Kevin Aherne's Chicken Schnitzel with garlic & lemon, rocket salad & fresh mozzarella: Today

Ingredients

Serves: 4

• 4 chicken breasts
• 2 lemons
• 100ml of olive oil
• 12 cloves of peeled garlic
• 1 fresh mozzarella ball
• 1 small bag of rocket
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 beaten egg & 200ml of milk combined
• 100g plain flour
• 300g breadcrumbs(fresh or dried)
• 500g baby potatoes
• Any fresh herbs from the garden – parsley, fennel, basil, coriander, mint

Method

1. Firstly, we are going to poach the garlic cloves in the olive oil – this might seem a little unusual but it really makes a difference to the garlic.
2. Add the garlic & oil together in a small pan – gently, gently on a low heat poach the garlic for about 30 minutes. You are trying to gently brown the garlic without burning it.
3. Once browned switch off the pot and remove the garlic. Keep the oil we are going to use this as part of our dressing later. Once the garlic has slightly cooled, roughly chop and reserve for later.
4. While the garlic is poaching, we are going to get our schnitzel ready. We need to batten out the chicken breast nice and thin. Layer the chicken breast between two layers of cling film and gently batten out using a rolling pin or meat hammer if you have it.
5. Season the chicken breast with salt & pepper then you need to flour, egg & Breadcrumb the chicken breasts until they are fully coated in the breadcrumbs.
6. Once coated shallow fry the chicken breast until golden brown – transfer to the oven at 180 gas mark 5 for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven & sprinkle the poached garlic evenly on the schnitzel.

For the dressing

1. Zest & squeeze the juice of the lemon & Honey in the olive oil we used for poaching the garlic. Season with a little salt & cracked black pepper.
2. Mix the rocket & fresh mozzarella together and generously spoon over some of your dressing. Serve this with your schnitzel.
3. Serve the Schnitzel & Salad with lemon wedges, boiled baby potatoes tossed in some summer herbs and a little dressing from the salad. Enjoy!