The Chef is in the House: Chicken Parmigiana

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This is one of those dishes that will truly impress those that you cook for. Or, if you cook just for you, this dish will make you want to cook for yourself again, and again. Creating this dish is easy for even the most inexperienced chef, the only thing that should scare you is the name. Having a foreign language word (Parmigiana) in the recipe's name can really serve to deter one from trying out a recipe...

But, wait! Don't be intimidated. Let's translate that Chicken Parmesan,..nothing more than Chicken with Parmesan Cheese on top. There. Now this is how you make it...

Chicken Parmigiana

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts
1/2 c. bread crumbs
1 egg
2 T. oil

1 jar of pasta sauce (about 3 cups)
1 clove of garlic, minced

4 T. parmesan cheese
1/2 c. mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Heat oil in pan. Dip each chicken breast in the egg and dredge through the bread crumbs.
2. Place in pan. Brown both sides of all four pieces of chicken.
3. Next add all of the pasta sauce and the garlic to the pan, making sure to cover the sides of all the chicken breasts.
4. Bring to a slight simmer and cook for about 10-12 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink.
5. Sprinkle 1 T. of parmesan cheese on to each chicken breast. Next, sprinkle the mozzarella cheese onto the chicken breast. Cover for 2 minutes, until cheese is melted.
6. This dish is ready to serve!

Chicken Parmigiana goes best with linguine pasta, but any pasta will do. There's sauce enough for your pasta, and this dish looks great on the plate!

Happy Cooking!

- Lesli

TAGS: Chicken Dishes, Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Parmigiana, Easy Chicken Dishes, Italian Dishes
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D. said:

I don't typically cook what -- for me -- is a big to-do, but this recipe tempted me so much last month that I printed it. And I'm happy to say that I made it this week -- it was fabulous!

Thanks!

Lesli said: YOU are fabulous for trying this recipe! See, cooking can be easy peasy - it doesn't have to be complicated! Thanks for your feedback, D.!

Posted at 06:52 AM, on March 6 2008

The Chef is in the House: Chicken Parmigiana

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