Mother shares the unusual ingredient she used to cook the perfect chicken schnitzel

A mother has revealed the unusual ingredient she used to cook the perfect chicken schnitzel for her family.

Australian woman Barbara said she was planning to cook dinner when she realised she was missing breadcrumbs and flour from her pantry.

But instead of rushing back to the supermarket, she decided to be improvise what she already had in her cupboard – pancake mix.

After soaking the chicken breast fillets in a bowl of salt and milk for an hour in the fridge, she coated the meat with eggs and dried pancake mix. 

‘It was a perfect blend of savoury and subtle sweet. My kids have asked me to make it again for Friday night dinner and hubby agreed,’ she said in an Aldi Facebook group.

She started the cooking method by slicing the chicken horizontally so they are roughly around one centimetre thick.

‘First I sliced the chicken breast fillets as thin as I could – close to 1cm. I put the cut fillets into a bowl with salt and milk, covered with cling wrap and put in fridge for a few hours,’ she said.

After soaking the chicken breast fillets in a bowl of salt and milk for an hour in the fridge, she coated the meat with eggs and dried pancake mix (stock image)

‘Once I took chicken out of the fridge and realised I didn’t have any breadcrumbs, I made an egg wash of two eggs and the milk from the bowl. 

‘Emptied the contents of the pancake shake onto a plate. I dipped the chicken into the egg wash and then straight into the dry pancake mix.’

Many parents were impressed with her creation, while others suggested the flavour combination surprisingly works for the savoury dish.

‘Wow I never would have even thought of that! Legend Mama,’ one said. 

Another said: ‘Looks amazing. I had a similar dilemma. We were going to have crumbed chicken drumsticks, but I didn’t have any ingredients. So I just dipped the chicken in egg and crushed some nacho chips up and voila! Kids gave it a 10 out of 10.’

Others said the combination with chicken was no different to other meals such as pancakes with bacon, fried chicken with waffles and mushroom chicken with crepes.

‘At first I thought yuk but if it’s like fried chicken and waffles, I’m up for it lol,’ one mother said.

Another said: ‘Has no one had mushroom chicken crepes before? I wanna try this now.’ 

And one woman revealed: ‘I use pancake mix to make vegetable fritters – just add veggies and eggs.’

While some were not on board with the chicken schnitzel and pancake coating.

‘What made you even think of pancake mix to have with chicken? The thought makes me heave but I guess I can’t knock it as I haven’t tried it,’ one woman said.

Last week, an Australian mother has shared the secret to cooking the perfect roast potatoes

The recipe requires a dried packet of French onion soup mix, which costs just 95 cents

The unusual ingredient comes just days after a mother revealed the secret to cooking the perfect roast potatoes involved an unlikely ingredient. 

She said all you need is potatoes and a dried packet of French onion soup mix, which costs just 95 cents.

‘When doing roast spuds, peel, cut and place in a baking dish then get French Onion dry soup mix and sprinkle over top of spuds,’ she said in a Facebook group. 

Next, she drizzles oil over the top and then places the tray into the oven to bake.

‘It’s the only way I do roast spuds now,’ she said. 

‘It’s the bomb my mum taught me.’

Many were amazed by the simple recipe, while others said they have been using this method for years.

Some suggested using Vegeta stock powder instead of the French onion mix because it ‘tastes better’.

While others said their secret ingredient is duck fat – or just a simple salt and oil would do the trick.