the last hurrah

so last night, kaka, frick, and juan came over for dinner. i made lemon caper chicken. here's the recipe:

1/4 c. flour
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. paprika2 skinned, boned chicken breasts, halved, pounded to 1/4 inch thick (about 1 pound)
5 tsp. corn oil
1/4 c. low sodium chicken broth
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp. capers, drained

Combine flour, pepper and paprika on a plate. Press the chicken breasts into mixture, coating evenly and shaking off any excess. Heat the oil over moderately high heat for 1 minute. Add chicken and cook 3 minutes on each side; do not over cook. Transfer chicken to a heated platter. Add broth to pan, scraping any browned bits on the bottom. Stir in lemon juice and capers and heat through. Pour sauce over chicken. Serves 4.

i recommend adding about a teaspoon of flour to the sauce just to make it a little thicker. and i would actually add a little more broth as well, otherwise, the lemon/caper combo can be overwhelming for some people. serving over spaghetti is good. plus just a simple salad with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar as dressing. the meal is light but satisfying. would go well with pino grigio--i think chardonnay would clash too much, a riesling would be too sweet.

we digressed from my "gourmet" meal from there and ended up at the stadium on evans drinking pitchers of something. we closed the place out. it was hard to get a taxi. we had fun though, despite kaka and mine's continued debate of our worthiness of being friends. i think frick went through a lot of culture shock being at the stadium.

anyway, i write about this because it is probably the last time i will go out before the end of the quarter--i have three papers to write. and i am not working on them right now, but instead writing this.