Chicken Parmesan. The chicken will finish cooking in the oven. Layer each chicken breast with equal amounts of mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, and provolone cheese. Coat a saute pan with olive oil and place over medium heat.
Simple Chicken Parmesan is the perfect dish to lure kids into the kitchen - what kid doesn't like chicken tenders and spaghetti?
And this dish is loaded with mini cooking lessons.
With one simple recipe, kids learn how to boil pasta, mince garlic, grate cheese, make tomato sauce, and pound, bread and saute cutlets.
You can cook Chicken Parmesan using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan
- Prepare 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken (breast or tenders).
- It's 1 cup of Italian breadcrumbs.
- You need 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese.
- It's 2 of eggs.
- You need 1 jar of spaghetti sauce.
- You need 2 cups of shredded cheese (mozerella or pizza blend).
Pound the chicken thin: Place the chicken cutlets one at a time between two layers of plastic wrap or wax paper. The main components of this dish, the sauce and the chicken, can be prepared in advance. When you're ready to eat, simply assemble and bake. To prepare homemade breadcrumbs instead of store-bought, try Lucinda's simple how-to.
Chicken Parmesan instructions
- Mix eggs with a fork. In a separate container mix bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese..
- Pound out chicken to approximately 3/4 of an inch thick. Dip each piece of chicken in eggs (cover both sides completely) and the into bread crumb mixture..
- In a shallow baking dish pour 1/2 a jar of sauce on the bottom. Place each coated piece of chicken on top of sauce..
- Bake uncovered for 20 mins at 350F.
- After baking for 20 minutes pour additional sauce on top of chicken and top with shredded cheese. Bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until cheese is bubbly..
- Serve with spaghetti!.
From the book "Mad Hungry" by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books). Everyone loves chicken parmesan but the traditional recipe can be so time-consuming. Between making the homemade sauce and pounding, breading, and pan-frying the chicken—not to mention melting the cheese over the chicken in the oven—the dish takes well over an hour and leaves you with a sinkful of dishes. This Chicken Parmesan recipe (aka chicken parmigiana) is a family favorite! Tender pan fried chicken breasts topped with tomato sauce and cheese baked until golden and bubbly.