Mozzarella & Parmesan Chicken (in a Crushed Cracker Coating !)

Not a great photo here - sorry about that, but it gives you some idea of the colour & texture of the dish (I hope !)

Okay ... I’m cheating a little here. I didn’t actually create or cook this recipe - my Mum did ! She made it during one of the first nights we stayed with them during our recent trip to South Africa, I simply took a photograph of it and wrote the recipe down. I guarantee you’ll enjoy it – who doesn’t enjoy a recipe containing not 1 but 2 different types of cheese, ‘eh ?!

(I should just add that the crushed crackers used in place of breadcrumbs as a coating, add an unusual and delicious 'twist' to this recipe !)

Thanks, Mum ;)


Mozzarella & Parmesan Chicken (in a Crushed Cracker Coating !)

4 Chicken breasts, de boned & skinned
1 Egg
½ cup Flour
Salt & Pepper to taste
+- 15 Cream Cracker biscuits, crushed
Olive Oil
1 x 400 gm jar of Tomato Relish
4 large slices Mozzarella Cheese
4 large slices Parmesan Cheese

Place chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap, & pound with a rolling pin or meat mallet to flatten.

Beat the egg in one bowl and mix the flour, salt, pepper and crushed biscuits together in another. Dip the flattened chicken breasts into the egg and then into the crushed biscuit mixture. Lightly fry in the oil until golden, then place in a glass baking dish and spoon the jar of relish (divided equally) evenly over each breast. Then top each breast with a slice of Mozzarella and a slice of Parmesan cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes at 180’C/350’F/Gas Mark 4 until chicken is cooked through, & cheese is golden and bubbly.