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Chicken Parmigiana with Sweet Marinara

I remember {one of} the first times I had Chicken Parmigiana

I was 13 years old in Florida for the USYS National Championship

I’m pretty sure I ate it at least 3 times in the short week we were there

We were staying at one of the Disney resorts so I bet the chicken was even shaped like Mickey…oh Disneyland/world…isn’t it the greatest?

To be a kid again 😉

When I was deciding how to make my own version of chicken parmigiana I didn’t want to make just any old marinara sauce…or use one out of a jar.

I love, love, love my chili recipe and decided to make my own marinara sauce using it as my inspiration

Which, turns out, was a phenomenal idea!!!

Chicken Parmigiana

Sweet Marinara

Ingredients

1T olive oil

1 small onion, chopped {I use frozen onion…so much easier}

1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes with juice

1 can Campbell’s tomato soup

1T brown sugar

1T ketchup

1T BBQ sauce

Directions

Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan on low heat

Add onion onion and cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes

Add tomatoes, tomato soup, brown sugar, ketchup and BBQ sauce

Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes

Chicken

Ingredients

6 chicken breast

1 cup Panko bread crumbs

1/2 cup Parmesan {grated}

1/2 tsp salt

4 eggs, beaten

Cooking oil for frying

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees
Heat 1/2 inch of cooking oil over medium heat
In medium bowl combine bread crumbs, Parmesan and salt
Dip each chicken breast in the eggs and then in the bread crumb mixture

Place the chicken in the oil until browned, turn once and place on a baking sheet

{I like to place foil on my baking sheet, then put a cooling rack on top of that}

Bake for 20 minutes

Make pasta according to package directions
My pasta of choice is Colavigta angel hair nests
They don’t fall apart while cooking and they make a great presentation
Which I’m all about!!!
You can also try making this without the oil…skip the frying process and put the chicken directly in the oven.

Check out my

Coconut Chicken

Another favorite!!!

Hilary

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The Sweet Chick says:

August 4, 2012 at 11:40 am

Sounds delicious. Just popped in to say hi. I found your blog on CT blogger site. I didn't think we had so many bloggers in our state.
Maria says:

July 29, 2012 at 1:06 am

YUMMO!!!