Baked Crunchy Chicken Breast
Crunchy seasoned chicken fillets draped through egg are then oven baked for that golden color and served with the best umami tasting honey soy hot sauce. A celebration of crispy, spicy and sweet flavors. Adjust it to your palate because it sure is a crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
Chicken
- 4 boneless skinless, chicken breasts, sliced into 8 cutlets
- Olive oil
- salt and pepper divided
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 eggs whisked
- ¼ cup yogurt plain full fat
- 2 tbsps lemon juice
- 4 cornflakes crushed
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
Honey Soy Sauce
- ⅓ Cup honey
- 1 Tbsps hot chilli sauce
- 2 Tbsps Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter unsalted
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- salt and pepper
Tasty Garnish
- salt flakes
- freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
Make the honey sauce
- In a medium size saucepan, add the sauce ingredients and bring up to a boil. Lower to a decent simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.
Chicken
- Preheat your oven to 190°C/ 374°F and place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking tray/sheet.
- Slice the chicken breasts down the middle so that they make 8 thin cutlets. If the cutlets are still too big, cover with cling wrap and use a mallet or a rolling pin to thin them out so that they are more or less the same size.
- In a bowl, add the whisked eggs, paprika, salt & pepper and yogurt. Use a fork to combine. Pour the egg mixture over the chicken covering it all. If time permits, cover with cling wrap and leave in the fridge for an hour or move onto the next step.
- Add the grated cheese to the crushed cornflakes with a tablespoon of olive oil and combine. Pour the crushed flakes and cheese mix onto the prepared oven tray and add the chicken cutlets on top. Turn them over to collect the crumb mix on the other side. Drizlle well with olive oil and bake for 20 minutes.
- While the chicken rests for 5 minutes, warm up the honey soy sauce. If it's too thick, you need it to be runny so add ice water starting with 2 tablespoons depending on how you want the consistency.
- Serve the crunchy chicken with salt flakes, freshly chopped parsley and the warm honey soy sauce.
Notes
What are cutlets?
It’s a skinless boneless chicken breast, sliced in half horizontally (or through it’s thickness) to make two thinner slices of chicken.
Why make cutlets?
Chicken cutlets are perfect for weeknight dinner because they cook much quicker than a thick chicken breast.
These chicken cutlets were flattened on the thicker parts so they cook evenly. How long do chicken cutlets take to oven bake? They should cook for 15 to 20 minutes oven depending/thickness on 190°C/374° F. For a more accurate measure, use an instant read thermometer. A quick note: I find that setting the oven to 200°C/400°F is too high for chicken cutlets and it tends to dry them out. How to keep the chicken tender? Chicken breast, has minimal fat in comparison to a chicken drumstick or thigh. So don't skip the egg dredging, add full fat yogurt or cream to the egg for fat and drizzle with olive oil before baking. How to keep chicken crispy after cooking it? Keep it air dry. Don't seal it off in a container or cover it. Does parchment paper work? Yes. It's a great easy-to-clean method and I find that it helps keep the chicken from drying out as much.
These chicken cutlets were flattened on the thicker parts so they cook evenly. How long do chicken cutlets take to oven bake? They should cook for 15 to 20 minutes oven depending/thickness on 190°C/374° F. For a more accurate measure, use an instant read thermometer. A quick note: I find that setting the oven to 200°C/400°F is too high for chicken cutlets and it tends to dry them out. How to keep the chicken tender? Chicken breast, has minimal fat in comparison to a chicken drumstick or thigh. So don't skip the egg dredging, add full fat yogurt or cream to the egg for fat and drizzle with olive oil before baking. How to keep chicken crispy after cooking it? Keep it air dry. Don't seal it off in a container or cover it. Does parchment paper work? Yes. It's a great easy-to-clean method and I find that it helps keep the chicken from drying out as much.
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