Piccata Definition

pĭ-kätə
adjective
Designating a dish consisting of a thin, breaded and sautéed slice of veal, chicken, etc. with a sauce of lemon, white wine, and butter.
Veal piccata, chicken piccata.
Webster's New World

Origin of Piccata

  • Italian feminine of piccato larded past participle of piccare to prick (translation of French piqué) (past participle of piquer to prick, lard) from Vulgar Latin piccāre pique

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian piccata "˜larded', past participle of piccarsi "˜prick oneself'.

    From Wiktionary

Piccata Sentence Examples

  • Chicken piccata, the classic lemon chicken recipe, is usually the first recipe that comes to mind when a cook finds that life has handed them chicken and lemons.

  • Sometimes, chicken piccata recipes ask the cook to pound the chicken, but I have found that I get good results just by butterflying them and separating the halves.

  • Other entrees include chicken piccata, veal parmigiana and eggplant rollantini.

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