Italian
Chicken Parmesan
Chicken Parmesan is Italian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1.5 cups Italian breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- 3 cups marinara sauce
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp fresh basil
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 425F and spread a thin layer of marinara in a baking dish.
- Halve each chicken breast horizontally and pound to an even thickness, then season with salt.
- Set up three shallow bowls with flour, beaten eggs, and the breadcrumbs mixed with half the parmesan.
- Dredge each cutlet in flour, then egg, then the breadcrumb mixture, pressing so the coating sticks.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high and fry the cutlets until golden, about 3 minutes per side, then lay them in the baking dish.
- Top each cutlet with marinara, mozzarella, and the remaining parmesan.
- Bake until the cheese bubbles and the chicken reaches 165F, about 18 minutes.
- Scatter fresh basil over the top and serve.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Parmesan carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, Dairy, Egg, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chicken Parmesan takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, mozzarella, tomato, and breadcrumb.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
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