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Ingredients Ingredient Checklist Coarse salt and ground pepper 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/2 pounds chicken cutlets 2 tablespoons olive oil 8 ounces linguine 3 packed cups loose baby spinach (about 5 ounces), torn into pieces 3 tablespoons butter 3/4 cup dry white wine 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained
Cook’s Notes Capers are often packed in brine. Rinse them in water before adding to a recipe to keep saltiness in check.
Gallery Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary prep: 35 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 4 med102552_chicken.jpg
Gallery
Read the full recipe after the video.
Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary prep: 35 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 4
Recipe Summary
prep: 35 mins total: 35 mins
Servings: 4
prep: 35 mins
total: 35 mins
prep:
35 mins
total:
Servings: 4
4
med102552_chicken.jpg
med102552_chicken.jpg
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Coarse salt and ground pepper 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/2 pounds chicken cutlets 2 tablespoons olive oil 8 ounces linguine 3 packed cups loose baby spinach (about 5 ounces), torn into pieces 3 tablespoons butter 3/4 cup dry white wine 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained
Directions
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Place flour in a shallow bowl. Season cutlets with salt and pepper, then dip into flour, turning to coat; shake off excess.
In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. Add half the chicken; cook until lightly browned and opaque throughout, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; cover with foil to keep warm. Repeat with remaining tablespoon oil and chicken (reserve skillet for sauce).
Meanwhile, cook linguine in boiling water until al dente, according to package instructions. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. Add spinach, and stir until submerged. Drain pasta mixture and return to pot. Toss with 1 tablespoon butter; season generously with salt and pepper. Add some reserved pasta water if necessary. Cover to keep warm.
Into skillet, pour wine and lemon juice. Cook over medium-high, stirring to loosen browned bits, until liquid has reduced to 1/3 cup, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat; swirl in 2 remaining tablespoons butter until melted. (For a smoother sauce, strain through a fine-mesh sieve, if desired.) Add capers, and season with salt and pepper. Divide chicken and linguine among four serving plates; top chicken with sauce.
Cook’s Notes Capers are often packed in brine. Rinse them in water before adding to a recipe to keep saltiness in check.
Cook’s Notes
Capers are often packed in brine. Rinse them in water before adding to a recipe to keep saltiness in check.
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Add Rating & Review 92 Ratings 5 star values: 27 4 star values: 22 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 18 1 star values: 2
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Add Rating & Review 92 Ratings 5 star values: 27 4 star values: 22 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 18 1 star values: 2
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92 Ratings 5 star values: 27 4 star values: 22 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 18 1 star values: 2
92 Ratings 5 star values: 27 4 star values: 22 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 18 1 star values: 2
92 Ratings 5 star values: 27 4 star values: 22 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 18 1 star values: 2
5 star values: 27 4 star values: 22 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 18 1 star values: 2
Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 05/20/2013 So easy and so delicious! Definitely a dinner guest keeper - gourmet! My husband loves this - we have it once every week! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/19/2009 Delish%21%21%21 Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/15/2009 This recipe is DELICIOUS!!! It's very simple and quick too! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/14/2009 Having trouble with all the recipes this week as mimi-ads are covering the ingredients and the ad box cannot be shut. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/13/2009 Isergio, Thanks for the printing tip....love not having to print everything along with the recipe :-) Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/13/2009 This was really easy and tasty. The only downside is it didn't hold up well as leftovers. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 01/27/2009 Very tasty and quick to prepare. I served it with rolls and squash. I rarely have 'repeat' meals but this one will be an exception! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/11/2008 this is so good and easy. i've tried to make this from another recipe and it was complicated and didn't come out very good. i like this one and so did the family. they want me to make again. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/09/2008 thanks for the alcohol free tip . will definitely try this recipe now Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/06/2008 You will make this again and again! Great for groups or singles! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/05/2008 This was FABULOUS! Don't leave the capers out. I think next time I will use more spinach though. Family loved it, too. I actually put the chicken atop the linguine and poured the sauce over all. Yummy! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/05/2008 I made this recipe and loved it, it was easy but it looked like a meal from a restaurant, which really impressed my in-laws. The only problem was that my husband does not like wine, and had a hard time eating the noodles. He loved the chicken, but not the sauce. