piccata

noun

pic·​ca·​ta

pə̇ˈkätə,

-ätə

plural piccatas

: thin slices of meat (such as veal) that are dredged in flour, sautéed, and served in a lemon and butter sauce

Examples of piccata in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Menu includes main dishes of oven roasted turkey, dill salmon, prime rib and chicken piccata. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2024

The bilevel restaurant fills up nightly, with waitstaff (sharply dressed in all black) buzzing around tables covered in plates of clams casino, veal piccata, and New York strip steaks. —Regan Stephens, Saveur, 12 Sep. 2024

The meal was as good as any restaurant in Aspen, simple and elegant: chicken piccata, roast beef, and a fresh local pear and mozzarella salad. —Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 Aug. 2024

For anybody with a kitchen lacking in effective ventilation, a dedicated kitchen air purifier is a good way to prevent your living room from smelling like last night's chicken piccata. —Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

Italian, slice of sautéed veal flavored with lemon and parsley, from piccata, feminine of piccato, past participle of piccare to lard (meat), probably from French piquer, literally, to prick

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above