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 1 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan

It's 10 of chicken strips.
You need 24 oz of Barilla marinara sauce.
Prepare 8 oz of kraft mozzarella cheese.
You need 8 oz of thin spaghetti.
You need 1 tbsp of parsely.
You need 2 cup of progresso bread crumbs italian style.
It's 3 of eggs.
It's 1 of canola oil.
Prepare 1/2 cup of kraft parmesan cheese.

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

Preheat oven to 400°F. Take the ten chicken strips one by one and dip them in the bowl of 3 scrambled uncooked eggs. Then dip them in the plate of bread crumbs. Have your pot of oil ready and heating up on high until it gets hot then reduce to medium. After the chicken strips are dipped in the eggs and breaded place them in the oil until they are golden brown. Have a pan waiting with half of the maranara sauce spread out on it. After the chicke strips are done frying take them out and place them on a plate with two paper towels to drain grease. After that put all 10 chicken strips on the pan and put the other half of marinara sauce at the top of them. Sprinkle all of the parmesan cheese evenly on top. Then place all of the mozzarella cheese on top of that. Put in the oven on 400°F for a few minutes keep checking on it until almost done to your liking. Take out of oven, sprinkle parsley on top and put oven on boil for about a minute or two. Take out. Boil the noodles and re.

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).