Thin chicken breast dredged in egg, lightly floured, pan-seared, finished in white wine and lemon butter sauce. Rochester's Italian-American restaurant community built this dish over decades. Found almost nowhere outside a 50-mile radius of Rochester.
Chicken French emerged from Rochester's dense Italian-American restaurant corridor during the mid-twentieth century. The name does not indicate French origin; it refers to the French-style egg dredge (passer a la francaise) used before searing. Mr. Dominic's at the Lake is the most cited original version. The dish spread from Italian family restaurants through the wider Rochester dining scene and is now on menus at hotel restaurants, brewpubs, and diners throughout the metro.
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