Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Breasts with a Cheesy-Mustard Sauce
 
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Ingredients
  • Chicken
  • 4 thinly sliced chicken breasts
  • 6 cups (6-7 oz) salted pretzels
  • Ground black pepper
  • Kosher Salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
  • Cheese (if desired)
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 cups sharp yellow cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 cup white american cheese, shredded
  • 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
  • Kosher Salt
  • Optional Garnish – Chopped Parsley leaves
Instructions
  1. Place pretzels in a food processor or blender and grind until fine. (It’s ok for the pretzel mixture not to be completely a fine powder.)
  2. Pour into a shallow dish. Add ¼ teaspoon of ground pepper to pretzel mixture.
  3. In separate shallow dish, whisk milk and eggs together.
  4. Take 1 chicken breast and coat in pretzels. , then fully dunk chicken in egg mixture on both sides, then dunk a 2nd time in the pretzel coating.
  5. When finished, place on dish and repeat with remaining chicken breasts.
  6. Pre-heat a large skillet with ¼″ to ⅓″ inch of oil. .
  7. Add pretzel-coated chicken breasts to the hot oil. Do not overcrowd, if you need to do in separate batches, that is fine.
  8. Cook about 3 to 4 minutes on each side, until pretzel coating is golden brown and chicken juices are running clear.
  9. Once chicken is complete, pull out of oil and let them rest on a paper towel lined plate to drain excess oil. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
  10. While the chicken is frying, you can start working on the cheese sauce (if desired). In a medium sauce pot over medium heat, melt butter and add flour.
  11. Whisk mixture together and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in milk to flour/butter mixture. When milk starts to bubble, add shredded cheeses and mustard.
  12. Continue to mix with a whisk till cheese is fully melted. Add a pinch or two of salt and pepper. Remove sauce from the heat.
  13. Transfer chicken to serving dishes and drizzle with cheese sauce. Garnish with chopped parsley (if desired).
Recipe by Sweet Dash of Sass at http://sweetdashofsass.com/2013/10/pretzel-crusted-chicken-breasts-with-a-cheesy-mustard-sauce/