Description
Easy Baked Chicken Parmesan – a delicious and easy baked chicken parmesan recipe! Fancy enough for a crowd, easy enough for a weeknight!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large chicken breasts, cut into cutlets
- 1 egg*
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, regular or gluten-free
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Approx. 1 cup marinara, more if desired
- 6 slices fresh mozzarella
- fresh basil
- spaghetti, zoodles or spaghetti squash for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and place a wire rack on top. Spray the wire rack with olive oil or your favorite non-stick. Set aside.
- Cut your chicken breasts in half lengthwise so you end up with 4 chicken cutlets.
- Place chicken cutlets on a cutting board and cover with plastic wrap. Pound until each is approx. 1/4 inch thick.
- Take shallow, medium-sized bowl and add the egg; whisk.
- In another shallow, medium-sized bowl combine breadcrumbs, parmesan, salt and Italian seasoning. Stir to combine.
- Taking one chicken cutlet at a time, place them in the egg wash (flipping over once to ensure they are fully coated) and then move them to the breadcrumbs, again ensuring they are fully coated.
- Place each coated chicken cutlet on the prepared baking sheet with wire rack.
- Place in oven, middle rack, for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and spoon some marinara sauce on top of each piece of chicken followed by 1-2 slices of fresh mozzarella.
- Place under broiler for 2-4 minutes or until cheese starts to melt and chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Remove and let rest 5 minutes.
- Serve with fresh basil leaves and either spaghetti, zoodles or spaghetti squash.
Notes
- Nutrition: the provided estimated nutrition does not include pasta or other sides.
- Gluten-Free: to make this gluten-free use gluten-free breadcrumbs and serve with gluten-free pasta, zoodles or spaghetti squash.
- Dairy-Free: to make this dairy-free use a dairy-free grated parmesan and a dairy-free mozzarella.
- Mozzarella: I highly recommend using fresh mozzarella, but you could use shredded if you want to.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast
- Calories: 358
- Sugar: 5.9 g
- Sodium: 1837.4 mg
- Fat: 4.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.8 g
- Protein: 61.5 g
- Cholesterol: 92.3 mg