Oven Fried Chicken alla Milanese
 
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 chicken breasts, pounded thin
  • ½ litre/2 c. milk
  • 200 gms/1 c. flour
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 200 gms/2 c. breadcrumbs
  • salt, pepper and rosemary or aromatic herbal salt (In Italy we have sea salt mixed with rosemary, garlic, sage, black pepper)
  • 8 T. of olive oil
Instructions
  1. Put the chicken breasts in the milk for 1 hour with aromatics.Chicken breasts in milk and aromatics
  2. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F.
  3. Prepare 3 plates: one with breadcrumbs, one with flour and one with the beaten eggs.
  4. In the meantime prepare the baking tray with oven paper and put 4 tablespoons of oil on the tray.
  5. Procedure: place the chicken breast first in the flour, then in the eggs and then in the breadcrumbs (always on both sides). Repeat for every chicken breast.
  6. Put the chicken breasts on the baking tray.
  7. Pour remaining olive oil on the chicken breasts and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
  8. Transfer the chicken on a serving dish and serve sprinkled with sea salt.
Recipe by Ortensia Blu at https://ortensiablutraveladventures.com/oven-fried-chicken-alla-milanese/