Milanese Chicken in Mushroom & Ham Sauce - La Piccata Milanese
What's the big idea?
Fried slices of chicken in a gravy enriched with ham and muchrooms - simple but extremely tasty!
Try to use
pancetta or Italian ham if you can get it, and more unusual flavoursome mushroom varieties such as portabella or chestnut.
Serve simply with boiled or mashed potatoes and a green vegetable of your choice.
Enjoy!
Shopping List
Here's the list of what you need, and if you click the link on the right, the nice people at Tesco will deliver it for you!
- 4 chicken breasts, cut lengthways into 1 inch wide strips
- 4oz of pancetta or Italian ham, shredded
- Flour for dusting
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tabelspoon butter
- 8oz mushrooms, sliced (see above)
- 2 medium eggs, beaten
- 2oz grated parmesan cheese
- Freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste
- ½ pint chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
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What To Do
 Sprinkle the chicken slices with a little salt and dust with flour. Dip into beaten eggs and then Parmesan cheese.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the chicken slices until golden brown all over. Remove from pan.
Add the mushrooms and ham to the same pan and fry until soft.
Put the chicken slices back in the pan and add the the butter, then the stock.
Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is smooth.
Remove chicken from the pan, and serve with the sauce poured over. Finally, sprinkle with chopped parsley.
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