How to Make the Crispiest Chicken Cutlets

"Shatteringly" crisp is the goal

Chicken cutlets are one of life’s great pleasures. There are few items with as much bang for your buck as a golden-brown cutlet, either swaddled in a hero sandwich, sliced and layered on some greens in a buttermilk dressing, or simply dunked into some Heinz. Doesn’t matter if it’s of the katsu, Milanese, or bodega variety — cutlets are a crowd pleaser.