Chicken Schnitzels
Chicken breasts pounded thin, coated in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and fried in plenty of hot oil until the crust puffs away from the meat — the Bulgarian home take on the Viennese schnitzel, served with lemon.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast fillets (about 600 g in total)
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 60 g plain flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- 120 g dried breadcrumbs
- 300 ml sunflower oil, for frying
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 3949 kcal · P 111.4g · C 145.1g · F 327.6g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Slice each breast horizontally into two thin escalopes, lay them between sheets of cling film and pound them with a meat mallet to an even 5 mm.
- 2Season both sides with the salt and pepper.
- 3Set out three shallow dishes: the flour in the first, the eggs beaten with the milk in the second and the breadcrumbs in the third.
- 4Coat each escalope in flour and shake off the excess, dip it in the egg and let it drip, then lay it in the breadcrumbs and press them on lightly — pressed on hard, the crust will not puff.
- 5Heat the oil, about 1 cm deep, in a wide frying pan over medium-high heat to 170°C, until a pinch of breadcrumbs sizzles at once.
- 6Fry the schnitzels two at a time for 2–3 minutes per side, gently rocking the pan so the hot oil washes over the top and the crust rises in waves.
- 7Drain on kitchen paper and serve at once with the lemon wedges.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken Schnitzels take to make?
About 27 minutes: 15 min prep and 12 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken Schnitzels?
9 ingredients: chicken breast fillets, salt, black pepper, plain flour, eggs, milk, dried breadcrumbs, sunflower oil, lemon.
How many servings does this Chicken Schnitzels recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Schnitzels?
About 987 kcal, with 27.8 g protein, 36.3 g carbohydrate and 81.9 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Chicken Schnitzels?
Chicken Schnitzels comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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