Quick Grated Chicken Fritters
By @chef1
A speedy winter dinner for two using grated frozen chicken breast. Grating the chicken allows for quick cooking, resulting in crispy, savory fritters perfect for a late-night meal.
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Ingredients
- ●2 medium Frozen chicken breast
- ●1 large Egg
- ●1/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
- ●2 tablespoons All-purpose flour
- ●1/4 teaspoon Salt
- ●1/8 teaspoon Black pepper
- ●2 tablespoons Olive oil
Instructions
- 1Grate the frozen chicken breasts using a box grater.
- 2In a bowl, combine the grated chicken, egg, Parmesan cheese, flour, salt, and pepper.
- 3Mix well until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
- 4Heat olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat.
- 5Drop spoonfuls of the chicken mixture into the hot skillet, forming small fritters.
- 6Cook for about 4-5 minutes per side, or until golden brown and cooked through.
- 7Serve immediately.
Recipe details
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 71 minutes
- Cooking
- 21 minutes
Estimated total: 92 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Gather ingredients and setup: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Handle raw chicken: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Grate chicken: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Combine ingredients: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Mix fritter batter: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Preheat skillet with oil: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Form and place fritters (batch 1): 15 min planning allowance (shape)
- Flip fritters (batch 1): 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Transfer cooked fritters (batch 1): 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Form and place fritters (batch 2): 15 min planning allowance (shape)
- Flip fritters (batch 2): 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Transfer cooked fritters (batch 2): 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Serve immediately: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Initial setup and ingredient gathering
- Handling frozen chicken breast
- Grate frozen chicken breast
- Combine grated chicken, egg, cheese, flour, salt, pepper
- Mix until evenly distributed
- Heat olive oil in skillet
- Drop spoonfuls for first batch
- Cook first side of first batch
- Flip first batch of fritters
- Cook second side of first batch
- Remove first batch from skillet
- Drop spoonfuls for second batch
- Cook first side of second batch
- Flip second batch of fritters
- Cook second side of second batch
- Remove second batch from skillet
- Serve fritters
- Frozen chicken breast: USDA piece portion weight
- 'Medium' chicken breast interpreted as a standard 'piece' for raw, skinless, boneless meat.
- Egg: USDA large portion weight
- Grated Parmesan cheese: USDA cup portion weight
- All-purpose flour: USDA cup portion weight
- Assumed bleached all-purpose flour.
- Salt: USDA tsp portion weight
- Black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- Olive oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Frozen chicken breast: 544 g · USDA reference 171077
- Egg: 50 g · USDA reference 171287
- Grated Parmesan cheese: 25 g · USDA reference 171247
- All-purpose flour: 15.63 g · USDA reference 168894
- Salt: 1.5 g · USDA reference 173468
- Black pepper: 0.29 g · USDA reference 170931
- Olive oil: 27 g · USDA reference 171413
chicken fritters · Parmesan · skillet
Estimated nutrition per serving
563 calories · 68.7 g protein · 8 g carbohydrate · 26.6 g fat · 0.2 g fiber · 674 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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