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Chicken Milanese

Chicken Milanese SaladChicken Milanese just like Grandma made. Milanese is a dish named after Milan, Italy and versions one dish can be found in many countries including Mexico. But Italian Chicken Milanese is a breaded fried chicken cutlet topped with a salad

Frying the cutlets-

You will need: 

  • For this recipe I am using 2 lbs of boneless, skinless pounded thin chicken cutlets. 
  • Dish with 1 cup of flour
  • Dish with 2 cups bread crumbs
  • Bowl with 4 eggs beaten
  • 1 cup olive oil

Directions:

  1. One at a time flour the cutlet, shake to remove extra flour then dip in egg and allow extra to drip off then coat with the bread crumbs.
  2. Place the cutlets on a large dish and into the refrigerator for one hour. Do not stack them, use extra dish if needed. This will help the bread crumbs to stay on when frying.
  3. After the hour remove the cutlets and begin frying them. In a 12″ skillet add the olive oil and once hot (you can drop some bread crumbs in the oil and if it sizzles the oil is ready) fry the cutlets a couple at a time. Depending on the thickness of the cutlets it will take 3-4 minutes per side. Do not crowd the skillet. Flip once to cook both sides.
  4. Remove cooked cutlets and place on a paper towel lined platter.


For the salad-

You will need:

  • 2- cups of baby arugula 
  • 1/2 cup super ripe plum tomatoes seeds and juice removed then chopped
  • 1/4 cup chopped red onion
    Dressing-
  • 2 tbs fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 tbs of extra virgin olive oil 
  • 1 tbs of red wine vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • Pinch of fresh ground black pepper

Directions: Assembling the Chicken Milanese-

  1. In a small bowl whisk the dressing ingredients.
  2. In another bowl put the arugula, onion, tomatoes and toss with the dressing.
  3. Place the cutlets on a plate and top with the salad and enjoy a delicious chicken cutlet Milanese. 

– Daniel Mancini

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