Quick dinners 🇦🇷 Argentinian 30 min meal

Milanesa de Pollo (Breaded Chicken)

Name: Milanesa de Pollo (Breaded Chicken)
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Argentinian
Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts, sliced through and flattened thin; 2 eggs, beaten; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped; 150g dried breadcrumbs; 100ml olive oil, for shallow frying; 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Thin, crisp, golden breaded chicken, a weekday favourite in Argentina, with a squeeze of lemon.

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.61 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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4chicken breastssliced through and flattened thin
2eggsbeaten
2garlic clovescrushed
2 tbspflat leaf parsleychopped
150 gdried breadcrumbs
100 mlolive oilfor shallow frying
1lemoncut into wedges

Method

1
Put each flattened chicken piece between cling film and bash until about 1 cm thick.
2
Beat the eggs with the garlic, parsley, salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Put the breadcrumbs on a plate.
3
Dip the chicken in egg, then press into the breadcrumbs on both sides.
4
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Fry for 4 minutes per side until crisp and golden.
8 min
5
Drain on kitchen paper and serve with lemon wedges and a green salad.

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