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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Pecan Crusted Chicken Cutlets - Serves 8
Recipe By: Cook's Country
Ingredients
2 large eggs
4 teaspoon dijon mustard
3 clove garlic minced
2 teaspoon tarragon dried
salt and pepper
4 med chicken breasts skinless -- bonelss, halved horizontally
2 cup pecans
2 slice white sandwich bread -- torn in half
4 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 250F. Line
rimmed baking sheet with wire rack.
Whisk eggs, mustard, garlic, tarragon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2
teaspoon pepper in large bowl. Add chicken, coat well, cover with
plastic wrap, and refrigerate while preparing nut mixture.
2. Pulse pecans in food processor until finely chopped, with some
pebble sized pieces. Transfer to pie plate or shallow rimmed dish.
Pulse bread in food processor until finely ground. Add bread crumbs to
nuts and stir in cornstarch, brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/4
teaspoon salt and cinnamon.
3. Working one at a time, remove cutlets from egg mixture, letting
excess drop back into bowl. Thoroughly coat chicken with nut mixture,
pressing on coating to help it adhere, and transfer to large plate.
4. Heat 1/2 cup oil in large nonstick skillet over medium high heat
until shimmering. Place 4 cutlets in skillet and cook until golden
brown on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes per side (lower heat if crust is
browning too quickly).
Transfer chicken to rack on baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
Discard oil and solids from skillet and repeat with remaining oil and
cutlets.
Season cutlets with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
Chicken breasts are too thick to use in this recipe (the outside would
burn long before the meat cooks through), and packaged cutlets are
often too thin (the meat overcooks before the coating browns), for
crisp, browned cutlets that are perfectly cooked through, it's best to
buy chicken breasts and cut them in half yourself. Each breast should
yield two pieces that are about 1/2 in thick.
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