# Piccata Rosso Verde

This dish is a mashup of pesto, piccata, and tomato, creating a unique and intensely flavorful sauce that is bright, briny, buttery, spicy, and umami.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- lemon zest
- garlic
- spinach
- lemon juice
- habanero
- olive oil
- chicken
- salt
- pepper
- flour
- tomato paste
- butter
- capers
- water
- red pepper flakes
- cream
- rice
- microgreens

## Instructions

1. Peel lemon zest into strips.
2. Add spinach, lemon zest, garlic, and habanero to a blender.
3. Add black pepper and lemon juice to the blender.
4. Add a good glug of olive oil.
5. Blend everything until it forms a green pesto-like mixture.
6. Flatten chicken cutlets using your hand.
7. Season chicken with salt.
8. Season chicken with black pepper.
9. Dredge chicken cutlets in flour.
10. Heat olive oil in a pan.
11. Sear the floured chicken cutlets until golden brown.
12. Remove chicken from the pan and set aside.
13. Add butter to the same pan.
14. Add tomato paste to the pan.
15. Stir the tomato paste into the butter.
16. Add the green pesto mixture to the pan.
17. Stir the pesto and tomato paste together.
18. Add lemon juice to the pan.
19. Add capers to the pan.
20. Add water to the pan.
21. Stir the sauce.
22. Add red pepper flakes to the sauce.
23. Add cream to the sauce.
24. Return the seared chicken to the pan with the sauce.
25. Cover the pan and let the chicken simmer in the sauce.
26. Transfer the chicken and sauce to a baking dish.
27. Serve the chicken piccata rosso verde over rice.
28. Garnish with capers and microgreens.

## Equipment

- peeler
- blender
- cutting board
- pan
- lid
- baking dish
- spatula
- fork
- knife

## Tips

- Don't be afraid to experiment with flavors and throw things in a pan to see what happens.
- Worst case, you waste some garlic. Best case, you invent something new and delicious.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CxU75TVfM/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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- Extracted: 2025-09-08

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