Today was a rather productive day in our kitchen. I do not know what overcame me but I made Chicken Cutlets, Black Bean Soup, Sausage and Peppers, Ham and Rice Casserole, Baked Macaroni, Bacon and Onion Calzones, Sausage and Peppers Calzones, and Homemade Pasta. I can tell you that I am exhausted. But my Mom would have said it was a good tired because I did so much. And we have a lot of dinners in the freezer.
So what did I make for dinner? Chicken Cutlets with Fettuccini Alfredo. I got home from church and the grocery store at 6PM. I put a pan of water on the stove for the pasta and popped the pre-cooked chicken cutlet in the oven for about 20 minutes at 375˚.
Dinner was on the table by 6:30. And it was perfect. The chicken was crispy and moist and the pasta, well there is nothing better than homemade pasta with butter and cheese.
The chicken cutlet recipe is from a video I watched a few years ago. My version of the recipe is at the bottom of this post.
The pasta is a recipe I have been using for years. Once you find a recipe that works for you everytime do not stray from it. The recipe is from Tides and Thyme. I made the full batch and divided it into 3 meal portions. My Mom would have said it was money in the bank!
The Pasta Recipe - Click Here!
This is the Fettuccini recipe-
Ingredients-
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
Dried egg fettuccine
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (1 cup)
Method-
Melt butter in a large saute pan.
Cook fettuccine in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water, then drain fettuccine in a colander.
Immediately toss the fettuccine with butter and salt in the sauté pan, then slowly add 3/4 cup cheese, tossing constantly and adding enough of the cooking water to keep the pasta moist.
Season with salt and pepper to taste, then sprinkle with remaining cheese.
The Chicken Cutlets
This is the recipe that changed the way I make Chicken Cutlets.
Frank Pinello's Nonna's Chicken Cutlet Recipe -
Here is the original video for the recipe - watch the video.
This is how I make the recipe. Only edit I made is not using the lemon juice.- Mix eggs with Parmesan Cheese
- Mix bread crumbs, flour, pepper, Parmesan Cheese and parsley
- Coat baking pan with oil
- Toss chicken in a bowl with the egg/cheese
- Coat chicken with bread crumb mixture
- Place chicken in pan
- Drizzle oil on top
- Heat oven to 350 and then raise temp to 450.
- Place tray in middle of oven
- Flip cutlets when they look like they do in the video (!!!)