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Easy Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Serves 2-4*
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Course
Main Course
Servings
2
people
Equipment
Small sauce pan
Large pot
Plastic wrap
3 Shallow bowl
Large skillet
Sheet tray
(with a rack if you have it!).
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
Sauce
2
Tbsp
olive oil
5
cloves
garlic
thinly sliced
2-3
anchovy filets
2
Tbsp
tomato paste
1-28
oz
can whole
peeled tomatoes, hand crushed
Crushed red pepper flakes to taste
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
Chicken
2
boneless
skinless, chicken breasts
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
½
cup
all purpose flour
½
tsp
dried oregano
2
eggs
beaten
½
cup
grated parmesan cheese
plus more for grating over the top
¾
cup
panko breadcrumbs
or homemade breadcrumbs
Canola oil
for pan frying
To Serve
½
pound
desired long pasta
ie spaghetti, linguine, etc.
Fresh mozzarella
sliced
Fresh basil leaves
Instructions
For the sauce:
In a small sauce pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and sweat until aromatic.
Add anchovies and cook, stirring, until they melt into the oil.
Stir in tomato paste and cook until it darkens in color, about 2 minutes.
Add in crushed tomatoes and stir. Season with pepper flakes, salt and pepper to taste.
Let sauce simmer on low while you prepare the chicken.
For the chicken:
Place a large pot of water over high heat. (for boiling the pasta later on)
Pound the chicken in between two pieces of plastic wrap to an even 1/3 inch thickness.
Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper. Next prepare your breading station.
In a shallow bowl, mix together flour and oregano.
Place beaten eggs in another shallow bowl.
Mix grated parm and breadcrumbs in another shallow bowl.
Dredge chicken in flour, then egg, then breadcrumb mixture, making sure to evenly coat the chicken in each step. Repeat with second breast.
In a large skillet, add enough canola oil to come up about 1/4 inch. Heat until hot (you can check by adding a bit of breading to see if it sizzles).
Carefully add one chicken breast to the pan and cook until golden on one side, about 4 minutes.
Flip chicken and cook on second side, about another 4 minutes. Remove chicken to a sheet tray (with a rack if you have it!).
Fry second chicken breast in the same fashion, adjusting heat as necessary. Place on sheet tray.
To finish:
Turn broiler on high.
Heavily salt boiling water and drop in pasta. Cook pasta to al dente.
Meanwhile as the pasta cooks, top chicken with some tomato sauce, slices of mozzarella and a bit more grated parmesan.
Broil chicken until cheese begins to brown, about 2-4 minutes. (keep an eye on it!)
Drain pasta and coat in a bit of olive oil.
Serve chicken with pasta, more sauce, and topped with fresh basil. sooooo goooooood.
Notes
*This recipe can easily be doubled! No need to double the sauce unless you want some leftover for other uses :)
**Also so good as a sandwich!
Keyword
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