Crunchy Love-it-or-Hate-it Chicken

Name: Crunchy Love-it-or-Hate-it Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 2 adult or 4 child portions
Ingredients: sunflower oil, for frying; 2 teaspoons yeast extract; 1 cup Savory Crumbs or plain bread crumbs; 1 egg white; baked beans or vegetables of your choice; homemade Oven-Baked French Fries or bought oven-baked fries, mashed potatoes or rice; 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

Preparation info

Makes
2
adult portions

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Madhouse Cookbook

By Jo Pratt

Published 2013

About

Here’s one for all you lovers of yeast extract out there. Serve this with your favorite vegetables, or, to make it a bit more grown up, in a chunk of ciabatta with arugula, guacamole, sliced tomato and mayonnaise for a club sandwich with a difference.

Ingredients

2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 egg white
2 teaspoons yeast extract

Main course

Method

Put the chicken breasts in between two sheets of wax paper and bash with a rolling pin to flatten slightly. Cut into ½- to ¾-inch strips.
Lightly beat the egg white and yeast extract together until just frothy. Add the chicken to the mixture and leave to stand a couple minutes.
Toss the chicken pieces, a few at a time, in the savory crumbs. (Pieces o