A true classic chicken parmesan dish when executed properly is a comforting and satisfying dish that will be a star of your Sunday dinner repertoire. I will tell you up front that this is time consuming to prepare, however, it is well worth it. So give yourself plenty of lead time to prepare.
You will need one recipe of Tomato Butter Onion Sauce.
One of the benefits of this dish is you get two large servings from one boneless skinless chicken breast. Take one chicken breast and cut in half vertically. Take each piece and pound out with a mallet until they are about ¼-inch thick.
*Note: They don't have to be perfectly ¼-inch thick, please be sure not to pulverize them in pursuit of it. 🙂
Next, we need to prepare our breading mixtures, and egg wash. In a shallow bowl or pan combine flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. In another bowl, prepare the egg wash. The egg wash is made by whisking your whole eggs together in a bowl - do not add milk or water to the mixture. In a third shallow bowl or pan combine the breadcrumbs and shredded cheese. For the cheese you can use either a blend of Italian cheeses or fresh grated Parmesan.
Dip the chicken in the flour, then the egg wash, and finally the breadcrumb mixture. Set aside on a platter.
Prepare some clarified butter for frying the cutlets by microwaving a stick of butter until melted, and then skimming the fats off the top. If you don't use clarified butter you will end up with a pan full of burnt butter and olive.
Preheat a frying pan to medium heat, and fry each cutlet on each side for two minutes or until golden brown. Remove to baking sheet, or 13 x 9 baking dish.
Sprinkle your Parmesan cheese or Italian blend cheese over each breaded cutlet. Spoon Tomato Butter Onion Sauce over each cutlet.
Top with a slice or two or Provolone cheese. Enough to cover the top of the cutlet.
Place in a preheated 400-degree oven for 20 minutes or until done. Serve immediately with angel hair pasta topped with fresh basil. Can be stored for up to one week in the refrigerator. Enjoy your classic chicken parmesan!
Recipe
Classic Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 eggs, whisked and beaten
- 1 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- ½ cup Italian 6-cheese shredded cheese, or fresh grated Parmesan
- ¼ cup Italian 6-cheese shredded cheese, or fresh grated Parmesan
- 6-8 slices Provolone cheese
- Clarified butter, and olive oil for frying
- 1 recipe Tomato Butter Onion Sauce see Basics category
Instructions
- Cut boneless, skinless chicken breasts in half vertically. Pound chicken breasts into about ¼-inch cutlets.
- Mix flour, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in to a shallow dish. In another bowl, whisk and beat the eggs. In a third shallow dish, mix together the breadcrumbs and ½ cup of cheese.
- Dip each cutlet in flour, then egg, and finally the breadcrumb mixture. Set aside to make clarified butter. Microwave butter until melted and then skim the fats off the top.
- Preheat a large fry pan, and fry each breaded cutlet in clarified butter and olive oil about two minutes on each side. Remove to baking pan or baking sheet.
- Top each cutlet with shredded Italian blend cheese or Parmesan, then sauce, and then sliced Provolone.
- Bake in a 400-degree oven for about twenty minutes or until done.
I LOVE Chicken Parmesan! And your pics are making me so hungry! Yum!
Thanks so much! Enjoy!
Chicken parmesan is one of those recipe I always order in restaurants but never make at home. I should change that! 😉
You definitely won’t be disappointed!
Chicken Parmesan is one of the meals I make for our kids before a swim meet. Plus I'm really liking the sound of that tomato, butter onion sauce!
The tomato butter onion sauce is the bomb on this!
I haven't had chicken parm in so long! I'm so glad I came across this recipe to remind me 🙂 This sounds delicious!
I hope you enjoy it! Chicken Parm really hit the spot for me last week too!
that looks fabulous my son would love this!
I bet, mine son's do as well!
That sauce look so good. Off to look at the recipe.
It's incredibly simple to make! So few ingredients, yet full of complex flavor!
I love chicken parmesan, even though I haven't had any in ages 🙂 Your recipe seems so delicious and I just have to try this at home soon, my spouse will love it too!
It's a delicious dish, and I was in the same boat. I hadn't made this in a while, and just had a craving for it! Please enjoy!