Pepita-Crusted Chicken Cutlets
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Chicken breast recipes rarely catch my attention. When I see the word breast in a recipe, in fact, I immediately think:this would be better with thighs. But every so often I’m surprised. I prefer breasts to thighs in thesesesame noodles with Swiss chard,and I love thesebroiled tarragon breastsso much I’ve never even considered using thighs.
I recently found another breast recipe to add to my small arsenal of white meat recipes: pepita-crusted chicken breasts. It comes from Justin Chapple’sMad Genius Tips, and they’re so good! Here’s the gist: toast pumpkin seeds, crush them coarsely, mix with a few spices (smoked paprika or ancho chile powder, cumin and cayenne), then use them to “bread” your cutlets. If you love panko chicken and are looking for a little change, give this one a go—the seeds add such a lovely texture and flavor.
You can read more aboutthe process hereor skip straight to the recipe:Pepita-Crusted Chicken Cutlets.




This is a nice littleorange salsato serve alongside:
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11 Comments on “Pepita-Crusted Chicken Cutlets”
Lovely fun chicken dish – always great to have something different for chicken!
Thanks, Mary!
Awesome Thanks For Sharing.
Thanks, Tehreem!
天哪!这看起来惊人的(作为你的food always does)!
Thanks, Marisa!! Also hieeee. xo
This is awesome, great way to use up leftover pumpkin seeds and add flavor to chicken!
Thanks, Kevin!
Yes, I prefer to thighs to breasts for the flavor difference, but looks like you’ve found a nice way to make chicken breasts with more flavor, very inspiring recipe!
Just made this, then made it again a week later. It was absolutely delicious. My kids thought it was “out of this world!” There are five of them and they all loved it equally. Thank you for an interesting way to a near perfect preparation of the ubiquitous and boring chicken breast.
Wonderful to hear this, Jo! Thanks so much for writing!