When you need dinner fast, chicken cutlets are the ideal ingredient. A cutlet is essentially a chicken breast with the tender removed. It’s then sliced horizontally and pounded into thin slivers. The wonderful thing about chicken cutlets is that they cook in a flash, and make busy weeknights so much easier. These easy recipes are ready in 30 minutes or less, and are tried and tested winners.

1. Chicken Katsu | Ready in 20 Minutes

Skip the takeout, and make this delicious crispy fried chicken at home. Serve with store-bought Tonkatsu sauce, or make Lucy’s Quick Tonkatsu from the site.

2. Sandy’s Chicken Saltimbocca | Ready in 30 Minutes

Prosciutto, chicken, and white wine — this winning combination makes for the most simple and awesome Italian dinner.

3. Chicken Marsala | Ready in 30 Minutes

This fancy dish is quick enough for weeknights, and the perfect meal to whip together when guests drop by unexpectedly.

4. Quick and Easy Chicken Piquant | Ready in 25 Minutes

This tangy chicken recipe is divine with a glass of white wine.

5. Crunchy French Onion Chicken | Ready in 30 Minutes

You’re just ingredients away from this crunchy, punchy, fried chicken.

6. Sicilian Olive Chicken | Ready in 20 Minutes

This dish is made in one skillet, and simply delicious with a green salad

7. Spicy Garlic Lime Chicken | Ready in 25 Minutes

Pan-fried chicken with zingy lime, paprika, and cayenne is such a simple recipe, you’ll wonder why you haven’t tried it before.

8. Tender Italian Baked Chicken | Ready in 30 Minutes

Mayonnaise is the secret ingredient in these wonderfully moist chicken tenders.

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