Chicken schnitzels with sweet potato recipe

Chicken schnitzels with sweet potato

Schnitzel is an Austrian breaded cutlet and goes fabulously with sweet potato wedges. This healthy recipe is dairy-free and perfect served with a fresh green side salad. Enjoy for a simple dinner, we know you're going to love it.

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  • Serves 6
  • 25 mins to prepare and 45 mins to cook
  • 617 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons Rapeseed Oil
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • 200g breadcrumbs
  • 100g fine matzah meal
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, very finely chopped
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1kg or 6 sweet potatoes, cut into wedges
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste

To garnish

  • sprigs of fresh parsley
  • 6 chicken breasts, skinned and boneless

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Each serving contains

Energy
2600kJ 617.0kcal
31%
Fat
16g
medium23%
Saturates
2g
low11%
Salt
1.3g
low22%
Sugars
11g
low12%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 72.3gProtein 41.5gFibre 7.3g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6.
  2. Place the sweet potato wedges on a baking sheet lined with nonstick baking parchment paper. Drizzle over the olive oil and season well. Roast for 25 minutes or until golden and crunchy.
  3. To make the schnitzels, mix the chopped parsley with the breadcrumbs. Season the meat with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Coat the chicken into beaten egg followed by matzah meal. Coat again in the egg and finally into the breadcrumbs mixture.
  4. Heat a large frying pan with rapeseed oil. Fry the chicken until golden with no pink showing, then transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper. Place in the oven for 10 minutes to complete cooking.
  5. To serve, place a generous helping of crispy sweet potato wedges on a plate, sit the herb schnitzel on top and garnish with sprigs of parsley.
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