Crispy chicken with panko and cheese

Crispy chicken is a delicious dish that both children and adults will love. It is easy to prepare, and it also goes well with most side dishes. The chicken can be served with pasta dishes, salads or as a tapas dish with several small Italian dishes. The breading consists of panko, which is a form of coarse rapeseed or breadcrumbs. You can also use regular rapeseed, but panko gives an extra crispy and delicious chicken. Fortunately, it is now also available in most supermarkets. 

TIP: Serve the chicken with sweet potato fries and a salad like this one salad with currants or a ratatouille salad 

Panko breading with cheese

The panko and Grana Padano breading can be used for other meats or even vegetables. Follow the same procedure and, for example, dip shrimp or slices of eggplant first in flour, then in egg and finally in the panko/cheese mixture. This gives a crispy and truly irresistible breading.   

Grana Padano

To add extra flavour to the recipe, Grana Padano is used in both the breading and the garnish. It is a hard, mature Italian cheese that has a distinctive flavour with lots of umami. The cheese is aged for at least 9 months, which intensifies the flavour and gives it the crumbly texture it is particularly known for. The name "Grana Padano" describes both the consistency and the origin. “Grana” means “crumbly”, and “Padano” that the cheese is produced from milk from the Pianura Padana area in northern Italy.

TIP: Also try white bean dip with roasted garlic and Grana Padano