Breading - chicken fillets - help

chocolatepennyfarthing

Have chicken breasts for tea tonight and want to do them in breadcrumbs and then have in wraps. Not attempted this before, do I just coat in oil then put dip in breadcrumbs? would you add anything else as well for flavour, like spicy food. Will these be ok oven baked rather than fried? Any help or ideas much appreciated.

CCP

Dip them in flour and shake off any excess, then dip them in beaten egg and shake off any excess, then dip them in the breadcrumbs. You can then repeat the egg and breadcrumb stage if you like to get extra coating, but be warned - it's a pretty messy business (or at least it is when I do it ).

You could add herbs, grated cheese or spices to the breadcrumbs if you like, although I prefer my breaded chicken plain.

And yes, you can oven bake them, although I prefer to fry them briefly on each side first to give the breadcrumbs some extra colour.

Enjoy! :drool:

janb5

I keep the crusts end of loaves and then bake in the oven on a very low heat until hard and then use my liquidiser to make the breadcrumbs.

I keep breadcrubs in the freezer especially for this. Dry off the fillets with kitchen towel and have three bowls ready. One with flour, one with beaten egg and the last with breadcrubs. Dip in the flour so it is well coated( or you could put flour in plastic bag to save mess) then coat with the egg and then finally with the breadcrumbs. Season as liked. HTH

janb5

OOh CCP and I posted at this time....with the same info!:j

davjan

Dip each piece of chicken in flour, then beaten egg, then in the breadcrumbs. I always leave them in the fridge for a while before cooking - seems to set the breadcrumbs. I haven't done them in the oven, but would imagine it'll turn out ok - I tend to heat a mixture of olive oil and vegetable oil, then shallow fry. Make sure the oil is hot before putting in the chicken pieces, as you'll lose the breadcrumbs if it's not hot enough. Test the oil by putting a cube of bread in - if it sizzles, it's hot enough !!

davjan

Oooops - me too !!

Pink.

Hi chocolatepennyfarthing,

I lightly wrap the chicken breasts in cling film and bash with a rolling pin to flatten them slightly. Then remove the cling film and dust with seasoned (salt and black pepper) flour. Next dip them in a dish of beaten egg (so that the breadcrumbs will stick) and then put into another dish of breadcrumbs and make sure they're well covered.

I shallow fry over a medium heat for a couple of minutes on each side then put into the oven for about half an hour at 180 degrees to finish off.

Pink

lisa26_2

You can use breadcrumbs as above but you can also use polenta (sometimes called cornmeal). I add finely grated parmesan and paprika to mine to give extra flavour.

uolypool

i have some chicken drumsticks in the freezer and these would be ideal to make for the rugby lads that come home with my son after training make a nice change from the vats of porridge that they now make (see a different thread) breadcrumbs for this can i use bread whizzed up in blender or im sure ive seen containers of breadcrumbs in supermarket same thing ???? would prefer to go the cheapest and healthiest option and not deepfry after having a house fire a few years back

merlin1

uolypool wrote: »

i have some chicken drumsticks in the freezer and these would be ideal to make for the rugby lads that come home with my son after training make a nice change from the vats of porridge that they now make (see a different thread) breadcrumbs for this can i use bread whizzed up in blender or im sure ive seen containers of breadcrumbs in supermarket same thing ???? would prefer to go the cheapest and healthiest option and not deepfry after having a house fire a few years back

whizz up some stale bread - it'll be perfect! :cool:

when breading anything i'll do as above but to be honest i have never floured anything before egging. the only time i flour is when i want batter to stick - its a simple rule of thumb really, wet (egg) for dry (bread crumb or etc)
and dry (flour) for wet (batter). i cant honestly see the difference that putting flour on before egg when breadcrumbing would make but thats just me with no disasters so far (touch wood!) hehe! :rotfl:

frugal6

I add paprika and garlic powder to my breadcrumbs and cook in the oven. I make my kids chicken nuggets with chopped chicken this way as well.