Lemon Chicken Schnitzel:2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
juice of 1/2 lemon or 2 tbsp on lemon juice
concentrate
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp thyme
1 egg
1 tsp water
1/2 cup dry seasoned bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 350. Place chicken in between two pieces of wax paper, and whack the crap out of it with the flat side of a tenderizer or a bottom of a bottle until the chicken is flattened out. Sprinkle the chicken with the lemon juice and let it sit for at least 10 min... BEWARE! the longer you let it set the more lemony it will be (but this process makes it nearly impossible to cook a piece of dry chicken... it will be moist and delicious every time!)
Make yourself an assembly line... 3 bowls and a lightly greased baking sheet (you can use whatever you have on hand, butter, oil, spray) 1st bowl: mix together the flour, salt, and thyme. 2nd bowl: beat the egg with the water. 3rd bowl: bread crumbs ( if you choose plain and you want to season it yourself I'd add 1 tsp of thyme to whatever your normal seasoning is to tie together the flavors) Then dip the chicken in the flour, then the egg, and finally the breadcrumbs and place it on the baking sheet. Bake 15 min.
Spaetzle:2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil, reduce the heat and maintain a simmer. In a bowl stir all the ingredients together. Use two forks to drop the batter into the water in maybe 1/2 tbsp amounts. Keep it in small batches (1/4 of the batter at a time) When it starts to float to the surface, cover the pan and keep covered until the spaetzle appears to swell and is fluffy. Remove the dumplings and repeat. I use a plate covered with a paper towel to absorb the water, and when all is finished I salted and peppered the spaetzle and finished it off with a little fresh lemon juice...
Most German food is notorious for being rather flavorless. This was my first time making spaetzle and to be honest probably my last... It was quite bland and not really my thing, but that is spaetzle! Then Lemon Chicken Schniztel on the other hand is a staple around here! It is absolutely delicious and a must try :)
I had intended on making a salad to go with this meal, however the hubby is delivering pizzas this evening and I wouldn't have normally gone through the "making dinner process" on a pizza delivery night but I didn't know until I had already started. So I opted for some delicious grape roma tomatoes to give some color to the plate.
How was the meal received? Did it go over well?
ReplyDeleteMike really loves the chicken, but he's still not home so we will see about the spaetzle, if I had to guess I'd say he won't like it.
ReplyDeleteIt was more like "food stuff". Like some substance that is supposed to taste like something, but actually has no real flavor.
ReplyDeleteLike it was supposed to take on the flavor of other things, but there was no flavor to take on, so it cannibalized itself and somehow took on the flavor of less flavor..
Like if it came in a big white can that just said "FOOD", I wouldn't be surprised.
Other than that, it was delicious...