Sautéed Chicken Cutlets with Mustard-Cider Sauce (Chicken Paillard)
By America's Test KitchenPublished on October 18, 2011
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Serves 4
Ingredients
Chicken Cutlets
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (6 to 8 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat and prepared according to illustrations belowvegetable oil Salt and ground black pepperMustard-Cider Sauce
2 teaspoons vegetable oil 1 medium shallot, minced (about 3 tablespoons)1 ¼ cups apple cider 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 2 teaspoons whole grain mustard 2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley leaves 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Salt and ground black pepperBefore You Begin
The cutlets will be easier to slice in half if you freeze them for about 15 minutes
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 200 degrees. Season both sides of each cutlet with salt and pepper. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until smoking; place 4 cutlets in skillet and cook without moving them until browned, about 2 minutes. Flip cutlets and continue to cook until second sides are opaque, 15 to 20 seconds. Transfer to large heatproof plate. Add 2 teaspoons oil to now-empty skillet and repeat to cook remaining cutlets. Cover plate loosely with foil and transfer to oven to keep warm while making sauce.
- Off heat, add 2 teaspoons oil and shallot to hot skillet; using residual heat, cook, stirring constantly until softened, about 30 seconds. Set skillet over medium-high heat and add cider and vinegar; bring to simmer, scraping pan bottom to loosen browned bits. Simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, 6 to 7 minutes. Off heat, stir in mustard and parsley; whisk in butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper; serve immediately with cutlets.
for the chicken
for the sauce
Yield
Serves 4Ingredients
Chicken Cutlets
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (6 to 8 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat and prepared according to illustrations below
vegetable oil
Salt and ground black pepper
Mustard-Cider Sauce
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 medium shallot, minced (about 3 tablespoons)
1 ¼ cups apple cider
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoons whole grain mustard
2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley leaves
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Salt and ground black pepper
Test Kitchen Techniques
Ingredients
Chicken Cutlets
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (6 to 8 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat and prepared according to illustrations below
vegetable oil
Salt and ground black pepper
Mustard-Cider Sauce
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 medium shallot, minced (about 3 tablespoons)
1 ¼ cups apple cider
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoons whole grain mustard
2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley leaves
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Salt and ground black pepper
Test Kitchen Techniques
Ingredients
Chicken Cutlets
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (6 to 8 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat and prepared according to illustrations below
vegetable oil
Salt and ground black pepper
Mustard-Cider Sauce
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 medium shallot, minced (about 3 tablespoons)
1 ¼ cups apple cider
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoons whole grain mustard
2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley leaves
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Salt and ground black pepper
Test Kitchen Techniques
Why This Recipe Works
Finding that most sautéed chicken cutlet recipes produced dry, bland, tough chicken coated with a dull sauce, we were determined to produce a chicken cutlet recipe that would guarantee juicy, flavorful results. For even cooking, we halved the breasts horizontally before pounding for consistent size. Then we pounded the breasts between layers of plastic wrap sprinkled with oil, giving the chicken a veneer that shielded it as it cooked, ensuring a moist result. Our full-flavored chicken cutlet sauce recipes were inspired by French classics.
Before You Begin
The cutlets will be easier to slice in half if you freeze them for about 15 minutes
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 200 degrees. Season both sides of each cutlet with salt and pepper. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until smoking; place 4 cutlets in skillet and cook without moving them until browned, about 2 minutes. Flip cutlets and continue to cook until second sides are opaque, 15 to 20 seconds. Transfer to large heatproof plate. Add 2 teaspoons oil to now-empty skillet and repeat to cook remaining cutlets. Cover plate loosely with foil and transfer to oven to keep warm while making sauce.
- Off heat, add 2 teaspoons oil and shallot to hot skillet; using residual heat, cook, stirring constantly until softened, about 30 seconds. Set skillet over medium-high heat and add cider and vinegar; bring to simmer, scraping pan bottom to loosen browned bits. Simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, 6 to 7 minutes. Off heat, stir in mustard and parsley; whisk in butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper; serve immediately with cutlets.
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