Chicken Schnitzel | Breaded Chicken Cutlets
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 500 gm boneless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 eggs whisked
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 3/4 tsp black pepper powder
- Salt to taste
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Divide the chicken breasts into four equal pieces. Flatten each of the pieces using a rolling pin, close to 1/4 inch thickness for even cooking.
- Arrange in three plates - all purpose flour with little salt, the eggs and the flour whisked with all the spice powders and some salt.
- Heat enough oil to shallow fry. Keep a draining rack on a baking sheet ready to drain the chicken.
- Dunk one chicken piece into the flour. Dust off excess flour.
- Coat well with the whisked egg. Then dredge into the spiced breadcrumbs and coat all over, including the sides.
- Drop into the hot oil. Cook on medium low flame in order to cook the chicken well, making sure not to burn the sides, and flip to cook the other side. Make sure both sides are fried till golden brown.
- Drain onto the kitchen rack, and let the excess oil dip.
- Serve with salad or sides of choice.
Notes
You can just use salt and pepper in the breadcrumbs and skip the rest of the spices.
You can add 2-4 tbsp of grated Parmesan cheese into the breadcrumbs for more richness.
Discard the leftover flour.
There will be leftover egg and breadcrumb mixture. Mix them together, flatten and fry them briefly. They taste good on their own, like a snack. :D