Easy Parmesan Chicken. Timesaving Tip: Try making this dish with thin-cut boneless skinless chicken breasts! Add chicken; turn to evenly coat both sides of each breast with sauce. This Chicken Parmesan recipe (aka chicken parmigiana) is a family favorite!

Simple Chicken Parmesan is the perfect dish to lure kids into the kitchen - what kid doesn't like chicken tenders and spaghetti? And this dish is loaded with mini cooking lessons. With one simple recipe, kids learn how to boil pasta, mince garlic, grate cheese, make tomato sauce, and pound, bread and saute cutlets. You can cook Easy Parmesan Chicken using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy Parmesan Chicken

Prepare 3/4 cup of flour.
Prepare 1 of salt and pepper.
It's 2 lb of chicken cutlets(I use breasts).
Prepare 2 of eggs.
Prepare 1 jar of of spaghetti sauce(your choice of flavor).
You need 1 3/4 cup of bread crumbs.
It's 8 oz of shredded mozzeralla.
You need 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese.
It's 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.

Bonus: This recipe makes twice the sauce needed, so freeze half for another meal. Everyone loves chicken parmesan but the traditional recipe can be so time-consuming. Between making the homemade sauce and pounding, breading, and pan-frying the chicken—not to mention melting the cheese over the chicken in the oven—the dish takes well over an hour and leaves you with a sinkful of dishes. This famous dish invented by the Italian diaspora on the East Coast of the United States is a meal inspired by eggplant Parmesan (breaded eggplants in tomato sauce and cheese) and Cottoleta (fried breaded chicken or veal served with sauce).

Easy Parmesan Chicken step by step

Preheat oven to 375..
Combine flour with 1/2 tsp. Salt and 1/4 pepper..
In a bowl beat together eggs and 2 tbsp. Water. Add bread crumbs to a separate dish and sit aside..
Dredge chicken in flour, dip into egg mixture then place in bread crumbs. And place in skillet with oil and cook till golden brown..
Pour half of spaghetti sauce into casserole dish sprayed with Pam and place chicken. Cover with remaining sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese..
Bake until hot and cheese is bubbling, about 25 minutes(may take longer depending on thickness).

The resulting dish is the perfect combination of crispy protein, cheesy goodness, and tangy tomato sauce. The savory coating on this chicken has the satisfying flavor of Parmesan cheese. It's easy enough to be a family weekday meal yet impressive enough to serve to guests. When I make this baked parmesan crusted chicken for dinner, we never have leftovers. —Schelby Thompson, Camden Wyoming, Delaware That's why this Easy Chicken Parmesan is one of the best for date night, or even for a quick dinner on a busy weeknight. I've been making this baked chicken recipe for weeknight dinners for a long time and we love it because it's totally foolproof.