Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan
Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, healthier baked chicken parmesan. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

This is my favorite go-to version of homemade chicken parmesan. It's healthier than traditional chicken parmesan - especially restaurant versions - but doesn't sacrifice in the flavor or texture department. Another testament to my theory that healthy food doesn't have to come in the form of protein meal bars and plain celery sticks.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook healthier baked chicken parmesan using 15 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan:
  1. Make ready 1/2 loaf crusty rye bread
  2. Take 1 lb skinless chicken breasts
  3. Make ready 2 cups buttermilk, divided
  4. Take 2 cloves garlic minced
  5. Prepare salt and pepper
  6. Get 1 tsp garlic powder
  7. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  8. Make ready 2 tsp italian seasoning
  9. Make ready 4 oz fresh grated parmigian reggiano
  10. Get 2 cups whole wheat flour
  11. Take 4 egg whites or 1 cup greek yogurt
  12. Take 2 cups pasta sauce
  13. Prepare 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella and provologne
  14. Take 125 g fresh mozzarella
  15. Get fresh basil and oregano as garnish

Breaded chicken cutlets are baked, not fried yet the chicken is so moist and full of flavor. This easy, oven baked chicken Parm recipe with Panko Parmesan crust is kid friendly and tastes better than the restaurant version! Flip the chicken over in the breadcrumbs to coat both sides. Place on a cookie sheet topped with foil and sprayed with non stick spray.

Instructions to make Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan:
  1. Cut half of the bread loaf into 1/2 inch slices. Lay out on the counter on a cutting board or somewhere it won't be messed with. We'll be drying these pieces overnight.
  2. Filet the chicken (make two thinner breasts!). Then using plastic wrap and something with some heft, or a meat mallet if you wanna be proper (I usually use a can of beans or whatever else is lying around) to pound the filets to a 1/4 in thick. Don't be like me and make it a contest to see how thin you can get the chicken, doesn't fare well for anyone involved.
  3. As they are thinned out place the chicken in a plastic bag. When complete add the buttermilk, garlic, and 1 tbsp salt and pepper to the bag. Work it around to miz up the ingredienta and make sure all the chicken is coated. Then squeeze out the air and place in the fridge. Let chill for 4 hrs up to over night.
  4. The next day or at last 4 hours later take your dried bread and start to break it apart. I put it in a ziplock bag and smashed it, but you can wreak havoc on the bread however you heart desires. break it down enough to put it in the food processor (or blender if you have one that can handle mixing solids).
  5. I used my vitamix and ran the blender on low until you have a sandy consistency. Kinda like bread crumbs, in case you hadn't caught on that's what we're making. Add the garlic powder, salt, pepper, and italian seasoning to the crumb and about 1/2 of the parmigian. Blend for a few seconds until it looks well mixed. Then add the next half and blend. Voila! You just made homemade bread crumbs that will taste much better than store bought. You can store the bread crumbs for up to a month in the fridge.
  6. Now it's time to set up you're breading work area. It's really important to get it right. If you do, the process should be relatively clean and quick. If you don't you'll have egg and flour everywhere. You'll need three shallow bowls/pie pans, a large plate, and parchment paper. You're going to fill one bowl with about 1/2 cup of breading, one bowl with the whole wheat flour and another bowl with your wash. To make the wash you can either combine eggs, 2 tbsp buttermilk and a tbsp of flour, or the greek yogurt
  7. Now we're ready to start breading. Grab the bag of chicken from the fridge and open that bad boy up. (Note: If while you are doing this you keep a dry hand, for working with the dry ingredients, and make your other hand the wet hand. This will prevent you from developing those small nuggets of useless breading on your hands.)
  8. First, the chicken goes straight from the bag to the flour. If you drop it on one side of the bowl you can pick up the flour from the other side to coat the top, so you can hopefully keep your dry hand liquid free. Flip a couple times to coat all sides.
  9. Then move the chicken to the wash. Using your wet hand flip the cutlet a couple times until it is covered entirely with the wash.
  10. Transfer to the bread crumbs. Once again to prevent a mess you can take bread crumbs from the side or pour some from the remaining half over the chicken. If working with the yogurt press down on the breading to get a flat uniform product. It will appear chunky and cook unevenly. Flip a couple of times to make sure all of the wash is covered. Transfer to the large plate.
  11. Repeat this process for all the chicken, filling up on ingredients as they get low. When you have one layer of chicken on the plate cover with parchment paper and lay the chicken on top of that. Preheat oven to 400F(~200C)
  12. Place the chicken in a glass casserole dish and lighhtly spray both sides with vegetable or olive oil. Put in oven for 20 minutes. If at 20 minutes the chicken is still not brown enough turn the broiler on high until you get a nice golden brown
  13. Top with tomato sauce, shredded cheese, and fresh mozzarella. Put back in the oven with the broiler stil on high for ten minutes or until the cheese is bubbling and golden brown.
  14. Remove from the oven and let it cool/rest for about 5 minutes. Serve with whole grain pasta served with some fresh chopped herbs.

Place tomato sauce in a medium saucepan. Healthy oven baked chicken parmesan is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with no frying required. Most chicken parmesan recipes take tons of effort and a lot longer to prepare. Well today I have another recipe that falls into that category - Healthy Parmesan Crusted Chicken! Instead of frying the chicken breasts, they're baked in the oven.

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