Breaded Chicken Cutlets Recipe

Easy Breaded Chicken Cutlets Recipe is your quick dinner fix on a week night. Chicken breasts are pounded, dipped in eggs, coated with breadcrumbs and fried to create crispy breaded cutlets. Enjoy with salad or mashed potatoes for a filling meal. 

Breaded Chicken Cutlets Recipe

Last minute dinner idea, If you have chicken breast in the fridge, then no worries. This chicken cutlets can be made in less than 30 minutes from start to finish. 

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Chicken cutlet in India is a kind of tikki or patties which is coated with breadcrumbs and fried. But there is another recipe in which chicken breast is breaded and fried. I tried it few days back and it was so yum, hubby just loved it. I turned it into chicken wrap with lots of lettuce and grilled onions and we happily had it for lunch. 

About Breaded Chicken Cutlets

Breaded chicken cutlets are nothing but boneless chicken breast pounded, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and pan fried till golden. This cutlets form base for many recipes including sandwiches, burger or chicken parmesan.

One simple recipe can be turned into hundreds of dinner. If you want to turn it into a light lunch, then enjoy with salad. More hungry? Enjoy with some mashed potatoes, gravy and salad, you have a filling satisfying lunch or dinner. 

I prefer chicken breast, you have to either cut into cutlets. You can buy chicken cutlets from stores already prepared or make it yourself. Any which way you choose, these make quick and satisfying dinner. 

You can enjoy this breaded chicken cutlets with side salad, mashed potatoes, onion gravy and creamed corn for a satiating meal. 

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To make it, just take couple of chicken breast. Slice chicken in half into cutlets. Pound the chicken slightly with meat mallet or rolling pin. Pounding the chicken thin makes it cook faster and evenly.  Make sure to season with salt and pepper. 

Once chicken is seasoned. Prepare the breading station. Take 3 trays out and line them with plain flour, egg and breadcrumbs. Make sure to season each trays with salt and pepper. 

Now time to coat the chicken, first in the plain flour, then egg and lastly in the breadcrumbs. Now fry the chicken till golden brown in a cast iron pan. Strain the fried chicken on a wire rack. Let it sit for 5 minutes, serve with side salad. 

Ingredients

• Chicken - for making cutlets, boneless chicken breast is used. You can even use chicken thigh, which may take longer time to cook than breast. 
• Seasonings - salt and pepper are the only seasonings used for the cutlets. You can be experimental and use other spices like garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, herbs. 
• Plain Flour - chicken breast is dredged in the flour which makes the egg stick to it. 
• Egg - egg helps the breadcrumb to stick to the chicken. 
• Breadcrumbs - I always use panko for crispy texture. You can use Italian breadcrumbs too.
• Optional - parmesan cheese can be added to breadcrumbs for more umami taste.

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Preparing Chicken

1)Take couple of boneless chicken breast. Use a sharp knife to butterfly the chicken breast so it opens like a book.

2)Now slice each chicken breast into half. so you get 2 chicken cutlets from one breast.

3)Pat them dry completely with paper towel. Take them on a cutting board. Use a meat mallet or a rolling pin to gently smash the chicken breast so it gets slightly thin and in even thickness.

4)Now the chicken is evenly pounded. It cooks faster and more evenly.

5)Make sure to season the chicken generously with salt and pepper. Be free to use any spices or seasonings you prefer.

Breading Station

6)Take three tray or platter with egg, plain flour and breadcrumbs. Season each with salt and pepper and mix well. You have to add few spoons of water to the egg alone to thin it down. This is your breading station.

Coating chicken

7)First dredge the chicken with the plain flour on both sides.

8)Now add it into the egg.

9)Coat both sides with egg.

10)Drop it into the breadcrumbs and coat it on both sides with crumbs.

11)Repeat this with all the remaining chicken breast.

Frying Chicken

12)Heat oil in a skillet. Once oil is hot, add the chicken breast into the oil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on one side.

13) flip over and cook for 2 minutes on other side. Both sides will be golden brown. Strain on some paper towel. Serve hot with side salad.

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