Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Deconstructed Chicken Parm


Ingredients
3 chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
Salt & Pepper
Garlic salt
Garlic powder
Dried Oregano
Dried Basil
2.5 cups pasta sauce
1.5-2 cups mozzarella cheese - divided
Parmesan cheese (to taste)
3/4+ of a 5 oz bag of garlic croutons

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 13x9 dish with cooking spray.

Chop chicken into bite sized pieces. In a bowl, season with salt, pepper, garlic salt, and garlic powder - just a light misting of all of them. Toss to coat. Lay chicken in a single layer at the bottom of the dish. Sprinkle with oregano and basil.

Spread sauce over the top.

Sprinkle 1 cup of mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce layer. Give the ol' parmesan a few shakes to your taste.

Put croutons in a gallon ziploc bag and roll over them with a rolling pin. Be sure to leave some big chunks intact. Sprinkle them on top of the cheese layer. If you want more croutons, add more. You're the boss!

Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese on top - again, use another 1/2 cup if you want because (say it with me) you're the boss!

Bake for 40 minutes and let stand for five minutes before serving.

I serve with lightly sauced pasta and a big ol' salad.


I like chicken parm, but it's not my favorite unless I'm eating it during brunch at Palo on a Disney Cruise Ship. You have never tasted better chicken parm, not even from your Nonna. I promise you.

It is something I'm more apt to order out, cruise ship or not. I never make it at home because I don't feel like dealing with the mess of pounding chicken until they're thin and then egg washing them and coating them etc etc. This dish is a good at home meet in the middle. 

In closing, Haikuesday:

Tuesday surely sucks.
Worse than rat finks for mobsters.
Mangia, mangia, pal.

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23 comments:

  1. Sounds delish! I love chicken parm!

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  2. JMJ! Waiting to run errands for you to post this blog. Looks easy and delish! Oh, fanks!
    Can't wait for tomorrow's blog!
    #FEELTHATWAYEVERYDAY
    #YOURBLOGISAGREATWAYTOSTARTONE'sDAY

    Carpe every diem! JMJ-half of October is over already!
    Love your MOMMA

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  3. This is such a great {and easy} alternative to chicken parm!! YUM!

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  4. This is such a great {and easy} alternative to chicken parm!! YUM!

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  5. chicken parmesan
    (a delicious dinner treat)
    I'll make it real soon!

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  6. I made a variation of this before, with the croutons, and it just didn't do it for me. I am a chicken parm purist I think.

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  7. Oh, I hate all the coating and re-coating of chick parm so this is perfect! Yum!

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  8. this is genius and will definitely be making an appearance in our kitchen soon!

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  9. GENIUS! I like this WAY better than making it the original way... much easier! Thanks for linking up!

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  10. Shut the eff up! This looks amazing and because my husband is doing low carb I can put this on pasta for me, and zucchini noodles for him. Great idea. Lol @ chicken boobs ;)

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  11. Ooooooo, I have all of that stuff except the croutons (which I always call "crOW-tons" in homage to the episode of The Cosby Show when Cliff takes Rudy and her friends to a fancy restaurant. But, I digress. That shit? Will be on my kitchen table this week!!!! Thanks for posting!!!!

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  12. yep. definitely trying this. looks so good.

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  13. Hawkeye requests that you come cook this for her! She's now saddened to realize that her chicken chunks aren't covered in cheese.

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  14. So easy that I could do it. And I might. I like cooking meat when I can just throw it in the oven.

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  15. I love this idea, I think it would be easier to eat than regular chicken parm.

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  16. I ALWAYS call them chicken boobs and everyone thinks I'm nuts! I think I've finally found my perfect Stephanie match - LOL!

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  17. I love chicken parm- but don't love all the prep. Definitely going to try this out!

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  18. ammmmmmmmmmazing. need to try this asap!

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  19. Dang this looks like something I can totally manage! Nice work :)

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  20. Wow. Super easy. Definitely throwing this one into the dinner mix!

    Thanks for sharing!

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  21. This looks delish! No way could I be bothered with the boob pounding (take that, pervs) so I like this alternative.

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