Easy Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Last Updated on June 17, 2020 by Janell
You must try this easy chicken parmesan recipe. It has a deliciously crispy coating, smothered tomato sauce, and melted mozzarella cheese!
This recipe is fabulous because you get a crispy crust and juicy chicken breast when you pan fry the chicken and then finish baking it in the oven. If you prefer a crispy crumb coating vs a soggy crumb on your chicken parmesan, look no further! This will be your favorite recipe!
I love spending time with my Grandma. This year she will be 93 years old. For a long time, she lived pretty close to us. I would love to spend the night at her house on weekends. She made the best food and always had chocolate ice cream for us to make malted milkshakes.
She moved to Orlando, which was about 2 hours from where we lived. After I graduated from high school I would love to go visit her for the weekend. She always had a delicious meal waiting for us when we arrived.
Many times she would have this chicken parmesan waiting for us. It was so yummy with her delicious salad, spaghetti, and bread. Plus the leftovers were amazing.
What to serve with chicken parmesan
- Pasta - We love thin spaghetti or angel hair pasta
- Salad - Grab your favorite Italian dressing or use my Grandma's salad dressing recipe
- Italian Bread
It's a great meal for guests with kids because if they don't like the chicken, they can still eat spaghetti for dinner.
Chicken Parmesan (aka Chicken Parmigiana) is one of the most popular AND most ordered chicken recipes in the world. Many times, the chicken comes out too dry or doesn’t have enough flavor or seasoning.
Using this recipe - you will feel like you are serving a restaurant-worthy meal!
How to make homemade easy chicken parmesan
There are a few extra steps to this recipe - but it's worth it! It will make a little mess but you can get it all cleaned up while the chicken bakes in the oven.
- Bread the chicken - ( I like Progresso Italian Bread Crumbs)
- Frying - Make sure you have about ½ inch of oil in your frying pan so you get a good crispy chicken
- Sauce - The sauce keeps it moist and adds so much flavor
- Cheese - Top it with high-quality cheese!
- Baking - This lets it' finish cooking without getting dry. I like to use the broil for a few minutes at the end to get the cheese a little brown.
Follow this chicken parmesan recipe and you will get the most delicious meal - it's great to serve to guests!
Easy Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless/skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups seasoned bread crumbs ( I like Progresso Italian Bread Crumbs)
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 24 oz jar of your favorite marinara sauce (or make your own)
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan Cheese (as much or as little as you like!)
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In the bottom of a 9x13 pan (or bigger if you have lots of chicken) spread a thin layer of sauce and set aside.
- Place the chicken in a zip-top bag. Pound it out into cutlets. I had 3 large chicken breasts and each breast gave me about 3 pieces of chicken.
- Mix the egg and milk in a shallow bowl.
- Add the bread crumbs to a shallow bowl.
- Pour about ½ inch deep of oil into a frying pan. When it's hot dip the chicken in the egg then the bread crumbs. Fry on both sides until brown. (You do not need to cook them all the way.) Add the chicken to the baking pan.
- Brown all the pieces of chicken. Pour the rest of the sauce over each piece of chicken.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, remove the foil and add the mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered for about 15 more minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Serve and enjoy!
Tip - I prefer to pound the chicken to flatten it instead of cutting it into cutlets. It seems to be more tender this way. Just put it in a plastic bag and pound it - I then use my rolling pin.
But you can use whatever you have in your house. Then you can cut it into 2-3 pieces.
When I serve the chicken parmesan, we like to use the sauce from the pan to put over our spaghetti. You can also serve it with a side salad and crusty garlic bread.
I always get asked for my chicken parmesan recipe, and this is the easy recipe I always give them.
Easy Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds boneless/skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 24 oz jar of your favorite pasta sauce (or make your own)
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- Parmesan Cheese (as much or as little as you like!)
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In the bottom of a 9x13 pan (or bigger if you have lots of chicken) spread a thin layer of sauce and set aside.
- Place the chicken in a zip-top bag. Pound it out into cutlets. I had 3 large chicken breasts and each breast gave me about 3 pieces of chicken.
- Mix the egg and milk in a shallow bowl.
- Add the bread crumbs to a shallow bowl.
