Chicken Francese With Lemon And Pecorino

Serves: 2

Amos O'Hara

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

54

Spice

50

Sweetness

48

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

Chicken Stock

4 tbsps

Butter

1 cup

Olive Oil

Directions:

1

Cut the chicken breasts into 12 pieces of roughly equal size

2

Place the pieces between sheets of waxed paper, and pound with a mallet until they're thin

3

Season with salt and pepper

4

Place cheese and 4 tablespoons parsley in a wide, shallow bowl

5

Slowly add the beaten egg, whisking until it's smoothly incorporated

6

Place the flour on a wide plate

7

Dip the pounded chicken in the egg mixture

8

Remove, letting excess egg drip off

9

Place each cutlet in the flour, and coat lightly

10

Remove from flour and hold them in a single layer

11

Add the olive oil to 2 saute pan large enough to hold 3 cutlets in a single layer

12

Place over medium - high heat

13

When the oil is hot, add the cutlets

14

Saute, turning once, until the cutlets are golden on the outside, just cooked on the inside (about 2 minutes per side)

15

Remove the cutlets, and hold them in a single layer

16

Repeat with remaining cutlets

17

Spill the oil out of the saute pan

18

Return the pan to high heat

19

Add 1/4 cup of white wine to each pan and reduce it to 2 tablespoons in each pan

20

Divide the stock and the lemon slices between the pans

21

Boil for 5 minutes, then remove the lemon slices

22

Keep boiling the sauce until it's reduced to 1/2 cup

23

Turn heat to very low

24

Swirl 2 tablespoons butter into each pan until the sauce is thickened

25

Add cutlets to each pan, turning them until they are coated in sauce

26

Divide cutlets among 4 plates, garnish with remaining 4 tablespoons of parsley, and serve immediately