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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Creamy Grilled Chicken Piccata

Chicken
3 T lemon juice
3 T olive oil
1 T minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp basil
2 chicken breasts

Pasta
2 cups dried penne
2 T butter
1 T flour
1/2 c milk
6 T lemon juice
2 tsp dried basil
2 T capers
1/2 c Parmesan cheese

Chicken
Combine first 6 ingredients and mix well.  Place chicken in a ziplock bad and pour marinade over chicken.  Marinate overnight in the refrigerator.  When you're ready to cook, grill until done.  Allow chicken to rest a few minutes then slice and serve over the pasta.

Pasta
While chicken is grilling.  Cook pasta according to package directions.  At the end reserve 1/2 cup of the starchy cooking liquid, in case you need it to loosen up your sauce.  In a large sauce pan, melt butter then add flour and garlic allowing to cook for about 1 minute.  Add in the milk and stir constantly until thick.  Whisk in lemon juice.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  The add remaining ingredients and heat until cheese is melted.  Add pasta.  If the sauce is a bit thick, add some of your reserved cooking liquid.

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