Adventures in Cooking week two: Chicken Schnitzel

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This weeks recipe is Chicken Schnitzel, I found it in a Good Housekeeping magazine, link here.

Ingredients

  • Olive oil cooking spray
  • 3 tablespoon(s) cider vinegar
  • 4 cup(s) shredded red cabbage
  • 3/4 teaspoon(s) salt, divided
  • 1 Fuji or Gala apple, grated
  • 1 pound(s) baby Yukon gold potatoes
  • 2/3 teaspoon(s) pepper, divided
  • 1 large egg white
  • 1 1/4 cup(s) panko bread crumbs
  • 4 chicken-breast cutlets

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 475°F. Spray large jelly-roll pan with cooking spray.
  2. In 12-inch skillet, heat 2 tablespoons vinegar and 3 tablespoons water to boiling on high. Stir in cabbage and 1/8 teaspoon salt; cover and simmer on medium-low 15 minutes. Add apple; cover and simmer 10 minutes longer.
  3. Meanwhile, in microwave-safe large bowl, combine potatoes and 1/4 cup water; cover with vented plastic wrap. Microwave on High 6 minutes or until tender; drain. Cut potatoes in half; toss with 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper, and remaining vinegar. Spray potatoes with cooking spray; toss to coat.
  4. While potatoes cook, in shallow bowl, whisk egg white. On waxed paper, combine panko and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Season cutlets with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper; dip each in egg, then panko. Place cutlets on pan; spray with cooking spray and bake on top oven rack 8 minutes or until juices run clear when pierced with knife. Serve with vegetables.

The only change I made was boiling the potatoes, instead of microwaving them. I try not to use the microwave for anything I don't have to, and it seemed just as easy (if not easier) to boil them instead.

******The Verdict******

The chicken was delicious, and the potatoes were good but the cabbage and apples? YUCK! I think it was the vinegar that made them not so appetizing to me, I am not a fan of the taste or smell of the stuff. But the kids didn't like it either, even though they had both been eating the raw cabbage like it was candy. So maybe next time I will just make a raw salad of shredded apples and cabbage to go along with the rest of the dinner. I would recommend this to someone who didn't mind vinegar though, because it was a fast and easy recipe!