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Easy Chicken Cutlets

A dish of seasoned chicken mixed with mashed potatoes, formed into cutlets, breaded and deep-fried.

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Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Easy Chicken Cutlets

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the chicken

  1. Clean and cook the chicken with salt, turmeric powder, lime juice (or vinegar), pepper powder, chilli powder and coriander powder.

  2. Remove when the meat is tender.

  3. Pick all the bones away and add the mashed potatoes.

  4. Blend this in a mixer-grinder for about a minute.

Make the filling

  1. Heat oil in a kadai and season with spices.

  2. Saute onions and green chillies.

  3. Add a teaspoon of ginger-garlic paste.

  4. Add the chicken-potato mix and saute well.

  5. Check it for taste.

  6. Remove and allow it to cool.

Shape and fry

  1. Now make oval shaped cutlets.

  2. Dip in the beaten eggs and roll in the bread crumbs.

  3. Deep fry (to prevent least absorption of oil, freeze for about 2 hours before frying) and serve with tomato ketchup.

Bread and finish

  1. Roast 4 slices of bread in an empty kadai in low heat until the bread hardens.

  2. Remove and beat in a mixer-grinder.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

945Calories
57 gProtein
11 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Cinnamon + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,635 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Cinnamon + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together470 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Forms the main body of the cutlet and gives it its meaty structure.
Boiled potatoes
Add moisture and softness, helping the mixture hold together.
Eggs
Bind the coating so the bread crumbs stick to the cutlet.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden outer coating when deep fried.
Onions
Add sweetness and aroma to the filling as they cook down.
Lime juice or vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the flavour of the chicken.

The step that matters

Freezing the shaped cutlets before deep frying. Chilling firms the coating so it stays intact in hot oil and absorbs less oil. Frying unchilled cutlets can break apart and soak up more fat.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, potato, clove, cinnamon, lime, vinegar, coriander):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, potato, clove, cinnamon, lime, vinegar, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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