Healthy Chicken Francaise Recipes

HEALTHY CHICKEN FRANCAISE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl mix flour, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper .
• In another bowl mix the eggs with water and add a pinch of salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a medium sauce pan on medium-low heat.
• Pat dry chicken cutlets and dredge in flour mixture, coating both sides evenly shaking excess flour off.
• Place chicken into egg wash mix, coat both sides.
• Allow the chicken to drip excess egg coating and place fully coated chicken into hot oil. .
• Let chicken cook for ]4 to 6 minutes until lightly brown, flip chicken and cook for another 4 minutes.
• Remove chicken and allow to rest.
• Turn stove off and add lemon juice, Earth Balance Buttery Spread and lemon zest to sauce pan.
• Stir until butter is melted.
• Remove butter lemon sauce from pan.
• Place chicken in an oven safe dish and pour sauce on top of chicken.
• Arrange lemon rounds and sprinkle parsley evenly throughout the dish.
• Place chicken in oven for 7 minutes or until sauce has been absorbed by chicken and breading is not wet.

CHICKEN FRANCESE

Steps:

• In a wide, shallow bowl, whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper until blended. Place the flour in a separate bowl. Line a baking sheet with paper towels.
• In a wide skillet, heat olive and vegetable oils over medium heat until shimmering.
• Working in batches to avoid crowding the pan, lightly dredge the chicken in flour and shake off any excess. Dip into egg batter, let excess batter drip back into the bowl and place in the skillet. Fry, turning once, until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes per side. Adjust the heat as the cutlets cook so they brown slowly and evenly, with a steady bubbling. Transfer to the paper-towel-lined pan and repeat with remaining cutlets.
• When all cutlets are browned, remove the pan from the heat and pour off the oil. Wipe out the pan with paper towels. Return the pan to low heat.
• If making the lemon slices (if not, skip to Step 6 below): Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter and then scatter the lemon slices over the bottom of the pan. Cook, stirring gently occasionally, until the lemon slices are golden and browning around the edges, about 3 minutes. Scoop out the lemon slices and set them aside.
• Add 3 tablespoons of butter, the wine and lemon juice and bring to a boil. Boil until the liquid is syrupy, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in the stock, bring to a boil and cook until thickened into a sauce, about 5 minutes. (It will thicken more when you add the cutlets.) Taste and adjust the seasonings with lemon, salt and pepper; it should be quite lemony and not too salty.
• Reduce the heat, tuck the cutlets into the pan and simmer very gently until the sauce is velvety and the chicken pieces are heated through, about 4 minutes. Turn the cutlets over occasionally in the sauce. Place the browned lemon slices on top. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve, spooning some of the sauce over each serving.