Chicken Cutlets (Indian Style) – a deliciously crisp deep fried patties of spicy chicken mixture with veggies within, serves as a great appetizer or snacks. These crisp chicken cutlets are one the most liked Indian snacks at our home. Once you take a bite, you will want to have it more and more. Do try it at home, here is how to make chicken cutlet recipe at home.
How to make baked chicken cutlets?
Whether they are deep fried or shallow fried or baked, these yummy cutlets will win your hearts forever. There were no Ovens and Microwaves at that time but still people used to stay a lot healthier as compared to people today.
Making of these chicken cutlets were completely the game of Pans and Oil. Unlike today, we have grills and ovens which leads to healthy baked chicken cutlet recipe.
Also, there were many requests about how long do we bake it to make the baked chicken cutlet recipe. So, here is the method.
To make the baked chicken cutlets all you need to do is, first brush the cutlets with oil from both the sides. And then bake them in pre heated oven at 400 degrees F (200 degrees) for 30 minutes or until they crisp and golden brown.
Also, if you are looking for gluten free chicken cutlets, then, swap the all-purpose flour with corn flour or gluten free all-purpose flour and bread crumbs with gluten free crushed corn flakes. You can also use gluten free bread crumbs.
Chicken Cutlet Recipe Ingredients
- These chicken cutlets, that I made, completely consists of all herbs and spices that are easily available. Firstly, we need, Boneless Chicken breast, Potatoes, Carrots, Capsicums, Onions.
- Next comes the fresh spices and spice powders, they are Green chilies, Ginger, Garlic, garam masala powder, cumin seeds, cumin powder, coriander leaves, bread crumbs, lemon juice, salt , pepper and oil.
- And, for coating the cutlets, we need Maida/ All-purpose flour, bread crumbs, beaten egg whites or even whole eggs will also do, oil for frying.
- The above mentioned lists are the total ingredients that you need to assemble on your kitchen platform and that’s it, you are ready to go. And you have the best chicken cutlets ready at home
Are you worried about what to pack for your kid’s lunch box tomorrow? Or do you have a party at your place? This chicken snack recipe is full of nutrition, proteins and extremely flavorful.
How to make chicken cutlets (step by step):
to prepare the cutlet mixture:
Firstly, heat oil in a pan
While the oil is heating, then add cumin seeds and fry for few seconds
Then, add chopped garlic and grated ginger and fry until light golden. Once the aroma of releases, then add chopped onion, sauté until soft and pink
Then, add carrot and capsicum, saute for 4-5 minutes. Now, take it off the heat and cool
After that, in a large bowl, shredded chicken and sautéed vegetables
Then add boiled potatoes, green chilies, garam masala powder, cumin powder, bread crumbs, coriander leaves and mix well
Now, the cutlet mixture is ready
Next, divide the mixture into equal lemon sized balls. Then shape each of them into patty
to coat chicken cutlets:
To begin with, take one cutlet and coat it with flour
Then dip the cutlet in beaten egg white and coat it with bread crumbs
Again, dip the in the egg white and then coat it with bread crumbs, this will be the second coat
Now, repeat the same for all. Refrigerate the cutlets for 30-45 minutes
to fry the chicken cutlet:
Once the cutlets are ready to be fried, heat enough oil in a deep pan or kadhai
Gently, slide the patties in hot oil and,deep fry the cutlets until crisp and golden brown
Once they are done, take them out on absorbent paper. Best chicken cutlets are ready to serve. Serve them hot with Ketchup, sauces or dips of your choice.