Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy 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 cook Chicken Parmesan using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan

1. You need 4 large of Chicken breasts (pound thin for quick, even cooking).
2. Prepare 2 cup of Italian seasoned breadcrumbs (store bought or your own blend; I've done both).
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of Grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Prepare 2 of eggs.
5. You need 2 cup of flour.
6. You need 1 lb of Spaghetti noodles.
7. It's 1 of your favorite red sauce (homemade or store bought).
8. Prepare 1 of cooking oil (enough to fill the bottom of a pan).
9. It's 1 of shredded Parmesan or mozzarella cheese (optional).

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. Mix the breadcrumbs and grates cheese thoroughly..
2. Put the flour, egg, and breadcrumb mixture in separate bowls..
3. Pound the chicken breasts with a meat mallet until evenly thin..
4. Heat up your favorite red sauce..
5. Boil noodles..
6. Put the oil in your frying pan over med/hi heat..
7. Coat the chicken in the flour, egg, then breadcrumb mixture, shaking off the excess before each coating..
8. Fry the chicken each side until golden brown..
9. (optional) melt shredded mozzarella or Parmesan cheese over the chicken..
10. Plate. (noodles, sauce, chicken, and more sauce if desired).

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. 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. From the book "Mad Hungry" by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).