COTOLETTE DI POLLO ALLA MILANESE

In our family we call this dish Pollo Brown or Brown Chicken, as it was renamed by one of my boys when he was little. It is definitely one of the children's favorite dish.

For this recipe you will need:

3 or 4 chicken breasts

4 eggs

Salt

Bread crumbs

Vegetable frying oil

You need to marinate the chicken. Hence, start in the morning: thinly slice the chicken. Beat the eggs in a bowl, add some salt and let the chicken marinate in the eggs until dinner time. ( Obviously, refrigerate until then).

When you are ready to start dinner, remove the slices of chicken from the eggs, one at the time, letting drip well excess egg, and coat with bread crumbs. (I usually place the bread crumbs in a pyrex dish and with the palm of my hand lightly press the chicken in it).

Place vegetable oil in a frying pan, heat it up and fry the chicken on medium high until both sides become golden - make sure you flip sides half way through.

Let excess oil drip on paper towel. Serve warm, accompanied by freshly squeezed  lemon juice or even mayonnaise, if you prefer and a nice salad.

If you would like to avoid frying, you could cook the chicken in the oven: place it on a tray and sprinkle it with

a generous amount of olive oil. Bake at 375 F until golden brown. You may have to flip the chicken - in that case sprinkle the other sides with olive oil again. It won't be as crunchy as the fried version but it will still be good!