Rachel from Boston Not Common asked me to film a video of how to make chicken cutlets. I finally found a week where chicken breasts were on sale at my grocery story and I had enough time to film the video – so I’m very happy to post my first how-to video. Honestly I was nervous about filming this video at first, but after I did it – I loved and found myself wanting to record more and more!
So, if you have any requests for how-to videos in your kitchen, send them my way and I’ll try to accommodate you!
The first video here is how to cut/pound out a basic chicken breast you would buy in the store into a chicken cutlet. The advantage to cooking chicken cutlets is they are thinner, so they cook faster. You typically pound them out flat as well, so they will cook evenly. They are extremely versatile and you can prepare them a number of ways!
I shot this video by myself with my tripod and flip cam. That was seriously interesting trying to figure out how to position the camera so you could see everything. It required several practice videos!
And for fun, here is my set-up.
I can’t forget to give credit for this video to my little tripod, my stack of binders and my chair from my pub-style table 
Next, I shot a video of a recipe for Baked Chicken Parmesan (which I ate last night for dinner, as y’all saw). This is just one variation of an unlimited number of ways to use chicken cutlets. I mention other variations in the video, but if you have any specific questions – let me know.
For this video, I waited until Matt came home so he could shoot it. I was thinking that it would be easier for him to position the camera on the bowls when I was breading the cutlets and then on my face the rest of the time. I think he got a little bored and/or just wasn’t really watching the camera because he cut off my head a lot. My apologies for that, but now we know next time that the tripod takes better video! (just kidding babe.)
And here is the recipe in full form, so you guys don’t have to copy it down while I’m talking. As you can see, I don’t measure when I cook very often – so these are just approximations of how much you need. Depending on how many cutlets you are making and how big they are – you may need more or less. I poured way too much in the bowls because A) I didn’t want to run out mid-video and B) I wanted y’all to be able to see into the bowls.
Also don’t forget to throw away everything in your three breading bowls after you finish. You cannot use the breadcrumbs or flour again because raw chicken contaminated everything in the bowl.
Baked Chicken Parmesan Cutlets
Makes 4 cutlets
Print this recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 large chicken breasts or 4 thin cutlets
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 3 eggs
- 1.5 cups breadcrumbs
- 1 T dried parsley flakes
- 1 t garlic powder
- 1/2 t onion powder
- 1 T italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup finely graded parmesan cheese
- 1 cup pasta sauce
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
Supplies:
- Parchment Paper
- Meat mallet/skillet/can/rolling pin
- Baking Sheet
- Wire cooling rack
- Cooking spray
- Three wide and shallow bowls
Steps:
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. If chicken is whole breast rather than in cutlets, cut chicken into cutlets and pound (via video above)
3. Assemble three bowls for breading station. In first bowl, place all purpose flour and black pepper. In second bowl, crack eggs, poke yolks and scramble together with fork. In third bowl, place breadcrumbs, parsley flakes, garlic powder, onion powder, italian seasoning and parmesan cheese. Mix together with hands.
4. Place wire cooling rack on top of baking sheet and spray with cooking spray.
5. Take one cutlet and dip into flour, covering entire cutlet. Then dip into egg wash so all of surface is wet with egg. Finally dip into the breading bowl and cover all of surface with bread crumbs. One finished, place onto wire cooling rack.
6. Repeat for other three cutlets.
7. Once finished, add pasta sauce on top of cutlets and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
8. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
9. Discard everything in breading bowls!
Your final result should look something like this.
Enjoy!
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