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/04/2008 I added Pico de Gallo/Mushrooms and Mrs Dash Seasoning. The rest of the recipe was followed and It was divine. Got lots of wonderful comments. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 11/04/2008 This was just delicious. I made the linguini with it but I didn't have fresh spinach so I cooked up a box of frozen spinach and then in a separate pan some olive oil and about 6 cloves of garlic and tossed the pasta with the spinach and the garlic and olive oil. Yummy! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/16/2008 This is a staple in our home. As for all the questions around 'cutlets'... true cutlets are made by pounding the meat, easy to do, resulting in a meat (chicken in this case) to resemble the thickness of the thin sliced breasts sold in the store. Ella Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/16/2008 Another printing tip: I chose the print button above, and when the page popped up, I then highlighted the portiion of the page I wanted to print (eg did not highlight the ad) and then chose the button on my print menu in the page range section: print selection (instead of full page). It worked great, and was easy to do. No ad, just the recipe. Good luck! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/15/2008 lisaroth1 asked on 7/21/08 at 7:35 p.m. ET: Is a chicken cutlet a chicken breast that is sliced very thin? It is my understanding that a cutlet is thinner than a breast. The chicken breasts so often found in common groceries are tremendously large. Note the cooking time in the recipes in question--if 2-5 minutes total, then likely you'll be using a cutlet or a large breast butterflied so as to reduce the thickness. I've noticed MS using the terms interchangeably, and yes it can be confusing. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/12/2008 This dish always give my guest something to talk about. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 09/10/2008 This was a great, light meal. Everyone loved it and it was really easy and fast to prepare. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 08/05/2008 The ads don't printout just a picutre of the dish. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/28/2008 I made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! Quick and easy and you don't have to be a chef to make it! Thanks! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/22/2008 Yummy - yes just cut and paste into word. I'm taking it with me tomorrow so I can swing by the store and get the ingredients Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/22/2008 You could just copy and paste the recipe it to a word document and not have the ads in there. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 Is a chicken cutlet a chicken breast that is sliced very thin? Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 I so agree with norasgranddaughter I wish they would remove the ad from the bottom when printing the recipies out ..ink is so expensive Please Martha be kind and remove it . Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 @NorasGranddaughter - I use the Firefox browser and the ad doesn't appear in the Print version - at least for me maybe because I have ad-blocker on. If using IE, In Print Preview (under File) try setting the Scale % bigger or smaller as needed so that you have to print two pages - the ad may appear on the second page and you can opt not to print Page 2 - just Print Page 1. Otherwise, this a delicious recipe, but it absolutely needs some garlic! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 Yum! Very good. Instead of spinach, try draining pasta, add some olive oil, pressed garlic, fresh basil and a little grated Parmesan. mmmmm! Kids loved that! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 I wish you would remove the advertisement bar that appears at the bottom when you click on the "Print" option above. It uses so much ink and prints indecipherably. I have to swipe the recipe, copy and paste into Word every time. I wish I could just print simply from your printer-friendly format. Please remove the advertisement on the printer-friendly version. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 Thank you for this recipe... I will need to find out what capers is... I don't have any idea... Well...I guess it's because I'm mexican :) Take care... Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 thanks for idea of substituting the chicken stock and lemon juice. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008 I substitute 1/2 c chicken stock for the wine and use 1/2 c lemon juice. Very lemony and more pantry-friendly. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 03/16/2008 Quick, easy, and delicious! Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/06/2007 WE WERE SURE GLAD WE TRIED THIS, IT IS VERY GOODMartha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated 05/20/2013
So easy and so delicious! Definitely a dinner guest keeper - gourmet! My husband loves this - we have it once every week!
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated 12/19/2009
Delish%21%21%21
Rating: Unrated 07/15/2009
This recipe is DELICIOUS!!! It’s very simple and quick too!
Rating: Unrated 07/14/2009
Having trouble with all the recipes this week as mimi-ads are covering the ingredients and the ad box cannot be shut.
Rating: Unrated 07/13/2009
Isergio, Thanks for the printing tip….love not having to print everything along with the recipe :-)
This was really easy and tasty. The only downside is it didn’t hold up well as leftovers.
Rating: Unrated 01/27/2009
Very tasty and quick to prepare. I served it with rolls and squash. I rarely have ‘repeat’ meals but this one will be an exception!
Rating: Unrated 12/11/2008
this is so good and easy. i’ve tried to make this from another recipe and it was complicated and didn’t come out very good. i like this one and so did the family. they want me to make again.
