German Chicken Schnitzel Recipe, golden and crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside. It's ready in about 15 minutes. Great as a sandwich or a meal on its own with a salad on the side, this is the perfect family meal.
Chicken schnitzel for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Absolutely! There is no easier and quicker way to cook chicken than this super simple recipe, and it just goes down a treat. Golden and crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside, it hardly needs any seasoning and it tastes beautifully.
In a rush in the morning? Just grab two slices of toast and a chicken schnitzel, and you are good to go. For lunch or dinner you can get as creative as you want, it goes nicely with any salad, vegetable, mashed potatoes, rice, or pulses. I love to have it with garlic sauce, but anything else would do.
Schnitzel is so popular all over the world, and rightly so, it's so delicious, even fussy eaters will have a go. And it's so much better than some greasy fast-food that has no real chicken in it.
While schnitzel is a German term, chicken escalope, which is a French term is also widely used, and they are pretty much the same recipe, although techniques could vary.
How to make chicken schnitzel
It might not be the healthiest way, but the traditional way rather. The chicken schnitzel is shallow fried in oil, although you can also bake it in the oven. Once you make it once, you will never go back to those fast-foods to buy chicken meals.
The secret to making the very best schnitzel is making sure you have a thin piece of chicken, otherwise it will not cook through.
So, grab a meat tenderizer, or just a rolling pin, place the chicken between 2 pieces of non-stick paper, and flatten is out as much as you can. The chicken will also be beautifully tender. Once you have the right thickness, coat it with flour, then egg wash, breadcrumbs, and it's now ready to cook.
You can season with the herbs of your choice, if you want a deeper flavour, although the good old pepper and salt work just fine.
Other similar chicken recipes
This chicken schnitzel is a favourite of ours, it's quick, it's delicious, and it goes down well with kids and grown-ups too.
The Japanese Chicken Katsu is based on a similar chicken recipe, but it uses a delicious mild curry to up its flavours. So, if you are looking at something yummy for dinner, I whole-heartedly recommend it.
A similar texture, just different size are the Breaded Chicken Tenders, although these are deep-fried rather than shallow-fried. Still so good though!
The Buttermilk Fried Chicken Burgers use buttermilk for deeper flavours, but are as crispy and so easy to make too.
Do give them a go, these dishes are super popular with us, and definitely recipes that can be cooked again and again with great results every single time.
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German Chicken Schnitzel Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- ½ cup sunflower oil
- 1 egg
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- ½ cup plain flour
- a pinch of salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the chicken breasts on the work surface, cut them in 2 lengthwise, and bash them with a meat tenderiser. We need them as flat as possible, the thinner the slices, the better. It also reduces the cooking time, as they are perfectly cooked really quickly. I used organic chicken breasts, but any good-quality chicken breasts would do.
- Next, we need 2 large plates. On one plate we have plain flour, on the other breadcrumbs.
- Beat the egg lightly using a fork, then season with salt and pepper.
- Coat the chicken slices in flour, then dip in the egg mixture and in the end toss them well in breadcrumbs.
- Heat up the frying pan and add the sunflower oil.
- Fry the chicken schnitzels on both sides for about 2 minutes on each side until golden, then remove from the pan and place on a kitchen towel to remove the excess oil.
- Serve hot or cold with any sauce.
Chris
The chicken looks so tender and juicy!
Daniela Apostol
Thank you 🙂
Sharon M
This looks so good! I love schnitzel, but never thought of doing it using chicken! thanks for what I know will be a great recie!
Daniela Apostol
Thank you, Sharon! I'm sure you'll love the chicken schnitzel too.
abdelkawi baraka
wunderbar Daniela mach weiter danke schön
Daniela Anderson
Thank you!
Linda
Great easy schnitzel recipe!
Daniela Apostol
Thank you!