Chicken Parmesan

"Southern Chic Chicken Parmesan"

 

This recipe takes about an hour from prep to plate. It can also be done as a freezer meal to cut down on prep time on busy week nights!

 

What You Will Need:

 

Approx. 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts

flour and eggs for breading the chicken

Seasonings for chicken (garlic powder, oregano, basil, Italian seasoning, seasoned salt, and black pepper for a little kick)

 

Approx. 1 16oz. box of pasta (I used spaghetti pasta but you can use any kind you like)

 

Oil for frying chicken

 

Marinara sauce of your choice here is my homemade sauce recipe if you want to try it out!  

 Homemade Spaghetti / Marinara Sauce

 

What To Do:

Slice your chicken breasts in half the long way. This will make for a quicker cooking time as well as provide more portions.

Next, you need to preheat your oil to medium high heat and set up your "frying station" by putting flour in one dish and crack about three eggs into another dish. This is going to be the breading for your chicken. I like to season the chicken, the flour, and the egg to achieve layers of flavor. You can use the seasonings listed above or you can add your own as well.

 Next, once your oil is good and hot you want to dredge your chicken in this order: into the flour, into the egg, and back into the flour. Once it's good and coated like in the photo below, carefully place it in the hot oil.

 

The above photo is what it looks like once it's in the pan. My pan holds about three pieces of chicken at a time. Let it cook 10-15 minutes turning over occasionally.

 

Also, while the chicken is frying go ahead and start the water for your pasta. Once it's boiling, throw your pasta in and cook until it's just "Al Dente" (that means it still has a little "bite" to it because it will continue to cook even after you remove it from the heat.

 

Once your chicken is nice and golden brown and has floated to the top of the oil, it's done and can be removed and placed on a plate to drain the excess grease.

This is the chicken all done! You can always check the internal temperature just to be sure. (It should be around 180 degrees)

So, when the chicken is done and when your pasta is done, drain the pasta heat your sauce. Below is a photo of my sauce from the link provided above!

 

This is my homemade sauce! Yummy!

 

So now you are ready to plate!

Put a mound of pasta on your plate, then add a piece of chicken, then pour sauce over your pasta and chicken. You can add a little or as much as you like! And this is how it should look!

And here you have it! I call it "Southern Chic Chicken Parmesan!" This got my husband's and my children's stamp of approval!!

 This is the "after!"  LOL This is my son enjoying one of his favorite foods!!

 

I hope you all enjoy this dish as much as my family! Please leave comments and feedback! I would love to here from you! Post photos and let me know how yours turns out and if you have any questions, please let me know!

 

ENJOY!

 

~The Happy Homemaker~