Are you the CEO of Everything Mom and need to pull off an easy chicken recipe for Valentine’s Day? We have a Chicken Cutlets with Fennel Tomato Salad dish to make him think you spent all day!
This week’s Recipe Help: Easy Chicken Recipe for Valentine’s Day: Cutlets with Fennel Tomato Salad…
Served on a special Red Heart Valentine’s Plate…Why not?
Valentine’s Day Dinner at home can be so nice, and you don’t have to feel the pressure of presenting some fancy dish just so and perfectly. This dish is simple and delicious and makes you seem like a gourmet chef. It’s about the two of you together anyway.
Ingredients:
2 fennel bulbs, cleaned and sliced thin
1 Tbsp fronds from the fennel
4 stalks celery, chopped
12 grape or cherry tomatoes, cut in half
2 lemons, zested and juiced
3 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/4 freshly grated or shaved Parmesan cheese
1 lb chicken cutlets
2 cups almond meal
2 eggs, beaten
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a glass bowl, put the fennel, fronds, celery, grape tomatoes, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper, and toss together.
Add the Parmesan cheese and toss together once more gently.
Set aside.
Add the Parmesan cheese and toss together once more gently.
Set aside.
Divide the almond meal evenly between two shallow dishes, and salt and pepper both to taste.
Put beaten eggs in a separate shallow dish.
Put beaten eggs in a separate shallow dish.
Dredge the chicken cutlets in the following order: almond, egg, almond.
Put each on a platter.
Put each on a platter.
Pour about 1/4 inch of cooking oil into a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
When oil sizzles, take coated cutlets and gently lay a few in, cooking until nice and brown.
Cook about 2 to 3 minutes on each side, removing to a cooling rack covered with paper towels.
Continue cooking cutlets, making sure not to over-crowd the skillet.
When oil sizzles, take coated cutlets and gently lay a few in, cooking until nice and brown.
Cook about 2 to 3 minutes on each side, removing to a cooling rack covered with paper towels.
Continue cooking cutlets, making sure not to over-crowd the skillet.
Serve by putting a cutlet on a plate and spoon generous amounts of fennel salad next to and over the cutlet.
*You can still stick to your diet on Valentine’s Day with this Easy Chicken Recipe–the almond meal replaces the use of flour or cornmeal to make the crust.
Easy Chicken Recipe
This sounds great! My grandmother always made yummy food with fennel! So good! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Theresa
Sounds awesome!! Love that plate =)
It is the perfect mix of doable but still special!
I like it.