Cooking Index - Cooking Recipes & IdeasLemon Chicken Cutlets Recipe - Cooking Index

Lemon Chicken Cutlets

Creamed spinach and baked sweet potatoes drizzled with maple syrup make good partners for these crispy cutlets. Top vanilla frozen yogurt with fudge sauce and a few raspberries for dessert.

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/3 cup 48g / 1.7ozUnseasoned dry breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced fresh thyme
  = (or 1 1/2 tspns dried thyme)
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlMinced lemon peel
2   Boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil
  Lemon wedges

Recipe Instructions

Mix first 3 ingredients on large plate. Using rolling pin, pound chicken between sheets of waxed paper to scant 1/2-inch thickness. Rinse chicken with cold water so that coating will adhere. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Press both sides of chicken into crumb mixture to cover.

Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Carefully add chicken to skillet. Saute until chicken is cooked through and golden brown, turning with tongs, about 4 minutes per side. Serve chicken with lemon wedges.

This recipe yields 2 servings; can be doubled.

Source:
Bon Appetit, February 2000

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

Click a star to rate this recipe.