About.com's Easy Chicken Parmesan

This recipe made me wonder if grocery stores sold sliced mozzarella cheese, or if I would have to buy a block of it and slice it myself. Well, I found out that most stores do sell it, and having slices just makes it easier to cover the pieces of chicken evenly. If you want, shredded mozzarella cheese works fine too.

One of the best things about this recipe is that all the ingredients that you do not use up while making this can be used again. Chicken can always be breaded and cooked and served alone, and obviously, eggs can be used for many things. This is one of the few recipes I don't feel wary about buying all the ingredients.


Time: prep 20 minutes, cook 40 minutes
Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts, pounded to 1/2 inch thickness
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• seasoned bread crumbs
• 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese, or more
• 1 jar (16 oz) spaghetti sauce
• Parmesan cheese
  

Directions
1. Whisk together the egg and the milk
2. Coat both sides of each chicken breast with this mixture
3. Cover the coated chicken in bread crumbs
4. Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat
5. Brown the chicken by cooking in the skillet for about 4 minutes on each side
6. Set the cooked chicken in a large baking dish and put it aside
7. Preheat the oven to 350
8. Place 2 slices of mozzarella cheese on each chicken breast
9. Pour the jar of sauce over and around the chicken
10. Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese and more mozzarella cheese to taste
11. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the top is bubbly
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This recipe was submitted to About.com by Colleen Haass.