Chicken is breaded with a light panko bread crumb coating and pan-fried until crisp and juicy! Serve these cutlets on their own, with honey mustard sauce, or in hamburger rolls for the perfect chicken sandwich recipe!
What Is A Chicken Cutlet?
A chicken cutlet is a thin piece of chicken breast. Cutlets can be purchased but are easy to prepare with whole chicken breasts too. Since chicken cutlets are thinner and generally more even they cook quickly and evenly! To prepare chicken cutlets, cut a chicken breast in half crosswise (image below) and then pound it until it’s about 1/4″ thick with a meat mallet. That’s all there is to it!
How To Make Chicken Cutlets
This easy chicken cutlet recipe is as easy as 1, 2, 3, and ready in under 30 minutes! Serve with your favorite dipping sauces for a delicious appetizer or main course. Add a slice of lemon on the side to dress them up for the grownups in the room, or serve them with buffalo sauce or honey mustard dressing.
Oil for Frying
My choice of oil for pan-frying is vegetable oil. It has a high smoke point and panfrying is usually a quick process. Vegetable oil can have an unpleasant smell if it is hot for too long so preheat your oil just before cooking. Refined peanut oil is a great choice as well (and it is perfect for deep frying too).
What To Serve With Chicken Cutlets
The question should really be “What not to serve?” So many wonderful things go with these cutlets it’s hard to pick just a few.
Serve baked corn on the cob with a side of garlic ranch mashed potatoes and just watch the kids clean their plates! Or keep it simple and make an overnight salad so that all you have to do is make the chicken the next day! Super delicious, and a time saver too! Turn them into sandwiches with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise.
Have an array of appetizers for a party or even for supper, and make everyone’s favorites! Include these tasty, crispy chicken cutlets in the mix and they’ll be the first thing to disappear off the plate! Did your family love these Crispy Chicken Cutlets? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below! © SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited. Please view my photo use policy here.
