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Breaded chicken is crunchy, golden brown, and delicious. What's not to like? These seven bread chicken recipes showcase different methods and sauces, and there's truly something for everybody—whether you love a classic chicken piccata or DIY Chinese takeout.
Easy Breaded Fried Chicken Cutlets
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Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik
The secret to the richest chicken cutlets? Clarified butter and a little parmesan.
Chicken Schnitzel
![A golden-brown fried chicken schnitzel cutlet with a lemon wedge on a gold and white ceramic plate on a teal-colored textured background.]()
Serious Eats / Mateja Zvirotic Andrijanic
Juicy and tender, with a golden, crunchy exterior that is almost impossible to resist.
Chicken Piccata (Fried Chicken Cutlets With Lemon-Butter Pan Sauce)
![An oval platter holding fried chicken cutlets topped with lemon-butter pan sauce containing capers. The platter is on a blue and white dish towel.]()
Serious Eats / Julia Estrada
Allow us to walk you through how to make a chicken piccata that's crispy, juicy, buttery, and bright as sunshine.
The Best General Tso's Chicken
![A wide ceramic bowl holding General Tso's chicken. In the upper left corner of the image is a ceramic bowl of white rice, and in the top right corner is a glass holding a beverage. There is another bowl in the bottom left corner.]()
Serious Eats / Qi Ai
General Tso's chicken gets a makeover with this homemade marinade, crisp coating, and sweet and salty glaze.
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![Chinese-American orange chicken on a terracotta-colored platter on a blue background.]()
Serious Eats / Melissa Hom
This Chinese-American orange chicken is like DIY takeout from your own kitchen.
Tonkatsu or Chicken Katsu (Japanese Breaded Pork or Chicken Cutlets)
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Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt
Making crispy, golden-brown, and juicy Japanese katsu at home is easy as can be.
The Best Chicken Parmesan
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Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt
Here, classic Italian-American chicken parmesan is made even better with a buttermilk brine for tender chicken, a flavorful breading, and slow-cooked red sauce.
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