A lot of chicken Parmesan recipes require you to either sauté or fry the chicken prior to baking, but those steps only complicate the process. Instead this chicken Parmesan recipe is only lightly breaded and baked. As a result, you achieve the same taste in less time and with fewer calories.
Additionally, cleanup is very easy for this dish. Since you’re placing the chicken breasts on a baking sheet with aluminum foil before sticking it in the oven, all you have to do afterwards is throw the aluminum foil away.
5-INGREDIENT CHICKEN PARMESAN
Yield: 4 chicken breasts
Calories: 179 calories for one 4 ounce chicken breast
INGREDIENTS
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup Italian breadcrumbs
1 cup marinara or spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray
with non-stick cooking spray
Set up an “assembly line” with your chicken
breasts, bowl of melted butter, bowl of bread crumbs, and prepared baking sheet
Lightly brush the butter onto a chicken breast
with a pastry or basting brush
Dip the chicken into the bread crumbs and coat on both sides
Place chicken on baking sheet
Repeat with remaining chicken breasts
Bake chicken in the oven for 20 minutes
Remove baking sheet from the oven, and turn
chicken over
Spoon marinara sauce over chicken so that it’s
fully covered
Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top of marinara
sauce
Set up your chicken, baking sheet, butter, and bread crumbs in an assembly line.
Use a pastry brush or basting brush and brush the butter onto the chicken.
Dip the buttered chicken into the bread crumbs and coat completely.
Make sure you line your baking sheet with aluminum foil and non-stick spray for easy cleanup.
Flip chickens over and spoon on marinara sauce and top with parmesan.
You can eat chicken parmesan plain or place on top of spaghetti with marinara sauce.