Chicken piccata with garlicky greens & new potatoes
Make more time midweek with our tasty chicken piccata with capers, greens and new potatoes. Ready in 20 minutes, it’s healthy and low in calories too
- Prep:5 mins
Cook:15 mins
- Serves 2
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 393
- fat 13g
- saturates 2g
- carbs 22g
- sugars 7g
- fibre 13g
- protein 41g
- salt 0.7g
Ingredients
- 200g new potatoes, halved or quartered
- 300g green beans, trimmed
- 200g spring greens, shredded
- 2 skinless chicken breasts
- 3 tsp olive oil
- 100ml chicken stock or water
- 1 tbsp drained capers
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 2 small garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 tbsp grated parmesan
Tip
Summer bubble & squeakCrush any leftover potatoes, beans and greens from the chicken piccata. Heat some olive oil in a frying pan and fry the mixture until the potatoes are crisp and the veg is hot. Serve alongside some fried or poached eggs.
Method
Cook the new potatoes in a large pan of boiling salted water for 8-10 mins until tender. Add the green beans and spring greens for the last 3 mins. Drain, then separate the greens from the potatoes.
While the potatoes are cooking, cut the chicken breasts through the centre lengthways, leaving one side attached so it opens out like a book. Brush each one with 1 tsp of the olive oil, then season.
Heat a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook the chicken for 4 mins on each side until golden. Pour over the stock, capers, lemon juice and zest, then simmer gently for a few minutes to reduce. Add the cooked potatoes and simmer for another minute.
Heat the remaining 1 tsp oil in another frying pan and fry the garlic for 1 min until lightly golden and fragrant. Tip in the drained greens, and toss in the garlicky oil. Season, then scatter over the parmesan and serve with the chicken and potatoes.