Chicken Francese for Two

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2022

Eggy and elegantly lavished with lemony beurre blanc, Francese has long been one of the great Italian American cutlet traditions. Et voilà, my modern update.

SERVES2

TIME1¼ hours

Chicken Francese for Two

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To make chicken Francese, cooks dip cutlets in flour and then beaten egg; shallow-fry them; and sauce them with a lemony, beurre blanc–like reduction that saturates the plush coating. Cutting and pounding each boneless, skinless breast into...

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