Tonight's Dinner: Nigella's Chicken Schnitzel

I adapted another recipe from Nigella Express tonight. Her Chicken Schnitzel with Bacon and White Wine. I omitted the wine as we had none. I used water instead. I also used a crusting mixture on the chicken before browning it. Thought it would give more of a texture to the meal.

This was so good. Nigella did not use any crusting mixture and used wine. She also used 4 pieces of bacon. I thought 2 would render enough fat to cook the chicken in. I also cut off the fat from the bacon before cutting it up and serving it.

This was very good.

                     *  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                   Nigella's Chicken Schnitzel ala Risa

Recipe By     : adapted from NIgella Express by Nigella Lawson
Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Main Dishes                      Poultry

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      ts            garlic-infused oil
   2      strips        thick-cut bacon
   4      4 oz          boneless skinless chicken thighs
   5      tb            McCormick's Crusting Mix -- * see note
   2      tb            whole wheat panko crumbs
     1/3  cup           water -- ** see note

Put the crusting mix and panko in a shallow pie pan and mix. Pound the chicken between 2 pieces of plastic wrap, until 1/2-3/4" thick. Make sure they are evenly thin.

Preheat a skillet over MED-HIGH heat. Add the bacon.

Fry till the bacon is crisp and the pan is full of bacony goodness, remove the bacon to a piece of foil, wrap it up and set it aside.

Drizzle the chicken thighs with a bit of olive oil and then dredge in crumb mixture. Place in pan and brown for 5 minutes per side, until there is no pinkness when you cut into a piece. Make sure the pan's hot so that the chicken browns quickly.

Remove the chicken to a serving plate and quickly crumble the bacon you've set aside. Pour the wine (or water) in and let everything bubble up, and pour over thei chicken pieces. Serve with rice pilaf and broccoli.

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NOTES : Risa's notes:

* McCormick just came out with something called Crusting Mix. It comes in a square plastic container, kind of short. It is whole wheat panko crumbs with seasonings.
** I used water as I did not have any wine. I deglazed the pan with it and scraped up the little brown bits.

RisaG