Sunday, August 26, 2007

The Famous Lemon Chicken

The following is a recipe written in true Italian cooking fashion, with no measurements. It's a Santo Family recipe that my mom created when I was younger and has become one of my best dishes. Enjoy!

Famous Lemon Chicken
Ingredients:
  • Chicken cutlets
  • Flour
  • Paprika
  • Butter (or margarine, etc)
  • Chicken bouillon
  • Lemon juice
Directions:
  1. Put the butter in a frying pan until the bottom is well coated and put it on medium-high heat
  2. While the butter is heating up trim the chicken cutlets into smaller pieces, they really shouldn't be too thick because the pieces will take longer to cook
  3. Mix the flour with paprika until the flour is a light pink
  4. Coat each piece of chicken in the flour and place in the pan
  5. Cook the chicken so that both sides are a light golden color
  6. If you have a lot of pieces cook a few at a time and placed the already cooked pieces in a covered bowl
  7. Once all the chicken is cooked, lower the heat, add some more butter to the pan and pour in some lemon juice and chicken bouillon
  8. Continue adding more butter, lemon juice (or water if the lemon flavor is too strong), and bouillon (or leftover paprika flour if the chicken flavor is too strong) until the sauce has the consistency and flavor you want
  9. Put the all the chicken back in the pan so that it's coated in the sauce
  10. Serve and enjoy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for writing this.