Chicken breasts with Caper Sauce
At Wickedfood Cooking School we teach students how to make this dish in our quick and easy meals cooking class. Lemon lovers will savor the citrus sauce that enhances this moist chicken. The hint of garlic and saltiness of the capers adds to this dishes appeal. Substitute chicken with fish fillets.
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts,
Salt and pepper to taste
2T grapeseed oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup water or fruity off-dry white wine
1/2 chicken stock cube dissolved in 1/2 cup hot water
1 – 2T lemon juice (to taste)
1t cornstarch dissolved in a little water
1-2t sugar to taste
3T capers in vinegar, drained
1T butter
- Season the
chicken with salt and pepper.
- In a large frying pan heat the oil. Add the garlic and cook over medium heat for 1 minute.
- Add the seasoned chicken and cook for 5-7 minutes on each side or until just cooked through. Remove and keep warm.
- Add the water/wine, chicken stock, lemon juice, cornstarch and sugar to the pan, and bring to boil, scraping the pan to loosen any bits that may have formed when cooking the chicken. Cook for ±2 minutes or until thickened.
- Stir in the capers and butter. Adjust the flavour with salt, lemon juice and sugar. Return chicken to pan; turn to coat. Serve chicken with sauce.
Serves 4.
Wickedfood Cooking School runs cooking classes throughout the year at its purpose-built Johannesburg cooking studio. Cookery classes are run in the mornings and evenings 7 days a week (subject to a minimum of 12 people). The venue is also popular for corporate events and private functions – teambuilding cooking classes, birthdays, kitchen teas, and dinner parties with a difference.
Our cooking lessons are hands-on, where every person gets to participate in the preparation of the dishes. They are also a lot of fun where you not only learn new skills, but get to meet people with similar interests. For corporate groups and team building cooking classes these events are a novel way of creating staff interaction or entertaining clients.