Huh? looks tastey, BUT

Beth C - May 21, 2007 01:31:35 PM PST

Are you out of your mind? Who has time for all those steps? Buy your bread crumbs, mix the grated cheese in the bread crumbs. roll the chicken in those bread crumbs, bake it, and call it a day.

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Nice try, but...

kclatham - May 22, 2007 05:27:33 AM PST

While I can\'t muster the vitriol of some reviewers, I have to say that if you want to cook Chicken Milanese, there are a number of simpler, healthier recipes out there. This was time consuming, baffling (what\'s with the sugar?), and loaded with unnecessary calories.

Admittedly, recipes can be altered to taste, but a lot of folks who look up a recipe aren\'t comfortable making changes, and want something they can follow to the letter.

This one\'s not a keeper.

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Cutlets Too Salty

Richard Markuson - December 10, 2006 07:27:52 AM PST

We found that this dish was too salty. I suspect that the brine soak left too much salt in the meat.

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Yum.

elchip3 - May 22, 2007 07:11:38 AM PST

Cook\'s Illustrated is a phenomenally good magazine... rarely do their recipes turn out bad. This was a pretty good recipe for Chicken Milanese, although I agree that it was a *bit* too salty.

I have an interest in cooking, so I wanted to answer questions asked by some of the other people here.

1) Fat content. I simply can\'t see how this would have 51 grams of fat. In order to get that number, you have to assume that each chicken breast soaks up 3 tablespoons of the vegetable oil, which I don\'t think should happen if you cook properly.

2) Bread crumbs. The homemade breadcrumbs really gave it a nice thick crust, and it didn\'t make the chicken soggy. I made sure to dry the chicken according to the instructions, so your results may be different if you don\'t follow the directions. Also, if you don\'t want to make your own bread crumbs (which really isn\'t all that much work), it says at the bottom that you can use Japanese-style bread crumbs.

3) The sugar. It seems kind of funny, but there\'s a good reason. Soaking the chicken breasts in salt (aka brining them) helps keep them juicy during cooking. I\'m sure most of you have had problems keeping boneless, skinless chicken breasts juicy. The purpose of the sugar is to negate the taste of the salt that the chicken picks up during brining. The chicken definitely didn\'t taste sugary, but I did say earlier it was a little salty. Anyway, you can probably skip this step altogether if you really want to -- you\'ll just have to be really careful if you want to avoid dry chicken.

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it was great

First L - February 9, 2007 03:43:33 PM PST

it was easy to make and my family loved how it came out. Im going to use this recipe again.

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Bake it !

DooDoo - January 21, 2008 03:01:26 PM PST

Don\'t fry this ... BAKE the chicken, and save a ton of fat - really !

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It turned out pretty good

quietandshy2000 - August 17, 2009 06:26:21 PM PST

I loved the way this tasted. I used progresso bread crumbs instead of home made and it was very very tasty.

It was pretty labor intensive I skipped the plate in the oven step, waiting 10 minutes for the chicken to dry wrapped in paper towels step and the wait for five minutes after breading the chicken step and it turned out just fine.

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Barf

bigshot_37201 - April 16, 2009 11:35:35 AM PST

I made this for my husband one evening. After he ate the sandwich, he stood up and puked all over the kitchen floor.

After witnessing that, I spit mine out immediately.

We threw the rest in the trash and went out to eat.

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You don

dsbell188 - April 16, 2009 10:59:59 AM PST

First of all we are living in 2009. More often than not chicken breast have already been injected with chicken broth. If you don\\\'t believe me look on the package. You will see that the chicken has sodium in it.

I do agree that brining is good but you have to rise it off well and its best for larger pieces of meat like a turkey or roaster chicken.

This is too much work for a sandwich that can be made in 15 minutes of prep. I think one reviewer said it best.

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i have no tolerance for ignorant people

fishbox82 - April 15, 2009 03:57:08 PM PST

“Who has time for all of those steps” not really sure where to start with such a ridiculous comment. After reading the recipe it had about the exact number of steps that I would expect from looking at the picture and reading the title of the dish. The only extra steps I saw were the simple marinade they recommend (which can simply be skipped if it doesn’t sound appealing to you or your strapped for time) and the making your own bread crumbs, which is very simple to do and are far superior to the crap found on the shelves at the stores, but again store bought crumbs can just as easily be substituted for time consideration. your suggestion of simply rolling the chicken in bread crumbs sticking it in the oven and “and calling it a day” just angers my taste buds. Sure it is a little quicker then using a traditional egg bath, but you wind up with something that is basically devoid of any kind of flavor, and I can account to that from a great deal of experience on the matter. Bashing the recipe simply because you don’t have the time to make it, is an insult to the person that created, next time I suggest that instead of making yourself out to look like a fool you simply move on to a simpler recipe

And I am also confused to those of you who are calling out this dish for its nutritional value. I didn’t see any were listed above a claim to be a healthy meal, and when you saw the words breaded chicken cutlets exactly what were you expecting!!!! I mean give me a break, sure there are healthier options out there but you know what some of us live active life styles and work out on a regular basis and don’t need to waste their time worrying over every last calorie. I eat a lot of healthy foods but I also like to indulge my self every once in a while. In terms of the sugar used for the marinade, sure it’s a lot of sugar but in reality only a fraction of it is actually absorbed into the chicken so it’s not actually adding very many simple carbs to the dish.


