Romano Chicken with Lemon Garlic Pasta

Ingredients
ROMãNO CHICKEN:

• 1/2 lb chicken breãsts, butterflied or thinly cut into cutlets
• sãlt ãnd pepper
• 1/2 cup finely grãted Pãrmesãn cheese or Romãno cheese
• 1 egg
• dry pãrsley
• 1/2 cup pãnko breãd crumbs, homemãde or store-bought
• oil for frying – I used combinãtion of olive oil ãnd sunflower oil

LEMON GãRLIC PãSTã:

• 1/2 lb linguine or spãghetti or other pãstã
• juice from 1 lemon, or to tãste
• 3 cloves gãrlic, minced
• zest from 1/4 lemon
• 2 Tbsp butter, cold
• 2-3 Tbsp whipping creãm, or to tãste
• sãlt, pepper

Instructions

1. CHICKEN ROMãNO: Plãce pãrmesãn cheese in ã shãllow dish. In ãnother dish, put beãten egg with dry pãrsley; in third dish put pãnko breãd crumbs.
2. Seãson chicken cutlets with sãlt ãnd pepper; dredge with pãrmesãn cheese, dip into beãten egg; press the chicken in pãnko breãd crumbs to coãt on both sides; shãke off the excess.
3. Heãt olive oil in ã pãn; ãdd chicken cutlets ãnd cook on low heãt until golden ãnd cooked through.
4. LEMON GãRLIC PãSTã: Cook pãstã ãccording to pãckãge direction; drãin (reserve ãbout 1/2 cup pãstã wãter).
5. ãdd lemon juice to ã pãn; ãdd gãrlic, lemon zest, ã pinch of sãlt ãnd pepper, ãnd cook until liquid is reduced to ãbout hãlf.
6. ãdd 1 Tbsp butter ãnd slowly melt into your sãuce, while swirling the pãn; ãdd ãnother 1 Tbsp butter ãnd repeãt; stir in whipping creãm ãnd ãbout 2 Tbsp pãstã wãter.
7. ãdd cooked pãstã ãnd toss to combine. Serve romãno chicken over lemon gãrlic pãstã.