Chicken Prosciutto

Chicken prosciutto! with boneless, skinless chicken breasts with butter toasted sage, wrapped in prosciutto.

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Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise founded Simply Recipes in 2003 and led the site until 2019. She has an MA in Food Research from Stanford University.
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Updated February 21, 2023
Elise Bauer
Chicken Prosciutto with Sage
Sally Vargas

The first time I had this chicken prosciutto dish it was prepared by my friends Fritz and Leigh Anna who had found a recipe for it in a Dean & DeLuca cookbook.

It's a lot like a saltimbocca, but made with chicken cutlets instead of veal. The cutlets are layered with a butter fried sage leaf and wrapped in thin prosciutto. Then they are dipped in beaten egg, fried briefly, topped with fontina cheese, and broiled.

Such a lovely presentation! Perfect for entertaining.

Chicken Prosciutto

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Servings 6 to 8 servings

Adapted by a recipe in the Dean & DeLuca Cookbook.

Ingredients

For the chicken:

  • 2 pounds chicken cutlets

  • Freshly ground black pepper

  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter

  • 8 to 12 whole fresh sage leaves

  • 1/2 pound very thinly sliced prosciutto

  • 2 large eggs, beaten

  • 8 thin slices Italian Fontina cheese (about 2 ounces)

For the sauce:

  • 1 cup dry white wine (like a Sauvignon Blanc)

  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage

  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, chilled

Method

  1. Pound the chicken cutlets to 1/8-inch thickness:

    Put the chicken cutlets between two sheets of plastic wrap or wax paper and pound to an even thickness of about 1/8-inch. Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper.

  2. Fry the sage leaves in butter:

    Melt butter in a large sauté pan on medium heat. Once the butter starts to foam, add the sage leaves to the pan and cook them for a minute or two, turning them half way through the cooking. Remove them from the pan.

  3. Wrap the chicken with prosciutto:

    Place one or two fried sage leaves on each chicken cutlet and wrap each cutlet with a thin layer of prosciutto.

  4. Dip the cutlets in beaten egg, cook in pan:

    Prepare a shallow bowl with the beaten eggs. Check that the foaming butter in the pan is golden and not browned. (If it has browned too much, start over with new butter, melting it until it foams.)

    Working in batches so that you don't crowd the pan, dip each prosciutto-wrapped chicken cutlet in beaten egg and place it in the pan.

    Cook them for a couple minutes on each side, until just cooked through. Remove from the pan.

  5. Cover each cutlet with slice of cheese, then broil:

    Preheat the oven broiler. Arrange the chicken cutlets on a baking sheet and cover each cutlet with a slice of cheese. Place under the broiler just until the cheese melts, about a minute.

  6. Make the sauce:

    While the chicken is in the broiler, pour out the butter from the pan. Increase the heat to high and add the wine to the pan, deglazing the pan. Boil the wine until it has reduced almost by half.

    Add the minced sage and cook for a minute longer. Stir in the chilled butter.

    Pour the sauce around the chicken cutlets to serve.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
520 Calories
31g Fat
15g Carbs
39g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 6 to 8
Amount per serving
Calories 520
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31g 39%
Saturated Fat 15g 75%
Cholesterol 252mg 84%
Sodium 1012mg 44%
Total Carbohydrate 15g 6%
Dietary Fiber 1g 3%
Total Sugars 1g
Protein 39g
Vitamin C 0mg 1%
Calcium 104mg 8%
Iron 2mg 14%
Potassium 444mg 9%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.