Rating: Unrated 12/09/2008
thanks for the alcohol free tip . will definitely try this recipe now
Rating: Unrated 12/06/2008
You will make this again and again! Great for groups or singles!
Rating: Unrated 12/05/2008
This was FABULOUS! Don’t leave the capers out. I think next time I will use more spinach though. Family loved it, too. I actually put the chicken atop the linguine and poured the sauce over all. Yummy!
I made this recipe and loved it, it was easy but it looked like a meal from a restaurant, which really impressed my in-laws. The only problem was that my husband does not like wine, and had a hard time eating the noodles. He loved the chicken, but not the sauce.
Rating: Unrated 12/04/2008
I added Pico de Gallo/Mushrooms and Mrs Dash Seasoning. The rest of the recipe was followed and It was divine. Got lots of wonderful comments.
Rating: Unrated 11/04/2008
This was just delicious. I made the linguini with it but I didn’t have fresh spinach so I cooked up a box of frozen spinach and then in a separate pan some olive oil and about 6 cloves of garlic and tossed the pasta with the spinach and the garlic and olive oil. Yummy!
Rating: Unrated 10/16/2008
This is a staple in our home. As for all the questions around ‘cutlets’… true cutlets are made by pounding the meat, easy to do, resulting in a meat (chicken in this case) to resemble the thickness of the thin sliced breasts sold in the store. Ella
Another printing tip: I chose the print button above, and when the page popped up, I then highlighted the portiion of the page I wanted to print (eg did not highlight the ad) and then chose the button on my print menu in the page range section: print selection (instead of full page). It worked great, and was easy to do. No ad, just the recipe. Good luck!
Rating: Unrated 10/15/2008
lisaroth1 asked on 7/21/08 at 7:35 p.m. ET: Is a chicken cutlet a chicken breast that is sliced very thin? It is my understanding that a cutlet is thinner than a breast. The chicken breasts so often found in common groceries are tremendously large. Note the cooking time in the recipes in question–if 2-5 minutes total, then likely you’ll be using a cutlet or a large breast butterflied so as to reduce the thickness. I’ve noticed MS using the terms interchangeably, and yes it can be confusing.
Rating: Unrated 10/12/2008
This dish always give my guest something to talk about.
Rating: Unrated 09/10/2008
This was a great, light meal. Everyone loved it and it was really easy and fast to prepare.
Rating: Unrated 08/05/2008
The ads don’t printout just a picutre of the dish.
Rating: Unrated 07/28/2008
I made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! Quick and easy and you don’t have to be a chef to make it! Thanks!
Rating: Unrated 07/22/2008
Yummy - yes just cut and paste into word. I’m taking it with me tomorrow so I can swing by the store and get the ingredients
You could just copy and paste the recipe it to a word document and not have the ads in there.
Rating: Unrated 07/21/2008
Is a chicken cutlet a chicken breast that is sliced very thin?
I so agree with norasgranddaughter I wish they would remove the ad from the bottom when printing the recipies out ..ink is so expensive Please Martha be kind and remove it .
@NorasGranddaughter - I use the Firefox browser and the ad doesn’t appear in the Print version - at least for me maybe because I have ad-blocker on. If using IE, In Print Preview (under File) try setting the Scale % bigger or smaller as needed so that you have to print two pages - the ad may appear on the second page and you can opt not to print Page 2 - just Print Page 1. Otherwise, this a delicious recipe, but it absolutely needs some garlic!
Yum! Very good. Instead of spinach, try draining pasta, add some olive oil, pressed garlic, fresh basil and a little grated Parmesan. mmmmm! Kids loved that!
I wish you would remove the advertisement bar that appears at the bottom when you click on the “Print” option above. It uses so much ink and prints indecipherably. I have to swipe the recipe, copy and paste into Word every time. I wish I could just print simply from your printer-friendly format. Please remove the advertisement on the printer-friendly version.
Thank you for this recipe… I will need to find out what capers is… I don’t have any idea… Well…I guess it’s because I’m mexican :) Take care…
thanks for idea of substituting the chicken stock and lemon juice.
I substitute 1/2 c chicken stock for the wine and use 1/2 c lemon juice. Very lemony and more pantry-friendly.
Rating: Unrated 03/16/2008
Quick, easy, and delicious!
Rating: Unrated 12/06/2007
WE WERE SURE GLAD WE TRIED THIS, IT IS VERY GOOD
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