If you love chicken parm but don’t want to over indulge, this baked crispy chicken parmesan recipe is a great compromise. The only person that will know it is the healthier version of chicken parmesan is the person making it.
On top of being super tasty, this is a super easy chicken parmesan recipe. There are only a few steps to this oven baked parmesan chicken, making it a wonderful meal for a busy weeknight.
This healthy baked chicken parmesan recipe is also a great meal to make up and save the leftovers or even freeze part of it. The kids even love to help make the chicken with me too!
Our easy pan butter biscuits or Olive Garden breadsticks copycat recipe and a Italian fresh green salad go perfectly with this pasta dish if you want to make it feel like you are eating out for dinner.
Ingredients You Need to For This Baked Crispy Chicken Parmesan Recipe:
- Cooking spray
- Cheese and garlic croutons
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Beaten egg
- Marinara sauce
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Cooked pasta
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How To Make Baked Crispy Chicken Parmesan Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Spray baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray.
- Place croutons in zipper plastic bag. Close and crush with rolling pin until crumbs form.
- Dip chicken into beaten egg.
- Coat with crushed crouton crumbs.
- Place chicken on prepared baking sheet.
- Spray chicken with vegetable cooking spray.
- Bake 20-30 minutes or until chicken is done.
- Spoon pasta sauce over chicken and sprinkle with cheese.
- Sprinkle each chicken breast with 1 Tablespoon grated Parmesan Cheese (optional)
- Serve over cooked pasta.
Extremely Tasty Pasta Sauce
Chicken parmesan has some delicious flavors, and the sauce is definity a key component to that. If you have the time and energy, this homemade pasta sauce from Scrambled Chefs is wonderful!
You can prepare the homemade sauce ahead of time, and then warm it up when your chicken is ready. If not, I always tend to get the basil, oregano, and garlic pasta sauce in the jars at the grocery store.
Pasta to Use for Chicken Parmesan
The traditional pasta to use for chicken parmesan is spaghetti noodle, but that is not the only kind you can use for this recipe.
You can use your favorite pasta or even spiralized zucchini works great too! But anything in the noodle form will work great and taste awesome.
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Baked Crispy Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups cheese and garlic croutons
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup marinara sauce, heated
- ¾ cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 4 Tablespoon Parmesan cheese, optional
- 8 ounces pasta, cooked
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Spray baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray.
- Place croutons in zipper plastic bag. Close and crush with rolling pin until crumbs form.
- Dip chicken into beaten egg.
- Coat with crushed crouton crumbs.
- Place chicken on prepared baking sheet.
- Spray chicken with vegetable cooking spray.
- Bake 20-30 minutes or until chicken is done.
- Spoon pasta sauce over chicken and sprinkle with cheese.
- Sprinkle each chicken breast with 1 Tablespoon grated Parmesan Cheese (optional)
- Serve over cooked pasta.
Notes
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Yum! This looks excellent! I have to add it to my list to try. Thanks for the recipe!
We are trying to eat a little bit healthier too. Love that this is like fried but really is baked!!!!
Oh I wish I checked your blog b4 I made dinner!
I made this tonight and it was really good! I made my own spaghetti sauce and served it over whole wheat pasta (I’m so glad it tastes GOOD now…remember when you first saw it in stores and it was disgusting?). My chicken breasts were really thick, and I wish I would have pounded them out first because the chicken was a little plain, and I think it was because the chicken:crouton ratio was too high. I also microwaved each portion for about a minute after adding the cheese just to melt the cheese.
I made this last night for a dinner celebrating my mom’s retirement. Everyone loved it!I halved my chicken breasts and poured the leftover crouton crumbs over the chicken. Also, after the chicken cooked for 20 mins I turned off the oven, poured the sauce around the chicken, covered in cheese, and popped back in the oven until the cheese was melted.
My boyfriend who always finds ways to improve a dish admitted he had NO constructive criticism. This recipe’s definitely a keeper
How much parmesan is called for in the recipe, I don’t see it listed. thank you
You can sprinkle 1 Tablespoon of grated Parmesan Cheese on each chicken breast if you desire.