Name: Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves; ¼ cup all purpose flour; ¾ cup dry bread crumbs; ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon pepper; 1 large egg; 1 Tablespoon water; ⅓ cup oil; 2 cups marinara sauce; 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

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Chicken parmesan is an Italian classic that everyone loves. The breaded, fried chicken is delicious and is perfectly complemented by the marinara sauce. When served with pasta on the side and maybe a salad, you have a perfect Italian meal.

The thing that might be surprising to you is that it’s such an easy meal to make. It looks like it would be complicated and difficult, but it actually is not. And you’ll be glad that it’s so easy, because your family is guaranteed to love it. When you find a dish that your family will eat, it doesn’t get much better than that.

Garlic Parmesan Chicken

The name of chicken parmesan is believed to have originated from chicken parmigiana. Essentially, the recipes are the same: chicken breasts dipped in egg and flour, then fried and topped with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese.

Chicken parmesan is easy to make but you can also give it even more zest. If your family likes garlic like mine does, try adding a couple of cloves of minced garlic to your mixture. You can add just one clove if your family only likes a little bit of garlic, or you can add as much as four cloves if your family likes garlic as much as mine does.

Not only will your kids love chicken parm (as it’s often called) but you can even include them in the kitchen when you make it. If your kids are making it with you, make sure they wash their hands first! You don’t even want to think about what might be on their hands.

But if you want your kids to help, you can try adapting the recipe to baked chicken parmesan. You still dip the chicken in the egg and in the mixture of bread crumbs and spices. Then bake it in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. It’s true that it takes longer this way than frying the chicken, but it’s also healthier.

Keto Chicken Parmesan

The keto diet is all the rage lately and for good reason: a lot of people are losing tons of weight on it and feeling better than ever. Usually, you have to give up all your favorite foods when you go on a diet. But one of the reasons that people are having so much success with the keto diet is because you can so easily adapt the foods you love to make them keto-friendly.

Chicken parmesan seems like it wouldn’t be keto-friendly. After all, Italian food in general is usually very heavy in carbs. But actually, keto chicken parmesan is easier to make than you might imagine.

If you want to make chicken parmesan work in a keto version, you actually have a couple of different options. The main thing that you need to replace is the bread crumbs. To make it keto, try substituting an equal amount of parmesan cheese or crushed pork rinds. Then you’ll still bake it or fry it as usual.

You can use regular marinara sauce to top the “breaded” chicken. You’ll want to make the marinara sauce from scratch as this recipe calls for. Many jarred sauces contain sugar, which is an obvious no-no when you’re on keto.

Worried that your keto chicken parmesan won’t be the same without pasta? You can make it with spiralized zucchini noodles, or “zoodles.” You’ll still have the same twirling action of regular noodles without the carbs. The taste of the zucchini is so mild you’ll find the substitution pretty delicious.

Whether you make regular fried chicken parm, baked in the oven, or keto friendly chicken parmesan, you’ll have a dinner everyone will love.

If you enjoyed this recipe, make sure to check out our Sweet Potato Puff Recipe and our PTA Bake Sale Coconut Cake Recipe.