What did I do wrong--my chicken was a disaster...

[Kristik99]

I was reading through something--I think menu ideas--and someone said something about dipping chicken in egg, rolling it in parmesean cheese, and sauteeing it in butter. The parm stuckk to my pan, and although I have been enjoying the crispy bits of buttery cheese, I would have liked some of it to be on the chicken. What did I do wrong?

[Moochiecat]

Been there, done that...loved the crispy bits of cheese too!
I bake it now, I don't bother with the frying pan, it just doesn't work for me.

[MotherOfGizmo]

I fry mine in oil not butter..you have to make sure the oil is hot enough before you put the chicken in it--I move them around a little with a fork til they crisp up a little before letting them just sit in the oil, I never have a problem w/ them sticking to the pan this way.

[scott123]

One of the tricks to breading chicken is to let it sit for a minute or two before frying while the egg dries/becomes gluier

[Heidi3]

One of the tricks to breading chicken is to let it sit for a minute or two before frying while the egg dries/becomes gluier

one step further to this is to put it on a cookie rack to dry that way the top and bottom dries ...I use a very good nonstick skillet as well.....then the oil....but I am with Mooch I found spraying a baking sheet then putting some oil in works just as well is easy and crispy and I do not have to watch it as closely!

[NulloModo]

For parm crusted chicken? Here are some tips:

1. This is the biggy: Get a deep fryer, it will be much more crispy, it won't dirty a pan, and it is great for all sorts of foods, deep fryers are just awesome.

2. If you can't get a deep fryer, do the following:

Let the chicken warm up a bit on the counter before you cook it, I have better results after letting it sit out for around an hour.

Pat the chicken dry of all surface water before putting it into your egg wash.

Roll it around in the cheese so that the surface is totally coated.

Make sure your pan (and the oil) are both very hot.

[Kristik99]

Thanks everyone...

I ended up putting the rest in a pan and baking it. It was wonderful!! I let the outside get brown and crispy.

[Luvschweetheart]

Let the chicken warm up a bit on the counter before you cook it, I have better results after letting it sit out for around an hour.

Yikes aren't you afraid of food poisoning? Maybe I am just overly careful. I made something similar the other night. Chicken Parmasean. I dipped the chicken in egg then in parmasean cheese mixed with parsley, a little garlic powder, salt and pepper. Then I let them bake in a greased pan for about 40 minutes. Then I put a little SF Pasta sauce and an oz of moz. on each. Very yummy.

[NulloModo]

Let the chicken warm up a bit on the counter before you cook it, I have better results after letting it sit out for around an hour.

Yikes aren't you afraid of food poisoning? Maybe I am just overly careful. I made something similar the other night. Chicken Parmasean. I dipped the chicken in egg then in parmasean cheese mixed with parsley, a little garlic powder, salt and pepper. Then I let them bake in a greased pan for about 40 minutes. Then I put a little SF Pasta sauce and an oz of moz. on each. Very yummy.

The paranoid police have blown the dangers of salmonella and other food-poisoning related issues way out of proportion. It is a **** of a lot more difficult to contract food poisoning or a bacterial infection such as those than most people think. The paranoid rules are OK for those cooking for the elderly/infants/immune-system impaired, but for the rest of us med-rare pork, raw eggs, rare/raw beef, etc, pose miniscule if any dangers.