Make Ahead Breaded Chicken Cutlets

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CROWD-PLEASER Everyone – kids and adults alike – loves breaded cutlets. Since these are baked, they’re lower in fat and much less messy than pan-fried versions. IT’S IN THE BAG Make plenty – doubling or tripling the recipe as desired – and store them in stacks in the freezer. Then cook as many as needed. WEEKNIGHT EASE These cutlets let you prepare a more complicated dish – like chicken Parmesan – in well under an hour. panko-crumbs-175-d111230.jpg The cutlets bake so quickly that the breading doesn’t have a lot of time to brown. Pretoasting the panko assures a golden color and delightful crunch. chicken-cutlets-182-d111230.jpg Use your cutlets for a quick chicken Parmesan. We baked the cutlets on a wire rack set on a rimmed baking sheet, to allow air to circulate under them. If your oven has a convection setting, use it – that also will add crispiness. Use your cutlets for Chicken Parmesan or in the Don’t Miss recipes, above right.

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CROWD-PLEASER

Everyone – kids and adults alike – loves breaded cutlets. Since these are baked, they’re lower in fat and much less messy than pan-fried versions.

IT’S IN THE BAG

Make plenty – doubling or tripling the recipe as desired – and store them in stacks in the freezer. Then cook as many as needed.

WEEKNIGHT EASE

These cutlets let you prepare a more complicated dish – like chicken Parmesan – in well under an hour.

panko-crumbs-175-d111230.jpg

The cutlets bake so quickly that the breading doesn’t have a lot of time to brown. Pretoasting the panko assures a golden color and delightful crunch.

chicken-cutlets-182-d111230.jpg   Use your cutlets for a quick chicken Parmesan.

We baked the cutlets on a wire rack set on a rimmed baking sheet, to allow air to circulate under them. If your oven has a convection setting, use it – that also will add crispiness.

Use your cutlets for Chicken Parmesan or in the Don’t Miss recipes, above right.

panko-crumbs-175-d111230.jpg

chicken-cutlets-182-d111230.jpg Use your cutlets for a quick chicken Parmesan.

chicken-cutlets-182-d111230.jpg

Use your cutlets for a quick chicken Parmesan.