Recipe: Perfect Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Parmesan. 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.

Place bread crumbs and cheese in another shallow bowl. Stir the oil and herbs in a small bowl to blend. Brush both sides of the cutlets with the herb oil. You can have Chicken Parmesan using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan

1. It's 3 of Skinless boneless chicken breasts, butterflied and pounded.
2. You need 2 cups of cracker crumbs, I gathered all my odds and ends of every cracker I had and beat them in a ziplock bag with a rolling pin, or use a food processor.
3. Prepare 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Prepare to taste of Salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders, Italian seasoning.
5. It's 2 of eggs, beaten with a splash of water.
6. You need 1 cup of flour.
7. Prepare 1/2 lb of grated Monterrey Jack cheese, I grate my own.
8. Prepare 1 jar of your fave marinara or make your own.
9. It's of Enough olive oil to coat the bottom of large skillet.

Pound the chicken thin: Place the chicken cutlets one at a time between two layers of plastic wrap or wax paper. Dip chicken in egg; then in bread crumbs. Place slices of mozzarella on top of chicken. Everyone loves chicken parmesan but the traditional recipe can be so time-consuming.

Chicken Parmesan step by step

1. Build a breading station. In one shallow dish put the flour. In another shallow dish put your beaten eggs and water, and in the third dish put the cracker crumbs, Parmesan, and spices. Combine with a fork. Start with flour. Flour the chicken. Pat off the excess. Dip it in the egg mixture and let the excess drip off then into your cracker crumb mixture. Thoroughly coat them and set them on a plate. I do 2 at a time in batches..
2. Pan fry the chicken pieces til done. At this point I put the cooked chicken in a 200 degree oven to stay warm on a cookie sheet covered in parchment..
3. When they’re all done leave them in the oven til you’ve pulled your meal together. When ready to eat, crank oven to 400, spoon marinara over each filet and top with cheese and bake til melted, about 10 mins. Eat up!.

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. Spread out to cover the whole bottom of the pan. Lay down as many chicken breasts as will fit on the mixture. Make chicken: Prepare breading station with three large mixing bowls: one bowl with panko, garlic powder, and Parmesan mixed with a fork; another with the egg mixture; and. Carefully lay chicken breasts on top of the sauce and completely cover them in grated Parmesan.