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Chicken Parmigiana
How to make a delicious baked chicken Parmigiana, chicken breasts in a crispy coating that are cooked in a tomato sauce with vegetable and topped with cheese. Dinner perfection!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
696 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breast pounded until 1/2 inch thick
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon butter for frying
Sauce Ingredients
- 28 ounces crushed tomatoes canned
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoons onion powder
- 1-2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 cups vegetables zucchini works perfectly, chopped
- 1-2 cups mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Frying the Vegetables
- Take 1-2 tbsp of butter or olive oil and fry your chosen vegetables. For hard vegetables like carrots and onions, fry until tender, as they will not cook further in the sauce. For other vegetables cook until they have release a lot of their moisture so your sauce won't be watery.
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Coat the chicken breasts
- Preheat your oven to 350 °F.
- Pound the chicken breasts until they are about 1/2 inch thick.
- Combine the crumb coating ingredients.
- Pat dry your chicken breasts, then dip into the egg, then dredge through the flour mix.
- Fry them up in the butter until both sides are golden brown. You aren't cooking them completely at this time, just giving them a nice crispy coating.
Making the sauce
- Start combining everything for the sauce.
- When the vegetables are done, add them into the sauce.
- Place your sauce in a baking dish that will fit all 4 chicken breasts in one layer. Place the chicken breasts on top of the sauce.
- Bake until the chicken reaches a temperature of 155 °F
- At this point add on the mozza cheese. Continue to bake until the cheese is golden brown on top, and the chicken reaches 165 °F.
- Plate with the sauce and enjoy!
Notes
- The calculator has added in all of the crumb coating etc, caloric values will be different that states.
Nutrition Information
Serving
4g
Calories
696kcal
(35%)
Carbohydrates
61g
(20%)
Protein
70g
(140%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
230mg
(77%)
Sodium
1378mg
(57%)
Potassium
1888mg
(40%)
Fiber
13g
(52%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
9889IU
(198%)
Vitamin C
40mg
(44%)
Calcium
378mg
(38%)
Iron
7mg
(39%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 696
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4g | |
| Calories | 696kcal | 35% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 70g | 140% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 230mg | 77% |
| Sodium | 1378mg | 57% |
| Potassium | 1888mg | 40% |
| Fiber | 13g | 52% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 9889IU | 198% |
| Vitamin C | 40mg | 44% |
| Calcium | 378mg | 38% |
| Iron | 7mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.