🍗🥔🍽️ Chicken schnitzel with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
A classic comfort meal: crispy golden schnitzel paired with creamy mashed potatoes and rich, savory gravy. Crunchy, smooth, and deeply satisfying.
🧾 Ingredients
🍗 Schnitzel
- 2 chicken breasts (butterflied and pounded thin)
- Salt & black pepper
- ½ cup flour
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- Oil for frying
🥔 Mashed potatoes
- 4 potatoes (peeled and chopped)
- 2–3 tbsp butter
- ½ cup milk
- Salt & pepper
🍲 Gravy
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 cups chicken broth
- Salt & pepper
👩🍳 Method
1. Prepare schnitzel
- Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- Coat in flour → dip in egg → coat in breadcrumbs.
2. Fry
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Fry chicken 3–4 minutes per side until golden and crispy.
- Drain on paper towels.
3. Make mashed potatoes
- Boil potatoes until soft.
- Mash with butter, milk, salt, and pepper until smooth and creamy.
4. Make gravy
- Melt butter in a pan.
- Stir in flour and cook 1–2 minutes.
- Slowly add broth, whisking until smooth and thick.
- Season to taste.
🍽️ Serving
- Plate schnitzel beside mashed potatoes
- Pour gravy over potatoes (or lightly over schnitzel)
💡 Tips
- Pound chicken evenly for even cooking
- Use medium heat so coating doesn’t burn
- Warm milk makes smoother mashed potatoes
⚡ Quick 3-step version
- Bread & fry chicken
- Mash potatoes
- Make gravy
If you want, I can show you a German-style version with lemon, a baked healthier schnitzel, or a creamy mushroom gravy upgrade.
