Secrets to Perfect Chicken Schnitzel

Hi I'm Nicky, welcome back to our kitchen where we show you how to make delicious family-friendly recipes. Today we're going with thin and crispy chicken schnitzel that's perfectly seasoned and paired with a beautiful garlic caper butter sauce it's absolutely delicious and it's a really simple way to serve chicken that is absolutely bursting with flavour, so let's get cooking. So I've got four medium-sized chicken breasts here they're about 175 grams or 6.2 ounces each and we're going to start off by butterflying them. To butterfly the chicken you want to take the chicken breast and then slice it horizontally through the middle not all the way through because you want to be able to open it up like a book. Repeat that with all four chicken breasts. Now take one of the chicken breasts and place it on a large piece of baking parchment and then fold the parchment over the chicken so it's completely covered and then we're going to bash it lightly with a rolling pin until it's about quarter of an inch thick. Then repeat with the remaining chicken breasts until they're all equal thickness. This is going to help the chicken breast cook quickly and evenly and be nice and juicy throughout. So now we're going to coat the chicken so we want to take three large shallow bowls, in the first bowl place 60 grams or half a cup of plain all-purpose flour and then we're going to sprinkle on half a teaspoon each of salt and black pepper and a teaspoon each of garlic powder and paprika and mix together. In the second bowl add two large eggs and give them a whisk together and in the third bowl we want to add 100 grams or two cups of panko breadcrumbs. Now take one of the chicken breasts and dredge it in the flour mixture so it's completely coated. Then we're going to dip it in the egg and make sure we coat both sides fully and finally we're going to coat fully in those panko breadcrumbs and place on a tray. We want to repeat that for the remaining chicken breasts. It's really important to make sure that egg fully coats the chicken otherwise the panko won't stick and we want a really nice crispy coating throughout the whole chicken. Now we want to add 240 ml or one cup of oil to a large frying pan and heat that over a medium heat. We're going to be working in two batches so once the oil is hot we want to add two chicken breasts to the frying pan. Cook the chicken breasts for two to three minutes on each side until golden and crispy and cook throughout. Then remove the chicken from the pan and place on the tray. So I'll place those cooked chicken schnitzel on a baking tray and we're going to put them in a low oven to keep warm while we cook the second batch. I'll place them on a wire tray and that helps to keep the coating nice and crispy and then while we're cooking this second batch we're also going to make the caper garlic butter sauce. To make the garlic caper butter sauce we're going to add 120 grams or half a cup of unsalted butter to a small pan. Heat the pan over a low to medium heat we're going to let that butter melt and start to foam a little and it should start to turn very lightly brown this should take about three to four minutes. Now turn the heat down to low and we're going to add in three minced cloves of garlic, cook for a further minute while stirring to gently saute the garlic. Now turn off the heat and we're going to add half a teaspoon each of salt and black pepper, two tablespoons of capers and brine that have been drained and three tablespoons of finely chopped fresh parsley. Give it a stir together and then put that to one side. I wish you could smell it in here it smells absolutely fantastic. By now all the chicken should be ready and we're ready to serve. I love to serve this chicken schnitzel with some nice boiled potatoes and a simple green salad. Now spoon over that garlic caper butter and then we can finish it off by serving with some lemon wedges. I absolutely love serving crispy chicken this way those tangy capers with that lovely rich garlic butter just go so well with it and if you like this you're going to love my lemon chicken piccata, see you over there.