Wuselig Recipes · Recipe 14
Puschel’s Chicken Schnitzel with Oven Fries and Salad
Puschel and Flauschi make crispy oven fries, a colourful salad and chicken schnitzel together – step by step, with an adult helping.
The little story
Puschel’s Potato Parade
In the Wusel kitchen, potatoes lay in a neat row. Puschel studied them as if they were about to start a race.
Puschel„Today we are having a potato parade! With chicken schnitzel and a colourful salad.“
Flauschi„Let’s start with the potatoes, then. I’ll wash the salad.“
Puschel lined up the potato sticks on the tray. One rolled sideways, so he smiled and put it back in line.
While the fries turned golden in the oven, Flauschi mixed cucumber and tomatoes into the lettuce. Then she used a separate board for the raw chicken and showed Puschel the three breading stages. She washed her paws carefully before touching the salad again.
Flauschi„We can eat soon. Have you set the table, Puschel?“
Puschel„Four plates! There is plenty of room on mine.“
When everything was ready, they sat down together. Puschel took one bite and beamed. Flauschi was happy that their work in the kitchen had paid off.
Preparation: about 30 min · Baking and frying: about 30 min · Total: about 60 min
Serves 4
How to make it
In a few words: Bake potato sticks, coat chicken in breadcrumbs and cook through. Prepare a fresh salad alongside.
Ingredients
- For the oven fries: 900 g potatoes, 2 tbsp rapeseed oil, a little salt
- For the salad: 1 small lettuce, ½ cucumber, 200 g small tomatoes
- For the dressing: 2 tbsp rapeseed oil, 1 tbsp lemon juice or mild vinegar, 1 tbsp water, a small pinch of salt
- For the schnitzel: 4 thin chicken breast cutlets (about 500–600 g in total), 3 tbsp flour, 2 eggs, 100 g breadcrumbs, 3–4 tbsp rapeseed oil for frying, a little salt and pepper
- Optional: lemon wedges to serve
Method
- Set up the kitchen: Wash hands. Prepare clean bowls and boards for the salad. An adult will handle the raw chicken later with a separate board and utensils.
- Prepare the fries: Ask an adult to preheat the oven to 200 °C fan. Wash the potatoes well, peel if desired, and cut into sticks about 1 cm thick. An adult helps with sharp knives.
- Toss the potato sticks with 2 tbsp oil. Spread them in a single layer on a tray lined with baking paper. An adult puts the tray in the oven.
- Bake the fries for about 25–35 minutes until golden. An adult turns them halfway through. Time varies with potato thickness and oven. Add a little salt after baking.
- While the fries bake, wash the lettuce and vegetables thoroughly. Tear the lettuce, cut the cucumber and halve or quarter the small tomatoes for children. Put everything in a bowl.
- Mix 2 tbsp oil, lemon juice or vinegar, water and a small pinch of salt for the dressing. Add it to the salad just before serving to keep the leaves crisp.
- An adult now handles the chicken: Do not wash raw chicken. Use a separate board and utensils and keep it chilled until needed. Season lightly with salt and a little pepper if desired.
- Set out three deep plates: flour in the first, eggs beaten with a fork in the second, breadcrumbs in the third. Place them in this order: flour → egg → breadcrumbs.
- An adult takes a cutlet and coats it on all sides in flour. Gently shake off excess flour so only a thin layer remains.
- Dip the floured cutlet in beaten egg and let the extra egg drip off briefly.
- Finally lay it in the breadcrumbs, turn it and press gently on both sides. Do not rub the coating. Place the breaded cutlet on a clean plate and repeat with the others.
- The adult heats 3–4 tbsp oil in a pan over medium heat and fries the cutlets in batches on both sides until golden. Cooking time depends on thickness. The chicken must reach at least 70 °C in the centre for 2 minutes; a food thermometer is the most reliable way to check.
- Rest the cutlets briefly on kitchen paper. Wash hands, worktop, board and utensils that touched raw chicken thoroughly.
- An adult removes the hot fries from the oven. Toss the salad with dressing and divide everything among four plates. Add lemon wedges if you like.
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