Lemon Chicken Romano

Lemon Chicken Romano, a bright refreshing chicken recipe, great with rice.

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed, and pounded to 1/2-inch thick
2 oz shredded Whole Milk Mozzarella cheese (1/2 cup)
2 oz shredded Montrey cheese (1/2 cup)
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup semolina flour
1/2 cup italian seasoned bread crumbs
1 1/2 oz finely shredded Romano cheese (1/2 cup)
1 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 1/2 Tbsp  olive oil
Lemon juice as desired


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pound the chicken thighs let stand at room temperature 20 minutes. Combine Mozzarella and Monterey Jack cheese in a bowl, set aside.
In a shallow dish,  place semolina flour. in the next shallow dish, fill with 1/2 milk.In a separate shallow dish, toss together seasoned bread crumbs, Romano cheese, oregano, and garlic powder

Working with 1 chicken  thigh at a time, dredge chicken in  semolina flour, then in milk coating both sides and allowing excess to run off, then immediately transfer to Romano mixture and coat both sides with cheese & crumbs, while pressing gently to allow crumbs to adhere. Transfer chicken to a plate and repeat process with remaining chicken pieces. Wait at least 5 minutes before continuing to the next step.

 Pour Olive oil into a 10-inch non-stick skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add 2 coated chicken thighs and fry without moving them until bottom is crispy and golden brown, about 2 minutes, then using metal tongs flip to opposite side and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer fried chicken to a large plate lined with paper towels to drain. Repeat process with remaining 2 pieces of chicken.

Place browned chicken on pan lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle tops with Mozzarella/Monterey Jack cheese mixture. Squirt a little lemon juice on each piece of chicken and transfer to preheated oven to bake until internal temperature registers 165 degrees. This is about 12-14 minutes. Remove from oven and garnish with lemon slices or wedges and serve warm. Squeeze fresh lemon juice from lemon slices over chicken just before enjoying.


An adaptation of recipe originally found on http://www.cookingclassy.com/2013/03/lemon-chicken-romano/ 

Pork Schnitzel

Pork Schnitzel Ingredients:

     4 boneless pork cutlets (about 1 pound in total)
     Kosher salt and black pepper
     ¾ cup all-purpose flour
     2 eggs, beaten
     ¾ cup plain bread crumbs
     ½ cup vegetable oil    

Instructions:

Using a meat mallet, lightly pound the pork cutlets until about ¼ to ½ -inch thick.  Season the pork with salt and pepper on both sides.

Using 3 shallow bowls, put the flour in one of them, beat the eggs in the second, and add the bread crumbs to the third.  Dredge the pork cutlets in flour, then dip them into the beaten eggs, and finally coat them in bread crumbs.  In a large skillet, heat the vegetable oil over high heat.  Add the pork cutlets, turn the heat down to medium-low, and cook until golden-brown, about 5-7 minutes on each side.  For some extra flavor, While frying the meat, drizzle some lemon juice over the schnitzel and sprinkle 2 minced garlic cloves.




from http://simplyromanesco.blogspot.com/

Stuffed Chicken Roll-ups

2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 c. bread crumbs
1 and 1/2 c. packaged stuffing crumbs
1/2 lb. butter or margarine
8 chicken breasts, boned and skinned, beaten with mallet to 1/4" thickness

Combine stuffing crumbs with butter or margarine and small amount of water to make very soft.   Put approximately one table-spoon on each chicken breast leaving space on all sides for stuffing to expand.   Starting at narrow end, roll up chicken breast, securing with tooth picks.   Dip each stuffed breast into the egg and then the bread crumbs coating well.  

Place in shallow baking pan and bake at 375 degrees approximately one hour.   Serves 8.