How to Use piccata in a Sentence

piccata

noun
  • To save yourself from a dry, tough piccata, don't leave the chicken in the pan for too long.
    — Martha Stewart, 21 June 2026
  • But the piccata is their new spin on a chicken cutlet sandwich.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The piccata featured thin chicken fillets that were sauteed to a light crisp.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Dinners range from chicken piccata to beef stroganoff to baby back ribs.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When used to describe food, piccata refers to meat that’s pan-seared and then sautéed in a sauce of butter, lemon and spices.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Add-ons include mac and cheese, penne alla vodka and chicken piccata.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • There are many boring recipes for chicken piccata, but this one has sliced lemons for tanginess and shallots for sweetness.
    — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Menu includes main dishes of oven roasted turkey, dill salmon, prime rib and chicken piccata.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The restaurant offers wine and craft beer, and its food menu includes steak, chicken piccata, gumbo and baked fish.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Our chicken piccata recipe brings all the best parts of the tangy, deliciously saucy restaurant dish to your table.
    — Martha Stewart, 21 June 2026
  • Trisha Yearwood’s chicken piccata will blow your mind.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The chicken piccata featured in The Bear also stems from their real life.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Land and sea mains run the gamut from fillets topped with cacio e pepe raviolo or spicy crab cannelloni to scallops piccata.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The lemony sauce served with piccata dishes typically features capers, which add a salty tang to the sauce.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2021
  • The menu features chicken piccata, vegetables, breads, coffee, tea, soft drinks and a dessert buffet.
    — Courant Community, 1 May 2018
  • Last week, used it for a ridiculously flavorful chicken piccata.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Salmon, seabass and chicken piccata entrees are light while bolognese and gemelli with spicy vodka sauce are comforting.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The elements of piccata are simple and there’s usually not a lot of variation.
    — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The menu runs the gamut from burgers and chicken tenders to more elevated dishes like crab cakes, bao buns and chicken piccata.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Once they’re cured and pickled, capers become perfect little salt bombs to drop into a niçoise salad or a chicken piccata.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Their chicken piccata is a favorite of mine and has a lot of lemon flavor, but not the typical artificial lemon flavor.
    — Brenda Cain and Yadi Rodriguez - Cleveland.com, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The menu nearly doubled in size, with many of the daily specials like chicken parm vodka and veal piccata getting a permanent place on the menu.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The selection included beef stroganoff, chicken piccata and salmon.
    — Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • Favorites for fund-raisers are the veal Parmesan, chicken Marsala and chicken piccata.
    — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2019
  • The lunch starts with soup, bisque, a Del’s salad or a Caesar, with a choice of salmon, chicken piccata or steak medallions in demi-glace.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Bud Kennedy wrote that customers also like the salmon piccata or owner Eli Golemi’s salmon special.
    — Ella Gonzales may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
  • Chicken piccata is a paneed chicken breast topped with lemon-caper piccata sauce served with angel hair pasta, salad and garlic cheese bread.
    — NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • From trendy bean salads to chickpeas cooked piccata-style, here are all the ways our editors make a satisfying bean recipe out of a humble can and a few other odds and ends.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
  • With piccata in your arsenal, the prospect of yet another hardy winter veg is a lot less bleak, and a ho-hum crisper-drawer clean-out can be a proper dressed-vegetable side dish.
    — Caroline Lange, Bon Appétit, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Entrees, from $22 to $26, are lemon chicken, chicken parmesan, sole piccata, baked haddock, shrimp scampi and veal marsala.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2022

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