Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan – The Lemon Bowl

Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan coats thin chicken breasts in a light and crunchy parmesan and herb panko breading then baked until crispy.

My husband’s family is Italian, and I loved visiting with them, hearing stories, and learning their recipes while we were in college in Boston. In fact, you can see all of my favorite Italian family recipes in my eCookbook Series: Food From Our Ancestors. One of the recipes I adapted from these conversations is my Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan. Instead of deep-fried chicken, this version is healthier, lighter, and lower in calories. The parmesan cheese is actually a part of the breading, and helps lock in moisture and flavor!

Ingredients

• For the chicken parm: chicken breasts, eggs, flour, salt and pepper.
• For the panko topping: panko bread crumbs, grated parmesan cheese, minced fresh herbs (parsley or basil), lemon zest, garlic, salt, and chili flakes.

How to Make Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan

Start your Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan by creating your panko topping. In a shallow dish or bowl, mix the panko breadcrumbs with the grated parmesan cheese.

Then using a microplane or grater, freshly grate in your garlic.

Then using the same microplane, zest a lemon into the panko.

Then add your freshly minced herbs, I used parsley.

Finish with your salt and chili flakes, before stirring until ingredients are evenly mixed.

Then take your chicken breasts and pound them with a meat mallet until nice and thin, and use a paper towel to make sure they’re completely dry. Sprinkle each with some salt and pepper on both sides.

Then take each chicken breast and coat in some flour.

Once coated in flour, dip in your scrambled eggs.

Finish by pressing into the breadcrumb mixture until evenly coated. Place on a prepared baking sheet, and continue until all breasts are coated. Then toss in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes or until crispy.

To keep things classic, serve your Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan over a bed of pasta and marinara sauce, and enjoy!

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