Description
A delicious recipe for Chicken Salmoriglio featuring crispy breaded chicken cutlets topped with a zesty lemon and herb sauce.
Ingredients
Chicken:
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 10–12 ounces each)
Marinade/Wet Rub:
- Zest from two lemons
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced very fine
- 1 teaspoon dry oregano
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Sauce:
- Half of the marinade from above
- Juice from two lemons
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
Breading:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 whole eggs and 1 tablespoon water
- 1 ½ cups panko breadcrumbs
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons butter, for frying
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, for frying
- 3 tablespoons additional butter, melted
Instructions
- Butterfly and marinate: Butterfly each chicken breast, then marinate with half of the wet rub for 1 hour.
- Prepare sauce: Mix lemon juice and parsley with the remaining wet rub for the sauce.
- Preheat and bread chicken: Preheat oven, set up breading station, and bread the chicken cutlets.
- Fry and bake: Brown cutlets in butter and oil, then bake until cooked through.
- Serve: Top cutlets with Salmoriglio Sauce and lemon wedges before serving.
Notes
- For extra flavor, you can add a pinch of red pepper flakes to the wet rub.
- Make sure the oil and butter are hot enough when frying to ensure a crispy crust.
- Adjust the baking time based on the thickness of the chicken cutlets.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking, Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken cutlet
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 780mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 31g
- Cholesterol: 125mg