- Pour about ½ inch deep of oil into a frying pan. When it's hot dip the chicken in the egg then the bread crumbs. Fry on both sides until brown. (You do not need to cook them all the way.) Add the chicken to the baking pan.
- Brown all the pieces of chicken. Pour the rest of the sauce over each piece of chicken.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, remove the foil and add the mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered for about 15 more minutes or until the cheese is melted.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Tip - I prefer to pound the chicken to flatten it instead of cutting it into cutlets. It seems to be more tender this way. Just put it in a plastic bag and pound it - I then use my rolling pin.
Adjust baking time based on the thickness of the chicken.
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Oh, wow! You had me at the melty and gooey cheese on top! Chicken parm is one of our favorite dishes. We'll have to try your recipe, it looks easier than ours!
What did you make to go with it?
Usually some spaghetti and italian bread. You could even add a salad. Look for this recipe in the November issue of All You Magazine 🙂
Just tried this for tonight's dinner! It was my first time frying anything, so I burned the first piece, but I think I got the hang of it. Overall, really great recipe!! 🙂
Yeah - you have to make sure that oil doesn't get too hot. I still sometime over cook it a little 🙂 I am so glad you liked it! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Very traditional and simple recipe, just the way I like it, thanks!
Thanks! And I just found out it will be published in a Cook Book by All You.
We love chicken parmesan. What a great, easy recipe! I'm craving it now after seeing your picture :).
This looks delicious! Even though I'm not very good at cooking, and my hubby is usually the one who cooks, this looks like something I may be able to succeed with. 🙂
This is so easy! I think you could totally do it and surprise your husband!
Yummy! I LOVE Chicken Parmesan! It brings back a lot of memories from dinner with my family as a child. Thank you for sharing. PINNED!
Yummy! Coming over from the Pinworthy Projects because I'm hungry and already thinking about dinner! lol Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations! Your Chicken Parmesan has been featured on our Simple Supper Tuesday's at Moore or Less Cooking Food Blog! Nettie
Thanks so much! I am so excited!
We love chicken Parmesan too, but I do mine stovetop. I will have to give this oven recipe a try. Looks delicious! Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We'd love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN. http://lifewithlorelai.com/2015/02/26/home-matters-linky-party-26/ 🙂
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Oh that looks so good! I have tried a couple recipes at home, but they didnt work. I cannot wait to try this one! I love that it uses jarred pasta sauce! I have a favorite jarred sauce, so I know I would love the sauce!
I made this for supper this evening. It was awesome! Even my very picky husband liked it. I used 1 sleeve of saltine crackers crushed + 1 tsp Ialian Seasoning + 1/4 tsp each pepper + lemon pepper to bread the cutllets & fried them in butter (about 1/2 cup). Like you, I served it over spaghetti. This is definitely going to be a *repeat* @ my house!
I love the additions. Thanks for sharing. I am so glad your family liked it!
delicious looking. I will be making this tomorrow for dinner. Thanks for the recipe
Why do you call it Chicken Parmesan if there's no parmesan in the recipe?
You know that is a really good question! It's just what we have always called it. Maybe it's because you use a cheese that has Parmesan in it? This was my grandma's recipe and that's what she called it. 🙂
Yum! This looks so good! Thanks for the recipe!
It really is our favorite dinner.
This would be a hit at our house. My husband would love it. And it looks easy to make. Pinning for later.
Love this recipe. So simple but looks so delicious. Thanks for sharing 🙂
They are amazing! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
It's what my husband asks for all the time for dinner.
This looks delicious. My mouth is watering. I will have to try this recipe.
This looks fantastic, so easy and cheap! Going to have to try it out! Thanks so much for sharing on #TryABiteTuesday last week! Hope to see you link up again this week, it's live now!
My family would love this! Thanks for sharing.
The chicken came out soft n tender which was wonderful but the skin was not crispy. It was soft as well. What did I do wrong?
It won't be as crispy as you get in a restaurant unless you make the chicken breast really thin and completely deep fry it. This way gives you the yummy breading and keeps the meat juicy!
Delicious and so easy!
I love Chicken Parmesan and will be trying this recipe.