This chicken parmesan is sure to hit the spot for the whole family. It’s restaurant-quality for the fraction of the cost at home. The chicken breast is pounded thin, seasoned and then blanketed in a parmesan and panko bread crumb mixture. Once coated the trick is to allow the chicken it to rest in the refrigerator for at least two hours. This ensures the breading adheres to the chicken. If you cook it right away the breading will slide off during or after cooking.
Since you have to cook the chicken in batches it’s best to keep the oven at a low temperature of 200 degrees so you can put cooked chicken in there to stay warm. I like to line a sheet pan with paper towels so excess oil can absorb into the paper towels while it simultaneously stays warm and fresh. My preferred cheese to melt on top is burrata but if you have mozzarella, you can use that too! To make life easy I usually just pair with Rao’s marinara and boil a box of spaghetti. Enjoy!
Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients
- 5 chicken breasts halved, thinly pounded
- olive oil for cooking
- salt and pepper seasoning chicken
- Burrata cheese one ball per 2 pieces of chicken
Seasoned Flour
- 1/2 c flour
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp pepper
Wet Ingredients
- 4 eggs beaten
Panko Parmesan
- 1 1/2 C panko breadcrumbs
- 1/2 C grated parmesan cheese
- Olive oil
- salt and pepper
- Burrata cheese one ball per 2 pieces of cooked chicken
Instructions
- Trim, halve and pound chicken breasts to 1/4 inch thick.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- In a shallow dish beat eggs.
- In another shallow dish mix the flour, salt and pepper.
- In a third shallow dish combine your panko bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.
- Dredge chicken pieces first in the flour, followed by the eggs and finally the panko parmesan mixture.
- Set coated chicken on a lined sheet pan and chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
- Remove chicken from the fridge 30 minutes before pan frying.
- Preheat olive oil in a pan just a hair under medium heat.
- Fry chicken in batches for 4 minutes per side.
- Lay on a paper towel lined sheet pan in a 200 degree oven to stay warm while you cook the rest of the chicken.
- Once all your chicken is cooked place burrata cheese on each piece and allow to melt while you warm up marinara sauce.
- Serve with a side of pasta.