Golden Parmesan Crusted Chicken | Slimming Eats Recipes (2024)

Golden Parmesan Crusted Chicken - tender chicken cutlets coated in parmesan, breadcrumbs, seasoning, and pan-fried until perfectly golden.

How to Slice a Chicken Breast into Cutlets

It's really easy to slice a Chicken breast into cutlets, just place your chicken breast on a chopping board and then use a large sharp knife (I use my santoku knife) to slice horizontally so you have two thin equal sized cutlets. You can place you hand on the top of the breast to stop it from moving and to keep it in place.

Check out this handy post by Rachel Ray with step by step on How to slice a Chicken Breast into Cutlets.

How to cook perfectly tender chicken breasts

Ever cooked chicken breast only for it to be a bit dry and tasteless? A really great trick is to marinade or brine the chicken. In Chinese cooking they use a technique called velveting to keep meat nice and tender. Ever notice the meat is never tough or over chewy when you order a Chinese? That's probably why.

For fried chicken - the chicken pieces are usually soaked in a buttermilk mixture, this really tenderises the chicken pieces without toughening up the meat. It's a process I use in my Oven Baked KFC Style Feast (Not tried that one yet?, you really must).

But you don't even need to use buttermilk. Another great ingredient is some plain yoghurt and a little lemon juice for the acidity, which is exactly what we use in this recipe. You seriously don't want to miss that step, as not only will it tenderizing the chicken, it also helps your coated to stick to the chicken cutlets after you dip in the egg mixture.

Breadcrumb Coating for Chicken

For the breadcrumb coated I just use Italian style breadcrumbs which usually come in a tub, they are a perfect coating for the chicken along with the parmesan and you don't need much which means it's not too much calories added to the dish.

While I don't use panko (Japanese style breadcrumbs) in this recipe. I am sure they will work if that's what you want to use.

How to make you own breadcrumbs

Got some favourite bread like a wholemeal or whole wheat loaf that you want to use for breadcrumbs?

All you need to do is lightly toast the bread and then add it to a mini food processor and blitz until fine breadcrumbs. Toasting it first will ensure it's gets a nice golden crust when baked. Bread that is not super fresh is best for this.

Using the correct cheese for a golden coating

For the you want you use a fresh parmesan that your grate yourself, rather than pregrated. Pre-grated cheeses are often coated to prevent it sticking together and so it may not melt very well and can stick to the pan ruining that beautiful golden coating.

Sides for Golden Parmesan Crusted Chicken

These would be a great with a variety of different sides such as:

• Pasta with a simple Tomato Pasta Sauce
• Garlic and Herb Potatoes
• Crushed Roast Potatoes

I just went for a simple side salad of

• Baby Greens
• Home Grown Cherry Tomatoes (we have had so many this year)
• Cucumber

and then my own choice of light dressing (poppyseed is my favorite) but this Ranch Dressing is delicious also.

More Chicken Recipes

Would you like some other chicken recipes to try? Check out some of these:

• SWEET AND STICKY CHICKEN
• SPICY CHICKEN STUFFED WITH FETA CHEESE AND SALSA
• TOMATO AND MOZZARELLA HASSELBACK CHICKEN
• FAJITA CHICKEN PASTA
• ASIAN SPRITE CHICKEN
• EASY PEANUT CHICKEN NOODLES

or if you would like more recipe ideas or sides to make with this recipe - head on over to theFULL RECIPE INDEXwhere you will find over 900 delicious recipes with caloriesand you can search by meal type, ingredients, course, diet and more..

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Recipe Card

Golden Parmesan Crusted Chicken

Yield: SERVES 4

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

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Golden Parmesan Crusted Chicken - tender chicken cutlets coated in parmesan, breadcrumbs and seasoned and pan-fried until perfectly golden.

Ingredients

• 2 Chicken Breasts (approx 550g/), Sliced into 4 thin cutlets (see post for how to slice Chicken Breast into cutlets)
• ½ cup of fat free plain yoghurt
• juice of half a lemon
• 60g of breadcrumbs (I used Italian)
• 120g of Parmesan, grated or shaved
• 1 teaspoon of dried parsley
• pinch of black pepper and sea salt
• ½ teaspoon of garlic powder
• 2 eggs, whisked
• Cooking oil spray (I used avocado)

Instructions

1. Whisk together the yoghurt and lemon juice, until combined.
2. Add to a ziplock bag with the chicken cutlets and seal. Ensure the cutlets are fully coated in the chicken and marinate overnight In the fridge.
3. When read to cook, carefully remove cutlets from bag and yoghurt mix, shaking off any excess yoghurt coating as you do.
4. Add the parmesan to a mini food processor and pulse until fine (you can finely grate if you don't have one, it's just coats the chicken better if you pulse in a food processor). Mix with the breadcrumbs, garlic powder, parsley and pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
5. Add the parmesan breadcrumb mixture to a plate or dish.
6. Dip cutlets in the beaten eggs and then into the parmesan breadcrumb mix, patting the mixture on the chicken cutlets as you do. Transfer to a plate or tray.
7. Heat a large skillet or frying pan over a medium high heat, spray with cooking oil spray and add the chicken cutlets (you may need to do this in two batches if your pan is not big enough).
8. Fry for approx 5 minutes until the underside is lovely and golden, spray over the top with a little more cooking oil spray, flip and cook the other side for another 5 minutes, again until golden and the chicken is cooked through
9. Serve with your choice of sides and enjoy!!!

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Nutrition Information

Yield 4Serving Size 1 SERVING
Amount Per ServingCalories 373Total Fat 14.1gSaturated Fat 7.9gCholesterol 70mgSodium 963mgCarbohydrates 12.8gFiber 0.8gSugar 2.4gProtein 47g

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