Chicken Odesa

Name: Chicken Odesa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1 large garlic clove, crushed; ½ tablespoon chopped marjoram or thyme; 3 tablespoons sunflower oil; 2 eggs; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, plus extra to serve; 100 g (3½ oz) salted butter, softened; 4 skinless chicken breast fillets; 150 g (2½ cups) fine breadcrumbs; lemon wedges, to serve; pinch of salt; 4 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Andaza

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2023

About

A recipe remembered from my childhood, one of the first dishes I ever cooked. This can also be made with chicken mini fillets (tenderloins) - you’ll need about ten of them. A green salad makes a nice accompaniment.

Ingredients

4 skinless chicken breast fillets
100 g (3½ oz) salted butter, softened
1 large garlic clove</

Method

Bash the chicken breasts inside a plastic bag or between two sheets of baking paper until they are only 6 mm (¼ inch) thick.
Mix the butter in a small bowl with the garlic and herbs, then spread liberally over both sides of the flattened chicken breasts.
Take three shallow bowls and put the flour into the first one. In the second bowl, lightly beat the