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Easy Chicken Schnitzel Recipe
Easy Chicken Schnitzel Recipe - easy breaded chicken schnitzel that is tender, juicy, and full of flavor with a great pan fried crunch!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 4 cutlets
Calories: 378 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
German
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts halved and pounded very thin into cutlets
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder optional
- ½ teaspoon onion powder optional
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup cooking oil
- Lemon wedges to serve with
Instructions
- Add panko to one bowl, flour to one bowl, eggs to one bowl, and milk to one bowl.
- Dip chicken in milk, then flour, coating well.
- Dredge in egg after flour, and finish in panko breadcrumbs.
- Shake off excess.
- Add oil to nonstick pan, preferably one with a deep lip to prevent splattering.
- When oil is hot, add breaded cutlets.
- Fry 4-5 minutes, until crispy golden brown on one side.
- Flip chicken using long handled tongs.
- Fry additional 2-5 minutes until chicken is 165 degrees internal temperature and golden brown.
- Serve immediately with lemon slices, fresh diced green onion, and spaetzle!
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1g
Calories
378kcal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
27g
(9%)
Protein
33g
(66%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
11g
Cholesterol
181mg
(60%)
Sodium
756mg
(32%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4cutlets
Amount Per Serving
Calories 378
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 378kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 27g | 9% |
| Protein | 33g | 66% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 11g | 65% |
| Cholesterol | 181mg | 60% |
| Sodium | 756mg | 32% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.