccata is an Italian dish consisting of chicken, butter, lemons and capers. The average calories in Chicken Piccata are around 1000 calories per serving. But our healthy chicken piccata recipe is just 113 calories!
Making a new recipe can be daunting! So we supplied you with lots of helpful information for making lemon piccata chicken.
Use these sections to make homemade chicken piccata easy, or skip ahead to the recipe card.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Chicken Piccata Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Chicken Piccata
- Easy Chicken Piccata Recipe (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Chicken Piccata Recipes
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin our chicken and capers recipes to Pintrest so it’s safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for easy chicken piccata recipes…
Ingredients in Healthy Chicken Piccata
There are different ways to make chicken piccata sauce. Some people like to make the chicken piccata recipe with white wine, and others skip the wine.
This recipe for piccata sauce can be made either way… and I will show you how to make chicken piccata without wine (which save you calories and makes the recipe lower in cost) or with wine.
White wine for chicken piccata can be used, and it should be a dry white wine. Such as Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc.
If you choose to make this chicken with capers recipe with white wine, simply substitute wine for 1/2 of the chicken broth. Making the liquid 50/50 wine and chicken broth.
Shopping List for Healthy Chicken Piccata Recipes:
- Chicken breasts
- Salt and pepper
- All-purpose flour (or gluten free 1×1 flour)
- Olive oil spray
- Lemons
- Chicken stock
- Brined capers
- Unsalted butter
- Fresh parsley
How to Make Healthy Chicken Piccata
To make this easy recipe chicken piccata healthy and low in calories. I used one of my favorite calorie cutting tricks. Use Olive Oil Spray!
Low Calorie Cooking Tips:
- Use olive oil spray in place of olive oil. This way you’re using a fine mist instead of a tablespoon or two.
- I also cut the butter from 6 tablespoons down to 1 tablespoon. This helped save 100’s of calories, but still kept the buttery flavor that makes this recipe so great.
If you want to make this chicken piccata with white wine, simply replace 1/2 of the chicken stock with wine and cook according to the directions below.
How to Make Healthy Chicken Piccata Recipes:
- Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Slice the chicken breasts in half, butterfly style, so that you have thin cutlets.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add the flour to a shallow bowl and dredge chicken in flour shaking off any excess.
- Spray the hot skillet with olive oil and add in the chicken. Working in batches, cook for 3 minutes each side until browned, transferring to plate as you work.
- Add the lemon juice, stock and capers to the skillet, and bring to boil, scraping up brown bits from the pan.
- Return all the chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes until cooked through.
- Remove chicken to platter. Add the butter to sauce and whisk vigorously. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with parsley.
Low Calorie Chicken Piccata Recipe
This is the best chicken piccata recipe for people looking for full flavor, large servings, and low calories.
The average chicken piccata recipe is 1000 calories (Cheesecake Factory’s is almost 1200 calories!) but my chicken piccata is just 113 calories and takes less than 25 minutes to make.
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Low Calorie Chicken Piccata (JUST 113 CALORIES)
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour (or gluten free 1×1 flour)
- Olive oil spray
- Juice from 2 lemons
- ½ cup chicken stock
- ¼ cup brined capers rinsed
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ¼ cup fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Slice the chicken breasts in half, butterfly style, so that you have thin cutlets.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add the flour to a shallow bowl and dredge chicken in flour shaking off any excess.
- Spray the hot skillet with olive oil and add in the chicken. Working in batches, cook for 3 minutes each side until browned, transferring to plate as you work.
- Add the lemon juice, stock and capers to the skillet, and bring to boil, scraping up brown bits from the pan.
- Return all the chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes until cooked through.
- Remove chicken to platter. Add the butter to sauce and whisk vigorously. Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Chicken Piccata Recipes
Most recipes for chicken piccata are 1000 calories, or more! Packed full of butter (often an entire stick) plus olive oil… it’s a very high calorie dish.
But I wanted to give you a healthy chicken piccata that you can enjoy when you have a craving, but also want to eat healthy.
For each chicken cutlet covered in piccata sauce, it’s just 113 calories. That means you can have 2-3 chicken piccata cutlets without ruining your diet!
Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is my goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.
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Article History:
- Originally written nd published May 13, 2021 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on May 1, 2023 by Audrey Johns
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