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 cook Chicken Parmesan using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan

You need of Chicken breast butterflied or pounded thin.
Prepare 1 jar of your favorite pasta sauce.
Prepare 2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese.
It's 1 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese.
Prepare 3 of eggs beaten.
Prepare 1/4 cup of water.
You need 3 cups of Italian flavored Panko breadcrumbs.
Prepare 1 box of pasta of choice.
You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
It's of Olive oil, enough to coat the bottom of your skillet. Approximately a quarter of a cup.

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 instructions

Combine your beaten egg and water into a flat dish, dredge your thin chicken breast in the egg water mixture..
Next, coat the chicken breast with the Panko breadcrumbs. Set all the breast aside once all of them are completely coated..
Place the chicken breasts in a oven proof skillet and fry until golden brown on both sides..
Add the pasta sauce to the skillet with chicken. Place cheese on top of each chicken breast and bake in the oven at 350° for 20 to 30 minutes or until the cheese is dark golden brown.
In the meantime cook your pasta according to package directions..
Once everything is cooked it is ready to serve..

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.