Milanesas

In honour of their wonderful victory and their advancement to the final 16, today's recipe come from Uruguay.

Though I've never personally been to Uruguay, I did get a taste on South American food on my trip to Venezuela in 2006, and some of it I liked.

Since we're both new, I decided to share a recipe which is so easy, Milanesas.

A super brief history of Milanesas, according to my favourite unauthenticated site: Wikipedia:

The milanesa is a common meat dish mostly in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay as well as in other American countries to a lesser extent, such as Mexico, where breaded meat fillet preparations are known as a milanesa (In Portuguese, the beef version is called bife à milanesa and the chicken version is called frango à milanesa). Sometimes it may include a fried egg on top ("milanesa a caballo").

So here goes!

Ingredients

4 Boneless which breasts
4 eggs (beaten)
4 cups of bread crumbs
Salt
Dried Parsley
Dried Oregano
2 cups Vegetable oil

Method

1. Place each chicken breast between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound till the chicken is about 1/2 inch thickness
2. Season with salt to taste and sprinkle with Parsley and Oregano
3. After seasoning, dip in beaten egg and coat with bread crumbs
4. Heat oil
5. Fry each piece on breaded chicken

That's it! Milanesas!

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Boun Appetito!

Lisa Rhooms