Instant Pot Chicken Piccata with Creamy Lemon Sauce Is a Perfectly Delicious Dish for a Weeknight Dinner or Special Occasion!
We love Instant Pot Chicken recipes! Some of our favorites include Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken Sliders and Instant Pot Shredded Mexican Chicken.
Instant Pot Chicken Piccata with Creamy Lemon Sauce
Chicken Piccata is the perfect combination of family friendly and restaurant quality. Imagine a beautiful dish that you would be proud to serve for a special occasion, but one that your pickiest eater will gladly polish off!
This dish has it all: chicken that is golden and crisp on the outside but tender and juicy on the inside and a creamy lemon sauce that is sure to please. Pair it with your family’s favorite side, and you have a winner!
As an added bonus, this recipe is both inexpensive and easy – win-win!
WHAT IS CHICKEN PICCATA?
Chicken Piccata is an Italian dish that traditionally includes butterflied or thinly-sliced chicken, pounded and dredged in seasoned flour. The sauce is made with broth or white wine, lemon, and capers. It’s a wonderful combination of tangy, savory, and just plain delicious!
The traditional piccata sauce does not include cream, but a little bit of creaminess adds so much to this dish. Once you try it, I know you’ll agree!
CAN I LEAVE THE HEAVY CREAM OUT OF THIS INSTANT POT CHICKEN PICCATTA WITH CREAMY LEMON SAUCE RECIPE?
Heavy cream might seem like a fat-filled ingredient, but I highly recommend keeping it! The cream really sets off the sauce and makes it so creamy and delicious! Trust me, they are definitely worth keeping!
WILL THIS INSTANT POT CHICKEN PICCATA WITH CREAMY LEMON SAUCE RECIPE FREEZE WELL?
You can definitely freeze this recipe! I recommend freezing the dredged chicken and the sauce in separate bags so that the chicken is golden and crispy when you thaw and cook it. A trick that saves me time is to pack the two bags together in a larger freezer bag. This way, you can just grab and go!
I know you’ll love this recipe – it’s one of our favorites!
WANT MORE EASY INSTANT POT AND SLOW COOKER CHICKEN RECIPES?
- Instant Pot Chicken and Rice
- Slow Cooker Chicken, Potatoes, and Carrots
- Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki Bowls
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Instant Pot Chicken Piccata with Creamy Lemon Sauce
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 4 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1 ⁄4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 12 oz linguine
- 24 oz chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Parmesan Cheese topping
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Mix together garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle on both sides of chicken breasts.
- Place in Instant Pot and pour chicken broth in.
- Close lid, close valve and cook for 15 minutes, high pressure. (If the chicken is still frozen, cook for 20 minutes)
- Quick Release the pressure, use kitchen shears or forks and quickly chop or shred the chicken.
- Break the linguine noodles in half and add to the Instant Pot.
- Close lid & valve, and set the pressure cooker to cook for an additional 5 minutes, on high pressure.
- While that is cooking, measure out your lemon juice and heavy cream.
- Add 1 Tbsp of cornstarch to the lemon juice and mix well.
- Once the timer beeps on the Instant Pot, quick release the pressure.
- Add lemon juice mixture and heavy cream. Stir well.
- Turn pressure cooker to Saute and let it cook another minute or two to thicken the sauce.
- Dish onto plates or into bowls and top with Parmesan cheese.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Stir together garlic powder, salt & pepper.
- Coat chicken with spice mixture
- Place chicken into slow cooker & cook on low 4 hours, after cooked, remove chicken & keep it warm
- Add linguine to slow cooker with chicken broth, cook on high 15 more minutes.
- Mix together lemon juice and cornstarch.
- Stir in lemon juice mixture, heavy cream, salt & pepper to taste and cook 10 more minutes on high
- Add chicken back in and cook until warm
Nutrition
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