Free Recipe Cheese-Crusted Chicken

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Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Cheese-Crusted Chicken Recipe

4 Boneless skinless chicken
-breast halves
1-1/4 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts Ground nutmeg
1/8 ts Ground pepper
1 Egg; lightly beaten
2/3 c Swiss; Gruyere, or
-Emmenthaler, grated
1/2 c Dry bread crumbs
1/4 c Butter
1 Lemon; cut in wedges, for
-garnish

Cheese-Crusted Chicken Preparation

1. Pound breasts lightly to flatten to a uniform 1/4 inch thick; set aside. 2. Sift together flour, salt, nutmeg, and pepper; set aside. Have beaten egg in a pie pan. Mix together cheese and bread crumbs; set aside. 3. Coat breast halves with seasoned flour, shaking off excess. Dip in egg, then in cheese-crumb mixture, coating well. 4. In a large, heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add chicken and saute until golden brown on both sides (about 5 minutes per side). Drain on paper towels. Serve with lemon wedges. NOTES : The flavor secret of this chicken sauce is in its coating of flour, bread crumbs, and Swiss cheese. It is a perfect picnic dish because it is as good cold as it is hot. Have a spatula nearby while the breasts are browning–as the cheese coating melts, it may stick to Posted to recipelu-digest by Valerie Whittle <catspaw@inetnow.net> on Feb 16, 1998

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