It is such a great time of year to cook dinner in the crock pot. It is 91 degrees in Arizona today, which makes it especially nice to keep the oven off. Lemon Italian Chicken with Capers is delicious and easy to make. The combination of flavors, with the added capers, is really yummy! The chicken, sauce, and capers are great served over whole grain pasta.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours
Total Time: 5 hours 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 762kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts *see note
- 1 packet Italian dressing mix
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons capers drained
- 1 pound pasta (whichever kind you like)
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Slice the butter into 8 pats and spread them out on the bottom of the crock pot. Place each chicken breast on two pats of butter.
- Sprinkle the Italian dressing mix over the chicken. Pour the lemon juice and chicken broth over the chicken. Add the garlic to your crock pot.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4-5 hours or on LOW 6-8 hours.
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions until al dente when the chicken in about 15 minutes from being done. Drain the pasta.
- Add capers to the chicken after cooking has finished.
- Plate the pasta and top with chicken, sauce, and capers from the crock pot. Serve immediately.
Notes
I used two really thick chicken breasts and sliced them in half lengthwise to make 4 regular thickness breasts.
Nutrition
Calories: 762kcal | Carbohydrates: 87g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 133mg | Sodium: 386mg | Potassium: 710mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 743IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 2mg
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Ginny says
looks so good, can’t wait to try it. Love capers and lemon juice and chicken, can’t lose recipe
Shiloh Barkley says
Love chicken piccata! This would be a great way to finish that little jar of capers in the fridge! That’s a lot of butter though…hmmmm
admin says
Hi Shiloh, I love chicken piccata too! You could reduce the amount of butter and still get a great flavor with all of the other ingredients. Next time, I will use less butter too!
Linda L Luther says
I made this tonight. It’s the best (guide) to a slow cooker chicken piccata I have ever tried. I had to use thighs (bone in and skinned and de-fatted) and had to substitute some butter with olive oil because I ran out of butter (which was more than I would have normally used EVER anyway) but the chicken broth to lemon juice ratio was perfect! I added the capers and even some mushrooms (about halfway though.) Was WONDERFUL!! I had no problem with “too many flavors.” The Good seasons salad dressing mix was just, I think, what it took to make this a REAL Keeper 🙂 SO easy! So delicious! I love slow cooker recipes because I get it done early and have the rest of the day free. (I’m retired.) My husband (a gourmet cook himself, was over the moon with this one. I know this sounds like a few changes but really, its the same recipe. I did thicken it all with some flour mixed in chicken broth at the end but only because I had time–not necessary!!
Leigh lee says
I put a few thin squares of butter on bottom,cut up 6 large potatoes (russet) added a small bag of baby carrots. Then topped with chicken, sprinkled Italian seasoning, increased the lemon juice and broth by 1/2. Added the capers towards end. This was an amazing full meal!!!!!
Beth says
This was okay, but the Italian dressing needs to be left out. Trying to combine two different flavors – Italian seasoning, and lemon & capers, (not to mention the garlic) just didn’t mix well. It would have been best to make it either Italian chicken, or lemon chicken. It wouldn’t let me rate, but I’d give it 2 1/2 stars.
Linda L Luther says
Too many flavors. Is that sorta like the Austrian Emperor telling Mozart he had “too many notes?” I totally disagree. Best piccata recipe I ever tried.
Daisy says
It looks delicious. You can sign me up for chicken and pasta anytime. It also made me realize I should be using capers more often in my cooking. Most of the time I use it with smoked salmon.
Lv says
Wonderful and easy. Doubled up recipe on lemon and chicken broth. Added extra garlic but not doubled. Used 1.5 little dry Italian Dressing packet.
Used 7 pieces of chicken breast cut in half. Then at the end thickened sauce with flour and chicken broth an added 1.5 jars of capers. We all really enjoyed it and two of them are very picky teens. Will be keeping this easy dinner.
Aubrey Cota says
Yay that’s awesome. So glad it worked out for you, especially being able to double the recipe!
Amy Ambrosia says
This dish is delicious. I added rigatoni pasta along with roasted vine ripe tomatoes!
Aubrey Cota says
Sounds yummy! Thank you, Amy.
Colleen Fitzgerald says
Delicious.
Aubrey Cota says
Thank you, Colleen!