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this is an old skool dish, not made so much anymore (i don't think) but it's tasty and rather simple, so every once in a while i make it. i'm making it for dinner tonight.

get you some skinless chicken breasts (i broke down a chicken and removed the skin for frying into evil little snacks, rest of the chicken shall be used in other culinarily nefarious ways)

wrap breasts in plastic wrap and pound the crap outta them till they are thin.

salt, pepper, and paprika both sides of breasts, then dredge lightly in flour, shake off excess.

heat olive oil and butter in a big ol pan and sautee the breasts about 3 minutes a side, remove them from pan and set aside.

you now have a hot pan with a bunch of burnt bits all over it. good. add about 1/2 cup chicken stock (which you could have made with the carcass from the chicken you broke down), lemon juice from one fresh lemon, and if you want, capers. whisk around, and bring to simmer, simmer a few minutes. add a few TBS of butter to the liquid in the pan and whisk it into a thick creamy evil sauce that you smother the chicken in. taste sauce for seasonings before you add it to the chicken. it should be lemony and creamy and a bit peppery.

if you want, you can add the chicken back to the simmering liquid before you add the final butter, and simmer it a few minutes to reheat the chicken up.

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