CHICKEN PARM
AS GOOD AS IT GETS CHICKEN PARM
Ingredients
- 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 3 garlic cloves, finely grated
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 TBS extra-virgin olive oil
- kosher salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup panko
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ball mozzarella freshly grated
- 1 cup parmesan grated
- 1 cup canola oil for cooking chicken
- 1 24oz jar of tomato sauce or make your own homemade
- 1 - 9 X 6 baking dish or similar in size
Instructions
- Pound your chicken breast so they become a bit thin and to your desired texture of chicken parm. Then cut in half if you like smaller chicken parm portion sizes
- Salt chicken on both sides with kosher salt and then marinate chicken for 20 minutes in lemon juice, olive oil and garlic.
- Following set up your breading station, a bowl for flour, whisked eggs seasoned with onion and garlic powder and a bowl for bread crumbs. After chicken is done marinating dip chicken in flour, egg and then breadcrumbs, let chill in fridge for about 20 minutes.
- Set your oven to broil in the meantime and then grate your cheese into a bowl. Following, get your baking dish ready, put a light amount of sauce in baking dish, really to just cover bottom of baking dish.
- Now time to cook your chicken! Heat pan with canola oil and give it 1 -2 minutes to really heat up, place chicken breasts in oil and allow it to cook on each side - 2 minutes per side - make sure oil is not too hot or chicken will burn.
- Remove chicken from pan. Get your baking dish and put chicken inside, top chicken cutlets with sauce and grated cheese. Place in oven on broil and watch chicken for 1-2 minutes until cheese because bubbly. Remove and enjoy!!