Panko Chicken

Hi! I apologise that it's been over half a year since my last post. Uni life kicked in and everything got pretty hectic. I'm back with one of my favourite healthy recipes for chicken. It can get a little messy but I love doing this with extra people or even with children.

Ingredients:
Chicken break sliced into pieces

Panko bread crumbs

Egg(s)

Apple Cider Vinegar 

Salt

Oil (depending on your pan)
For the Panko bread crumbs, I use the ones from the brand Oriento. Please note that these is a difference between normal bread crumbs and panko bread crumbs. 

I'm not sure if other brands of panko bread crumbs are seasoned, but these ones aren't. So you'd have to add salt in and mix it before breading the chicken.

Note: This recipe requires you to marinate the chicken for a bit.

• Step 1, Cut up the chicken into slices and put them in a bowl. Pour around 1-2tbs of apple cider vinegar (depending on the amount of chicken you have) over the chicken and mix (you can use your hands) to ensure that the all chicken has come into contact with the vinegar..  

The apple cider not only gives the chicken a nice fragrance but it also helps to soften the chicken. So obviously the longer it's marinated the better.

• Step 2, drain the excess apple cider and DO NOT RINSE chicken under water. 

Usually for some marinated meat, you pat it dry with a paper towel but this recipe does NOT require that. 

• Step 3, take out three plates. In plate A crack the eggs and mix well. In plate B pour out the panko bread crumbs and add salt. Plate C will remain empty to place the breaded chicken.

The chicken does not be fully covered with breadcrumbs that you can't see the pink of the meat. It's more lightly breaded compared to normal breadcrumbs.

• Step 4, first take one slice of chicken and place it in plate A and coat it with egg. Take the egg coated chicken into plate B and coat with panko. Then place the breaded chicken into plate C.

To make this easier, you can get people to help out and have a relay system where they are each station at one spot.

• Step 5, after all chicken are breaded, it's time to heat up a pan (with oil)

I use an awesome non-stick pan so I don't need to use oil at all. If you have a non-stick pan, no oil (even healthier!)

• Step 6, using a pair of tongs, slowly place the chicken into the pan and fry. 
• Step 7, serve and eat!

I love eating this but it can really get quite tedious. So I like to cook up a two day batch and store the leftovers for the next day. You can always put them in a mini oven toaster the next day and they're all crisp and ready to be eaten :D This goes well with japanese mayo, bbq sauce, tomato sauce, or whatever sauce you like. Oh yes, if you're used to eating salty food, this dish is more on the subtle side. So if you like strong flavourful foods, you might have to tweak this recipe a little. 

Hugs for everyone~ cook away!