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piccata

piccata

6 7.4
Thin slices of meat cooked in a lemon sauce with capers
  • noun
  • /pɪˈkɑːtə/
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  • As for a favorite food, he gives his highest praise to his dad's veal piccata.
  • veal piccata
  • chicken piccata

And I'm thinking now, more nachos, more chicken piccata maybe.

Examples

  • I'll have the veal piccata.

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  • Try the veal piccata.

    Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

  • Their chicken piccata is fantastic, though.

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  • Chicken piccata is really good today... better than normal.

    Camp X-Ray (2014)

  • So I made your favorite dish, chicken piccata.

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  • You have to try Emily's chicken piccata.

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  • Our selections tonight are chicken piccata or seafood gumbo...

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Scooping up the chicken piccata with angel hair that was ready and waiting, she headed down the counter toward the booths.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Yesterday, Pamela made an awesome chicken piccata, with horseradish mashed potatoes and that green vegetable stuff that you have to eat because Mom said so.

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  • The restaurant is famous for its delicious chicken piccata with a rich lemon sauce.

Synonyms

scaloppine
vspiccata
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Thin slices of meat, often chicken or veal, cooked in a sauce

specifies a lemon and caper sauce rather than any sauce

Surface Forms

piccata singular
piccatas plural

Etymology

Piccata comes from Italian, from a verb like piccare meaning 'to prick' or 'to flatten'. So think of meat that is made thin to cook quickly — that's why piccata today means thin slices of meat, usually chicken or veal, served in a lemon and caper sauce.