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Lemon, Caper, Chicken Piccata

Gluten free, healthy, easy chicken dinner
Course: dinner, lunch
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean
Keyword: chicken piccata, dinner, gluten free
Servings: 4
Author: nourishingme

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker
  • frying pan

Ingredients

  • 600 grams chicken thighs, with skin and bone (optional)
  • 3 tbsp buckwheat flour
  • 2 tbsp tapioca flour
  • 3 tbsp grass fed butter, ghee or coconut oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 red onion, diced
  • 1 cup chicken bone broth or organic broth
  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • 1 tbsp mild yellow mustard
  • 1 cup organic frozen peas
  • 1/2 bunch parsley, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup capers
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 lemon, juiced

Instructions

  • Place flour into a bowl and mix your chicken through to cover well.
  • In a frying pan melt butter and fry chicken quickly to brown on each side (not to cook through).
  • Into the pressure cooker add chicken, broth, coconut milk, peas, garlic, onion, parsley, lemon juice, mustard.
  • Pressure cook for 20 minutes.
  • When finished cooking ladle some juice into a cup. Mix in the tapioca flour and stir well to remove lumps. Add back into pot while it's still boiling hot to thicken.
  • Also mix in capers and season with salt and pepper.
  • Serve on a bed of rice (or cauliflower rice) with steamed leafy greens.
  • Garnish with extra parsley or coriander.