If You Can Stomach It

One of the best recipes for chicken EVER.  Molly found this one and made it one night.  It was an immediate favorite.  After a few months I looked back to see if I had blogged about it and hadn’t.  So…in honor of this meal (and hopefully more to come) I have created a new sidebar area called “Good Eats”.  This is a spot where I will list links to the best meals I’ve had.  It’s a very select group.  Plus, as a bonus to you, any link in this area will contain the recipe so you can make it and give me your thoughts!

Tip: The key to this one is the cheese.  Make sure you use REAL Parmesan cheese. Using the fake stuff can really ruin it.

Here is Chicken Parmesan (you’ll notice that there are few ingredients, yet it is full of flavor…you can thank the real parmesan for that!):

1 cup dried bread crumbs (I made my own)

1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese (Key ingredient)

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 egg white

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

pepper

3/4 cup marinara sauce

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Set one oven rack about 4 inches from the top broiler and the other in the middle.  Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees.  Line baking sheet with foil and lightly spray with cooking spray.  Combine bread crumbs, 2/3 cup Parmesan cheese and oil.  In separate bowl, whisk egg white until frothy (is that a word?).  Pound the chicken to about 1/2 inch thickness and season with pepper.  Dip chicken in egg white and coat with bread/cheese mixture.  Place coated chicken in the baking pan.  Bake on the middle rack for 15-17 minutes.  Remove chicken from the oven and change oven to broil.  Broil chicken on top rack for about 1 minute.

Top chicken breasts with marinara sauce (reserving about 1/4 cup for eating with meal).  Top that with mozzarella and remaining Parmesan cheese.  Broil on top rack for another 1-2 minute, but keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn!

EAT!