Chicken schnitzel (breaded chicken)
Get your kids to help make your own chicken schnitzel by coating chicken breasts in flour, eggs and breadcrumbs. It’s a great, simple dinner for all the family.
Chicken schnitzel is a great, easy family dinner. With only a few ingredients, this simple recipe is one kids will love making (and eating).
We’ve made chicken nuggets a few times – I like making them ourselves as you know exactly what goes into them and they’re much healthier than shop bought ones. Chicken schnitzel is made in the same way, but is actually a lot easier and less time consuming as you have far fewer pieces of chicken to coat. You also have the chance to tenderize the chicken which is something our kids really enjoy doing!
How can kids help to make breaded chicken?
This is a really easy recipe so it’s a great dinner for kids to get involved in making. The one caveat to that is that you need to be careful with raw chicken so only children who are old enough to touch it safely and wash their hands thoroughly afterwards should help with any steps which actally touch the chicken.
Even young children can help to prepare the coating. They can get the three bowls/plates ready with the flour, egg and breadcrumbs. If you need to make your own breadcrumbs they can help whizz them together (one of my kid’s favourite jobs).
Once your organised, older children can coat the chicken. It’s a simple task but not one for younger children because of the raw chicken.
How do you get the breadcrumbs to stick?
It’s simple. First coat your chicken breast in flour then shake off the excess. Dip your chicken in egg, then put it in a bowl of prepared breadcrumbs and press it down making sure it’s coated all over.
Do you have to make your own breadcrumbs?
We tend to make our own breadcrumbs with leftover pieces of bread, but you can find ready made breadcrumbs in the supermarket. You could also use panko breadcrumbs which will give you a lovely, slightly crisper crust.
What can I serve the breaded chicken with?
Mashed potatoes are a classic side with chicken schnitzel, served with a wedge of lemon. If you’re making these with your kids, serve any vegetables they like, or something like coleslaw.
If you’re looking for sauces for your schnitzel, check out these ones from My Dinner.
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20 minutes plus 10 minutes cooking
Serves: 2 adults and 2 small children
Ingredients
2 large chicken breasts
3 slices of bread (about 75g breadcrumbs)
2 eggs
4 tbsp flour
how to make homemade chicken schnitzel
Prepare the coating
There are three parts to the crumb – flour, egg and breadcrumbs and all three are easy for kids to make.
You can buy breadcrumbs in the shop, either regular ones or panko breadcrumbs work well with this. Alternatively you can make your own,which we normally do.
We tore up two slices of bread, and whizzed them up in our hand food processor. Slightly stale bread works a bit better, but I just normally use the heals from whatever bread we have open. You can add seasoning if you like at this point, or some parmesan or herbs. Put the breadcrumb in a dish ready for dipping.
Next, get your child to crack the eggs into a dish and mix it with a fork.
Finally, spoon some flour into a dish.
Prepare the chicken schnitzel
Wrap your chicken in clingfilm and bash it until it is less than 1/2cm thick. We used a meat tenderizer but you could use a rolling pin or bottle if you don’t have one. My kids really enjoyed this step – I think it’s their new favourite thing to do in the kitchen!
Coat the chicken
Heat some oil in a frying pan.
To make it easier, line the three dishes up in the right order with the frying pan at the end.
Take each piece of chicken and dip it first in the flour cover it and shake off the excess, then coat it in egg before covering in breadcrumbs. If you’ve got very young children you need to be careful around the raw chicken so this could be a job for grown ups.
Cook the chicken schnitzel
Fry the chicken for a few minutes on each side until it is cooked through. You can keep it warm in the oven while you prepare the rest of the meal.
Serve it with vegetables, or coleslaw.
Chicken schnitzel
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 3 slices of bread or 75g breadcrumbs
- 2 egg
- 4 tbsp flour
Instructions
Prepare the schniztel crumb
- There are three parts to the crumb – flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
- First, make the breadcrumb. We tore up two slices of bread, and whizzed them up in our hand food processor. Put the breadcrumb in a dish ready for dipping.
- Next, crack the egg into another dish and mix it with a fork.
- Finally, spoon some flour into a third dish.
Prepare the chicken
- Wrap your chicken in clingfilm and bash it until it is less than 1/2cm thick. We used a meat tenderizer but you could use a rolling pin or bottle if you don’t have one.
Coat the chicken
- Heat some oil in a frying pan.
- To make it easier, line the three dishes up in the right order with the frying pan at the end.
- Take each piece of chicken and dip it first in the flour cover it and shake off the excess, then coat it in egg before covering in breadcrumbs.
Bake
- Fry the chicken for a few minutes on each side until it is cooked through. You can keep it warm in the oven while you prepare the rest of the meal.
- Serve it with vegetables, or coleslaw.
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