Chicken Francese
HB-6432 · Hand-built original · Western
Egg-battered chicken cutlets pan fried until golden, served in a white wine and lemon sauce enriched with butter.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts (, skinless boneless (8¾-10½ oz / 8-10oz each)
- 1/4 cup flour (, plain / all-purpose)
- 1 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbsp milk ( (any fat %)
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon (, thinly sliced 1/8")
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp flour (, plain / all-purpose)
- 2 cups chicken stock/broth (, low sodium)
- 1/3 cup Chardonnay or other dry white wine (Note 1)
- 1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt (no pepper!)
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley (, for garnish (optional)
Method
- Slice each chicken breast in half horizontally to make four thin steaks.
- Whisk the eggs with the milk in a shallow bowl, and mix the 1/4 cup flour with the salt and black pepper on a plate.
- Coat the chicken pieces in the seasoned flour and shake off the excess.
- Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat, dip the floured chicken in the egg, let the excess drip off, and fry for 3 minutes until golden.
- Turn the cutlets, lower the heat to medium, and cook for 4 minutes more until golden and cooked through, then move them to a plate.
- Fry the lemon slices in the same pan for about a minute per side until they soften and brown, then set them aside and wipe the pan clean.
- Melt the butter over medium heat, stir in the 2 tablespoons flour for 1 minute, and gradually whisk in the chicken stock so no lumps form.
- Add the Chardonnay and the 1/2 teaspoon salt and simmer the sauce for 3 to 4 minutes until it turns syrupy.
- Return the chicken and lemon slices to the pan, spoon the sauce generously over each piece, scatter parsley across the top, and serve.
Prep: 10 min · Cook: 15 min · Total: 25 min
Nutrition (per serving, where published)
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data