The lack of common sense in this world is simply mind blowing!


Now as for the recipe- well there isn’t really too much to say, all it is a simple breaded chicken cutlet with parmesan in the mix. Haven’t made it but I can assure you it would defiantly be tasty.

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No Way

John W - April 14, 2009 04:37:44 PM PST

That was a Short Story not a recipe - you have way overcomplicated the process of cooking a chicken cutlet.

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Mmmm...

Juls - November 24, 2008 05:01:37 PM PST

This tasted delicious. I usually don\'t measure the exact quantity of ingredients in a recipe, just skim the ingredients themselves and make the recipe, so it wasn\'t salty for me (but for people who don\'t cook much and use the exact recipe it could be too salty). I don\'t understand why people are complaining about the complexity of the recipe. This is a recipe made with homemade bread crumbs, for a recipe you could say you truly made yourself. If that\'s not what you want, then fine, buy store bought crumbs, but don\'t knock the recipe itself.

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?!?

dkopchick - May 24, 2007 08:50:50 AM PST

Much ado about nothing - who edits your recipes?

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Please....

hearsay - May 21, 2007 06:58:30 PM PST

It\'s a recipe. Just a recipe. What\'s the deal with crying about a wad of paper towels or what kind of breadcrumbs are being used....or calling people "idiotic" for using it? Take it for face value, adjust it to meet your needs, or just move on to another recipe. Stop your crying.

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recipe review

jd patrick d - May 21, 2007 01:54:33 PM PST

it\'s never a bad idea to season the chicken breast. seasoning the crumbs only goes so far.
recipes are never written in stone, and can always, always be modified.

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come on people!

nini - May 21, 2007 02:11:52 PM PST

OK, while this looks like a yummy recipe, what\'s with the instructions to over use all the paper towels? "use large wad of paper towels" to clean the pan? first of all, i think we all now how to clean off a pan, but more importantly, there are other, more eco-friendly ways to cook.
however, i heart chicken prepared this way.. i just think i\'ll use tupperware in place of the plastic bad (i\'m sure it will be fine) and re-usable rags or towels in place of the "huge wad" this recipe recommends.

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MMM... Tasty

gohogsgo89 - April 16, 2009 03:42:39 PM PST

Wow amazing dish. I cooked it with my cigarette lighter inside my storage unit. so i don\\\'t know if you\\\'ll have the same tasty result but if you do decide to cook outside be sure to secure your ingredients so the kids don\\\'t steal it and eat it before its cooked. nobody likes a sick kid throwing up all over your belongings.

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Take a Pass

phucksock2 - April 16, 2009 11:48:35 AM PST

I have sh*t out better meals then this.

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Making a healthy dish unhealthy!

LizzieS - May 21, 2007 02:17:22 PM PST

Unbelievable. We\'re taking a wonderfully healthy item--chicken--and turning it into a calorie-laden, fat-loaded, tub-of-lard! This recipe just flies in the face of everything the American public needs to avoid these days!

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865 kcal !!??

frcotting - May 21, 2007 02:13:07 PM PST

According to the nutrition information this meal has 865 kcal per serving. One "kcal" is a kilocalorie, which means 1000 calories. So 865 kcal is 865,000 calories. Either this is the most calorie dense meal ever made, or they meant 865 calories per serving.

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WOW..

Lauren - May 21, 2007 02:12:23 PM PST

Burger King or McDonalds (with fries and a soda) is healthier then this one sandwich..

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What are you thinking??

betsyfromoz - May 21, 2007 01:56:06 PM PST

865 calories per serving??? 51 grams of fat? This recipe will kill you!

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Oh My

Laura Meyer - May 21, 2007 01:38:54 PM PST

What kind of stupid idiotic cooks are you to issue such an easy recipe with crazy instructions?

Use breadcrumbs not this white bread crap, you get soggy toppings if you use white bread, And you should season your breadcrumbs not the chicken itself. Oh and hint, you can use any type of additional herbs.

Then deep fry the buggers. What\'s this crap about sugar?????

If you are health conscious, use olive oil instead of the eggs and pan fry or throw them on the grill.

Don\'t call this Italian Chicken when you obviously Americanized it!

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