Chicken Parmesan

One of our favorite dishes! Easy to make and delicious!  There are two versions here, a quick pan-fried version and a baked version. They taste pretty similar and are both simple and yummy!

Chicken Parmesan - Baked

Ingredients:
4 large chicken breasts, sliced in half to make 8 thin breasts
1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1/4 cup grated parmesan
4 tablespoons butter, melted
Spaghetti Sauce (1 cup)
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:
Preheat oven to 450*F.  Combine bread crumbs, panko, salt and pepper, and parmesan cheese in a shallow bowl.  Melt butter in another bowl.  Dip chicken breast in butter, then dredge in bread crumb mixture.  Place chicken on greased baking sheet.  Spray tops of chicken with cooking spray.  Cook for 10 minutes in oven, then flip, bake another 5 minutes.  Add 1-2 tablespoons of spaghetti sauce to top of chicken and add mozzarella cheese.  Return to oven for 5 more minutes.  Serve with salad or pasta. 

By: Real Housemoms


Chicken Parmesan - Pan Fried

Ingredients:
2 Boneless, Skinless, Chicken breasts
1/2 cups flour
1 egg
1/2 cup panko
2 Tablespoons Italian bread crumbs
1/4 cups parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper
Spaghetti sauce
Italian Cheese

Directions:
Pound chicken breasts to 1/4" thick. Combine bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Dip chicken breasts in flour, egg, then bread crumbs. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium low heat. Cook chicken breasts on medium low heat for 4 minutes on each side or until cooked thru. Spoon sauce on chicken, sprinkle with Italian cheese.
Serve with spaghetti and/or salad.

Pizza Bites

We tried these for dinner a couple of weeks ago and they were really good! The topping adds a lot of flavor. These would make a great finger food for parties or a fun dinner for kids!

Stuffed Pizza Rolls Recipe:

Ingredients:
1 roll refrigerated pizza dough
2 Tbl. grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbl. olive oil or melted butter
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning

Mozzarella cheese, diced or grated
Pizza toppings of your choice: ie, ham and pineapple, pepperoni slices, sausage, etc.Marinara/pizza sauce for dipping

Directions:
Preheat oven to heat specified on pizza dough package (usually it's 400 degrees).

Unroll your pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll the dough so it's about 12" by 8". You're going to want to cut it into 24 squares, so just eyeball it if you need to. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into 24 squares.
Place cheese and desired toppings on each square (Note that you're not putting the marinara sauce on the dough- it's for dipping after). You just need to be able to enclose the toppings in the dough so keep that in mind.
When all of your dough squares have cheese and toppings on them, carefully lift up each square and wrap the dough around the toppings. Pinch to make sure each ball is sealed shut and then place them seam side down in a lightly sprayed pie pan (or similar sized dish).
Brush the tops of the dough balls with olive oil or melted butter and then sprinkle with the garlic, Italian seasoning and Parmesan cheese (I mixed all of these together and then sprinkled on top).

Cook them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown on top. Keep an eye on them!

Serve warm with warmed marinara sauce on the side for dipping.

By: Six Sister's Stuff