Chicken with Savory Summer Tapenade

Serves 2-4

For the Chicken Cutlets

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of the Lemon Garlic Sea Salt on the chicken.

Mix flour and corn starch and in a bowl. Set aside.

Mix bread crumbs with the 1 tablespoon of Lemon Garlic Sea Salt in a bowl. Set aside.

Whisk eggs with water and pepper in a bowl. Set aside.

Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, then egg mixture and finish with the bread crumb mixture. Set aside making sure not to stack on each other.

Heat oil in pan to about 375-degrees.  

Once the oil is heated, add breasts to the pan and cook until golden brown. Then turn and cook the other side. Internal temperature should be about 160 degrees. Do not crowd the breasts. Cook in two batches if necessary.

NOTE: Once the chicken goes into the pan, the oil will decrease in temperature. If you are doing multiple batches, make sure the oil comes back up in temperature before starting again.

Savory Summer Tapenade

Ingredients:

Instructions:

In a frying pan, sauté the pancetta until almost golden brown. Then add the olives and dates and cook for about 2-4 minutes.

Add a splash of red wine and let cook down.

Add the tomatoes and cook for another 2-3 minutes and your relish is ready.

Put it all together...

Spoon the relish onto the chicken cutlet and serve.

If desired, serve atop thin spaghetti with olive oil and freshly chopped parsley.