Meghan
Chicken Francese is an Italian dish of lightly breaded chicken breast cutlets with a white wine, lemon, and butter pan sauce.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
For the Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 very small onion (minced, about 1/3 cup)
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour (or gluten free)
- 1/2 cup dry white wine or vermouth
- 1/3 cup lemon juice from 2 lemons
- 2 1/4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- table salt and ground black pepper
For the Chicken:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- table salt and ground black pepper
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (6 to 8 ounces each, tenderloins removed, breasts trimmed of excess fat, halved horizontally, and pounded to even 1/4-inch thickness)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoon minced fresh parsley leaves
To Make the Sauce:
Heat 1 tablespoon butter in medium nonreactive saucepan over medium heat. When foaming subsides, add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, 2 to 3 minutes.
Add flour and stir until light golden brown, about 1 minute. Whisk in wine, lemon juice, and broth; increase heat to high and bring to boil, whisking constantly. Lower heat to medium-high and cook, whisking occasionally, until mixture is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, 10 to 15 minutes.
Strain sauce through mesh strainer, return to saucepan, and set aside.
To Make the Chicken:
Set second wire rack on second rimmed baking sheet on counter. Whisk together flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in pie plate. In second pie plate, whisk eggs and milk until combined. Season both sides of each cutlet with salt and pepper. Using tongs and working with 2 cutlets at a time, coat cutlets in seasoned flour; shake off excess flour.
Transfer cutlets to egg mixture; coat evenly and let excess run off. Return cutlets to seasoned flour; coat evenly and shake off excess flour. Place coated cutlets on wire rack on counter.
Heat 1 tablespoon each butter and oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; when foaming subsides, place 4 cutlets in skillet. Cook until well browned, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Carefully flip cutlets and continue to cook until lightly browned on second sides, 30 to 60 seconds.
Transfer chicken to wire rack in oven. Wipe out skillet with paper towels. Repeat, using remaining 1 tablespoon each butter and oil to cook remaining cutlets in now-empty skillet. After transferring chicken to oven, wipe out skillet with paper towels.
To Serve:
Remove baking sheet with chicken from the oven; transfer 4 cutlets to the skillet, turn to coat with sauce, then transfer each serving (2 cutlets) to individual plates. Repeat with the remaining cutlets.
Spoon 2 tablespoons additional sauce over each serving and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately, passing extra sauce separately.
Keyword chicken, gluten free, main dish