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Chicken Picatta Nutrition

Chicken piccata can be a great dish when eating out. Trying to make this classic Italian dish at home might seem intimidating, but making chicken piccata at home is easy. If you plan on making this at home, you should know exactly what you are eating. Understand the nutrition information to know how good--or bad--it can be for you.

  1. Chicken Piccata

    • This guide assumes a traditional chicken piccata, made with chicken breast and a lemon butter sauce. One serving has a quarter-pound of chicken per person.

    Calories

    • The calories of each chicken piccata recipe will change based on the ingredients used. The traditional chicken piccata recipe has 300 calories per serving.

    Fat

    • The butter in the chicken piccata sauce helps raise the fat content. There are 11 grams of fat in this serving of chicken piccata. Those who are worried about saturated fat should stay away; this has 2 grams of saturated fat.

    Carbohydrates

    • Those who are looking to add carbohydrates to their diet should know that this serving has 14 grams of carbs. Those looking to carbohydrate load could add pasta to the recipe for even more carbohydrates.

    Protein

    • Per serving, this chicken piccata has more than 31 grams of protein. Consider adding more chicken per serving to get more protein out of the meal.

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