Recipe: Perfect Chicken Parmesan

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Place slices of mozzarella on top of chicken. Simple Chicken Parmesan is the perfect dish to lure kids into the kitchen - what kid doesn't like chicken tenders and spaghetti? And this dish is loaded with mini cooking lessons. You can have Chicken Parmesan using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Parmesan

1. You need 1 lb of chicken cutlets.
2. Prepare 1/4 lb of mozzarella cheese.
3. It's 1 of grated Parmesan cheese.
4. You need 1 of spaghetti sauce (home made or jar).
5. You need 1 packages of preferred pasta, cooked according to package directions. (I used fettuccine).
6. Prepare 1 tsp of fresh thyme.
7. It's 1 tsp of fresh oregano.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of fresh rosemary.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of fresh flat leaf parsley.

With one simple recipe, kids learn how to boil pasta, mince garlic, grate cheese, make tomato sauce, and pound, bread and saute cutlets. Pound the chicken thin: Place the chicken cutlets one at a time between two layers of plastic wrap or wax paper. The main components of this dish, the sauce and the chicken, can be prepared in advance. When you're ready to eat, simply assemble and bake.

Chicken Parmesan instructions

1. Preheat oven to 500°.
2. Finely chop all herbs and mix with 4 tablespoons olive oil. (More or less oil to your liking).
3. Brush herbed oil over chicken..
4. In a pan large enough to hold all the chicken over medium high heat, cook chicken until browned, 2-4 minutes per side..
5. Remove chicken from heat and transfer to a greased baking dish. (You can skip this step if you used an oven safe pan).
6. Spoon sauce to cover each piece of chicken, as well as a little around the pan. Cover with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses and bake for 5-10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and cheese is bubbly..
7. Serve over noodles, using extra sauce as needed. Garnish with Parmesan cheese and flat leaf parsley..

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