Configuring Schnitzel Ingredients Ratio – fried breaded chicken breasts, to prevent waste breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, or any other ingredient.
Yield: 12 to 16 Fried Schnitzels
Schnitzel Ingredients Ratio
Fried Panko Breaded Chicken Breasts Ingredient Ratio Configuring schnitzel fried breaded chicken breasts ratio, in order to not waste breadcrumbs, sesame seeds, or any other ingredient.
Prep Time
2 minutes
Active Time
20 minutes
Total Time
22 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Materials
CHICKEN BREAST
- 2.2 pounds (1 kilo)
BREADING
- 7 to 8 ounces golden (Panko) breadcrumbs (200 to 220 g)
- 1 medium egg
- 0.70 ounces raw sesame seeds (20 g) = 10-20% of breadcrumbs
- 1 teaspoon 0.210 ounces Kosher salt (6 g)
- Your choice of oil - start with 1/3 to 1/2 cup and add 3 tablespoons as there is hardly any oil in the pan
Tools
- 1 non-stick (or cast iron) skillet
- 1 flat pan for breadcrumbs
- 1 large bowl or flat pan in which to swoosh around whisked egg plus chicken breasts
- 1 metal rack on which to cool schnitzels
- 1 pan to go beneath area of metal rack
- 1 piece parchment paper
- some paper towels - to dry chicken breast cutlets
- 1 cutting board (preferably wooden)
- 1 meat knife
Instructions
- This is the ratio of preparing Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- For every 2.2 pounds/ 1 kilogram raw chicken breast - sliced and flattened cutlets.
- 2.2 pounds / 1 kilogram of chicken cutlets
- 1 medium or large egg.
- 7 to 8 ounces 200/220 grams golden breadcrumbs.
- 0.70 ounces / 20 grams sesame seeds to breadcrumbs.
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt 0.210 ounces / 6 grams.
- If you are slicing the whole chicken breasts / preparing the cutlets yourself, and would like some reinforcement with that, then see the recipe 'Cutting Chicken Breasts'.
- For flattening of the chicken breast cutlets, see this 'How To' explanation.
- General Outline for preparing the Schnitzel / Fried Breaded Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
- Whisk egg in large bowl or flat, rimmed pan.
- Place chicken in egg and swoosh around so all cutlets are covered in egg.
- Bread cutlets one at a time and set aside in flat pan on parchment paper.
- This takes 2 minutes.
- Fry.
- Cool on rack.