Simple Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless halved
- 3-4 cups homemade tomato sauce or 2 jars of your favourite sauce
- 1 cup grated cheese, mozzarella, provolone or a blend
- 1 package shake & bake, or seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 cup flour
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- Splash of Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp dried Oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tbsp dried parsley
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Warm tomato sauce.
- Lay chicken between two pieces of parchment or wax paper. Gently pound chicken to an even thickness.
- In a pie plate mix together shake and bake, oregano, parsley and 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese.
- In another pie dish, mix together flour, salt, pepper and basil.
- In a third dish or bowl mix beat your eggs.
- Start by coasting chicken breasts in flour, then dipping in eggs and finally shake and bake mixture.
- Heat a fry pan to med/high heat. Add oil and butter. Sear chicken about 3-5 minutes or until nicely browned on both sides. Remove chicken to paper towel lined platter and set aside.
- Spoon a little of the warmed tomato sauce on bottom of greased casserole dish.
- Place chicken breasts on top of tomato sauce in casserole dish, one beside the other so they form a single layer. Sprinkle a good handful of cheese (or cheese slice) on top of each breast. Spoon a litte but not all tomato sauce around the chicken.
- I use 2 baking dishes (11 x 13) although you could lay them diagonally in one baking dish and load on the cheese.
- Bake in oven about 15-20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and cheese melted.
- Serve leftover warm tomato sauce on the side, pasta, a sprinkle of parmesan on top and even fresh basil if you have it.
Notes
We serve chicken parmesan with pasta cooking the pasta while the chicken bakes in the oven.