Oven Grilled Breaded Chicken (with photos)

[farfallina]

Hi everyone,

This may not be news for you but I finally discovered the benefits of grill function in my oven!
I'd been using it for toasting bread only.

I had always been pretty sceptical of using grill option, I was scared that I'd end up with some burnt, unevenly cooked or too dry meat.

I finally decided to take my chances with oven grill. We enjoyed the result very much.
They were browned on the top, soft and juicy inside, not dry at all.

This is a very practical recipe with such short preparation and cooking time.


Ingredients:

500 g chicken breast slices
100 g stale bread, in pieces
50 g parmesan, roughly chopped
A few sprigs of parsley (leaves only)
Peel of 1/2 lemon (without the white)
Salt
1 small coffee cup of extra virgin olive oil (espresso cup)

Preparation:

    Put bread, parmesan, parsley, lemon peel and salt in TM Bowl. Chop for 10 seconds on Speed 8. Set aside.

    Put olive oil in a large plate. Dip chicken breast slices first into oil and then into seasoned breadcrumbs.

    At this stage you have two options.

    1. Grilling in the oven: Place chicken slices in oven tray which is previously covered with baking paper. Turn the grill on and cook for about 8 - 10 minutes. Turn them and continue to cook if needed. (I didn't need to do so but this may depend on your oven grill or how thick your slices are)

    2. Cooking in a grill pan: Oil and heat the grill pan. Cook chicken slices on both sides paying attention not to overcook them so that they wouldn't get dried.

Enjoy...

Photos: http://thermomixtarifdefterim.blogspot.it/2014/02/oven-grilled-breaded-chicken.html

members' comments

josediaz - Thanks farfallina, I tried this and it came up very well.

[Wonder]

Thanks farfallina, I've never heard of using olive oil before the breadcrumbs, I always use flour then egg/milk mixture you olive oil process would be quicker and with less mess.

[judydawn]

It doesn't sounds as if you preheated the grill farfallina?  I never grill meat these days (I use the WeberQ) but I always used to preheat when I did.

This sounds a good one for the airfryer I ordered today, although the whole object of that appliance is to cut down on fat 

[cookie1]

Thanks farfallina. I usually use the flour,egg, breadcrumbs idea too.

[farfallina]

Dear Wonder and cookie, I hope you enjoy this version too
There are times that I use flour - egg - breadcrumbs coating as well.
But I guess I use this one more often.
I like the taste. It tastes lighter. You can taste better seasoned breadcrumbs.
I have a few other breadcrumbs versions with different seasoning.

Surely breadcrumbs don't stick to the chicken slices as much as they do with egg coating.
What I mean is that I don't think this would make a good coating if you plan to fry your meat.

Judy congratulations with you new air fryer.  
I heard a lot about them on internet, saw in the shops but never had the change to try anything fried with one of them. Nobody I know owns so I don't know how they efficient they work.
Please share your experience with us along the way.
I searched for WeberQ. I never used one of those myself. Do you have a nice garden or balcony? 

I didn't preheat the oven.
I used grill option of the oven which reaches very high temprature in a short time.
I have 5 levels to insert the tray. I cooked on 2nd level from the top, to be exact.

[farfallina]

i am happy to hear that you enjoyed it josediaz