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shaking the pan gently and adjusting the heat as necessary to maintain a constant temperature Carefully flip the chicken with tongs and cook until the second side is golden brown, about minutes longer Transfer the cutlets to a paper-towel-lined tray to absorb excess oil Spread half the sauce over the bottom of a large ovensafe serving platter or baking dish Add the chicken cutlets, shingling them slightly as necessary Spread the remaining sauce evenly down the center of the cutlets, leaving the edges exposed Scatter the mozzarella and half of the remaining Parmigiano-Reggiano evenly over the sauce Bake until the cheese has melted and just started to brown, about 15 minutes Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes Sprinkle the chicken with the remaining ParmigianoReggiano, the basil, and parsley and serve FRACTALS, PANKO, AND BREAD-CRUMB COATINGS H ave you heard of Mandelbrot fractals? They’re computer-generated images that appear on a small scale very much as they do on a large scale Fractals are something that occur in nature quite often—the outlines of a cloud, for instance, or the leaves on a fern One well-known fractal effect pertains to coastlines When you look at a coastline from far away and measure it, you’ll measure a certain perimeter As you zoom closer and closer, you realize there are tiny inlets or curves in the beach that weren’t visible from far away When measured again, these bumps add length to the total perimeter This is a phenomenon known as the Richardson Effect, which basically says that the more precisely you measure a coastline, the longer the measurement gets And the more bumpy or irregular the surface is, the more pronounced the effect Well, the same applies to breaded foods Though a nonbreaded chicken cutlet and a breaded chicken cutlet have essentially the same mass and volume, because of the irregular edges of the breaded cutlet, it actually has far greater surface area than the nude chicken Panko, Japanese-style bread crumbs, can further enhance this effect In contrast to sandy or coarse crumbs, panko crumbs are wide, craggly flakes that jut out wildly when applied, providing over twice as much surface area as regular bread crumbs Now that’s adding some major crunch! ... that the more precisely you measure a coastline, the longer the measurement gets And the more bumpy or irregular the surface is, the more pronounced the effect Well, the same applies to breaded foods... realize there are tiny inlets or curves in the beach that weren’t visible from far away When measured again, these bumps add length to the total perimeter This is a phenomenon known as the Richardson... essentially the same mass and volume, because of the irregular edges of the breaded cutlet, it actually has far greater surface area than the nude chicken Panko, Japanese-style bread crumbs, can further