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Do you love chicken parmesan but think you don’t have the time to make it with a sauce from scratch? Think again! It is possible and it can be done in about an hour. Any sauce made from scratch is better than using a jar sauce and you can wow your family tonight. Let’s go! Here is how.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dice the vidalia Onion.
Mix egg in one bowl and place the Panko bread crumbs in another bowl.
Pound the halved chicken breasts between wax paper to thin.
Dip each chicken breast with egg wash and coat well with Panko bread crumbs and place on a plate.
In a large pasta pot preheat water over medium high heat and add salt to prep for pasta.
Sauté the diced onions. When almost done add the minced garlic.
Add all the tomato ingredients and add a healthy splash of red wine!
Add the oregano to the sauce.
Add the Knorr Homestyle Chicken stock cups to the sauce. Stir well.
Heat Olive oil in a large sauté pan over high heat.
Add Panko coated chicken to hot oil in sauté pan.
Brown both sides of chicken. Don’t forget to stir your sauce!
Place browned chicken on foil lined sheet pan and place in preheated oven. Cook for 18 – 20 minutes (internal temp should be 165 degrees Fahrenheit).
Get your pasta going according to instructions on package!
Add two pieces of sliced mozzarella to the chicken and heat in oven until slightly melted.
Mix sauce in with cooked and drained pasta.
Plate, top with more sauce, grate cheese, sprinkle with parsley, serve and enjoy! Don’t forget the sliced fresh baked bread!
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Homemade Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients
- 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Cut each breast in half
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 Cup Panko Bread Crumbs
- 1 Cup Diced Vidalia Onion
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- 4 Cloves Garlic or to taste
- 28 Oz Can of Tomato Purée
- 28 Oz Can of Diced Tomatoes
- 6 Oz Can of Tomato Paste
- 1 Healthy Splash Red Wine
- 1/4 Cup Oregano
- 2 Knorr Homestyle Chicken Stock Cups
- 1 Tsp Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Fresh Chopped Parsley For Garnish / Optional but recommended
- 1 Mozzarella Sliced
- 1 Block Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
- 1 Stick Fresh Baked Bread Your choice
- 1 Package Pasta of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large pasta pot add water and salt. Preheat over medium heat for the pasta.
- Dice the Vidalia onion.
- Place chicken breast between wax appear and pound to thin out.
- In separate bowls add egg and Panko bread crumbs. Dip each chicken breast separately into the egg wash and then coat well with the Panko bread crumbs. Place on a plate.
- In another large pot, heat oil over high heat, once hot, add the diced onion and sauté. Add a dash of salt. Sauté for approximately 5 to 8 minutes and then add the minced garlic.
- Immediately add the tomato purée, diced tomatoes, and tomato paste. Stir well and turn heat to a low simmer.
- Add a healthy splash of red wine, add the oregano, the Knorr Homestyle Chicken stock cups, and the granulated sugar. Stir occasionally throughout the cooking process.
- In a large sauté pan, heat oil over high heat. Once hot, add the Panko coated chicken breasts and brown on both sides.
- Place browned chicken breasts on a foil lined sheet pan and place in preheated oven for 18 – 20 minutes (internal temp should be at 165 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Time the pasta according to instruction and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Cook the pasta. Once pasta is done add half to 3/4 of the sauce and mix well.
- Add two mozzarella slices to each chicken breast and heat until slightly melted.
- Plate the chicken and the pasta and top off with more of the sauce. Grate the parmigiano Reggiano cheese over the dish. Sprinkle parsley with love and serve with sliced bread. Enjoy!
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This looks delish! Chicken parm is a favorite in our house!!
I am SOOOOOOO making this!
Awesome!
Oh, this looks delicious and easy to make. Will have to make them for the boys.
Let me know how they like it!
This looks so incredibly delicious!!! I always think that this type of dish would be impossible, but it does look like it would be very doable.
This is easier than you think!
This looks absolutely delicious!!
Thanks!
This looks delicious and your pictures are great! Maybe even I can create this!
You can do it!
Oh my gosh! The finished product looks amazing and I’m sure it tastes great, too!
Thanks Laura Lee!
It looks deliscious! I’ve added it to my recipe rotation. Thanks!
Thanks Karla! I hope you find it delicious!
Great post! thank you for sharing! sounds delicious!
Pretty sure I just pinned this! Can’t wait to try it.
Great! I hope you do.
Delicious looking recipe and I love that you added a healthy splash of wine. Yummy!
Everything tastes better with wine!
Looks like a wonderful, from scratch dinner 🙂
From scratch is always the best!
I love Chicken Parm can’t wait to try this.
Let me know how you like it!
That looks amazing and like something I could actually make!
Really easy to make!
Oooh! I love a good chicken parm! Sounds perfect!
😋
I love anything with mozzarella so this caught my eye right from the start. Looks pretty easy to do too, which is a plus!
Very easy and delicious!
Ohh wow! I think I found supper for tomorrow night! 😋
Enjoy!
Definitely gonna make this! I’ll use zoodles instead of pasta! Looking forward to this one!!!
Zucchini noodles…great idea!
Chicken Parm is so good and this version looks fantastic.
Thanks Angela
I keep seeing Panko recommended everywhere! I need to just go to the store and buy some to try out!! Might as well get the other ingredients for this recipe too!
😂 Yes, Panko is very popular.
oh all these food posts make me really wish i could cook…
You can cook…you just need to start trying!
This does look easy! I love chicken parm and have never made it at home (just ordered at restaurants). I would love to make this!
Great! Let us know how it comes out if you make it!
These are my kinds of recipes! Can’t wait to add it to my menu!
Awesome! Let me know how you like it!
This looks so yummy!!
Thanks a lot Beth!
Yum! This looks fantastic!!
Thanks Jennifer!
Yumm! I can not wait to try this I pinned it for later! Thanks for such an easy and yummy recipe!
Thanks Holly!I hope you love it!
Now I’m really hungry. I love pounding the chicken breasts to thin — to me this makes it perfect! We’re going to try this at the beach this week!
Thanks Kate! I hope you enjoy it.
I agree, making sauce from scratch is always better and not as hard as people think!
Yes! This is just the quick easy method. We should post a recipe for an even better sauce sometime. The kind that takes all day and is even more delicious. When we do that we make enough to freeze for later.