Chicken Milanese with Tomato and Mozzarella represents all of the things I love, rolled into one cohesive dish. Air fried chicken cutlets, topped with a delicious salad of cherry tomatoes, red onion, fresh mozzarella, basil and balsamic vinegar. Topped with a drizzle of sweet balsamic glaze, each bite is the perfect combination of sweet and savory.
What is Chicken Milanese?
Traditionally, Milanese is a way of preparing meat. It’s taking chicken or veal cutlet, for instance, pounding it thin, and then breading it and pan frying it in oil.
Over time, like many other Italian-based dishes, the name evolved to mean something else. Now, if you go to an Italian restaurant and order Milanese, you can expect to get a breaded, pan-fried cutlet, topped with some sort of salad.
I grew up with Chicken Milanese meaning a breaded chicken cutlet topped with a bruschetta-like mixture: tomato, onion, mozzarella, basil, and balsamic vinegar.
Over time, I recreated my recipe to make it lightened-up by air frying my cutlets.
What you’ll need to make Chicken Milanese with Tomato and Mozzarella
Below is the ingredient list for chicken milanese. This includes the items you’ll need to prepare the air fried chicken cutlets.
- chicken breast, thin sliced into 6 pieces
- egg whites
- Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- olive oil spray
- cherry tomatoes
- red onion
- fresh mozzarella
- fresh basil
- kosher salt
- pepper
- balsamic vinegar
- balsamic glaze
How to Make Chicken Milanese
First, make my air fryer chicken cutlets. You can grab that recipe here: AIR FRIED CHICKEN CUTLETS
When they are done, they will look like this.
Next, grab a small bowl to mix together the ingredients for the topping.
Half the cherry tomatoes and finely dice the red onion. Chop the mozzarella and the basil. Add everything to the bowl, and stir to combine. Add the balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper, and toss to coat.
When the chicken cutlets are done, pour the tomato mixture over the cutlets. Top with the balsamic glaze. The brand of balsamic glaze I use is this one. I find this in the supermarket where they sell the oil and vinegar.
And that’s it! Since this meal is packed with protein and veggies, it’s really a whole meal on its own. But when paired with roasted potatoes, this becomes a really well-balanced meal.
Chicken Milanese with Tomato and Mozzarella
Equipment
- air fryer
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs chicken breast, thin sliced, 6 pieces
- 1/4 cup egg whites
- 3/4 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- olive oil spray
- 10 oz cherry tomatoes, halved
- ½ cup red onion, diced
- 2 oz fresh mozzarella, chopped
- ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- fresh cracked pepper
- 2 cups arugula
- 1 tablespoon balsamic glaze
Instructions
- Make the air fried chicken cutlets (see link in the text for the recipe).
- Arrange the arugula on a platter.
- Top with the chicken cutlets.
- Half the tomatoes, dice the onions, chop the basil and mozzarella. Add them all to a small bowl, along with the kosher salt and balsamic vinegar. Stir to combine.
- Pour the tomato mixture on top of the chicken cutlets.
- Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
Notes
- 2 WW points each (blue and purple plans)
- 3 WW points for 1 piece, 4 points for 2 pieces (green plan)
Nutrition
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So yummy! Better then a high end Italian restaurant.
Such a good dish!
This was so good! The balsamic glaze on top makes the dish!
Where do I find the recipe for your air fried chicken cutlets?
I can’t wait to try this!Jen
I made this for the first time and found cutlets to be tough and dry. I used Perdue thin cutlets and followed cooking instructions for air fryer. What did I do wrong?? Tomato and mozzarella topping very good❤️
Very easy & so good!
Fantastic recipe! My 15 year-old daughter told me this was her favorite meal!!!
This is amazing! Love the taste of all the fresh ingredients together! Thank you!
Very easy and delicious! Thank you!
Made this for the first time last night and it was delicious. Reminded my husband of I of what it felt like to go out to dinner. Will be making again!
Delicious and so simple. Best chicken in the air fryer recipe I’ve found online.
Made this for dinner tonight and it is fabulous! So fresh and delicious, and so simple. This is definitely going into our regular weeknight rotation.
This may be a new favorite! Something so simple to make tastes so delicious! Even my kids are hooked! Another win from Steph!
Such an easy recipe to and taste delicious. What I love most is that this is another recipe to make with chicken cutlets. My husband and mom also said it was delicious. 5 stars! Thanks Steph!
So good! I have made Milanese before but this was delicious! And so very easy.
This is absolutely amazing. I have shared it with everyone I know. It’s a must make! It’s quickly become my favourite recipe I’ve found.
This was a huge hit with my very picky family! My husband calls it pretty chicken! 😂
My problem with this recipe is mine-small air fryer. So good
So simple, yet so good!
Love love love this recipe! It is so easy and so delicious. We have it once a week. Highly recommend!
This recipe along with the air fried chicken recipe is my absolute favorite. It will be perfect for the summer too!!!
10/10! This recipe is so fresh and delicious! An easy weeknight meal that tastes like a million bucks. Highly recommend!
Amazing. Fresh. Great for summer. Great for a crowd.
This was yummy. Looked fancy. Just a tad bland for me but my husband liked it more. It might’ve been my bread crumbs. Next time I’ll add more seasoning. I love trying new recipes!
This was delicious and so way to pull together. Paired it with some linguine with Steph’s skinny pesto and it was the most satisfying summer Sunday supper!
I made this for dinner tonight and it was so delicious and so easy! Will definitely be a staple in our house now!
BOMB!!!!
Awesome. I LOVE to make a chicken milanese with gorgonzola cream sauce & top with roasted red peppers, mozzarella and greens. This recipe was just as good but took a lot less time to prepare. Just as delicious. Great quick dish to have & impress your dinner guests 🥰
My husband said he would pay for it! Win!
Quick, easy, delicious!
This was delicious! And so easy!! Will definitely be making this again!
I have made this several times and it’s so refreshing and delicious. Huge hit in my family of 7!
Would it be better to make the topping an let it sit to soak the flavor?
Amazing!!!! This one will be in the rotation weekly!!