Sandra's Chicken Parmigiana

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts, split
• 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce (puree, or italian tomatoes, which you should then crush)
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated (or more)
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced thin and cut into triangles

Recipe

• 1 flatten the chicken breasts with a mallet.
• 2 then start to heat the oil in a large frying pan.
• 3 while the oil is heating, combine the eggs, salt and pepper.
• 4 dip the breasts into the egg mixture, and then into breadcrumbs.
• 5 about now, start to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 6 when the oil is hot, brown breasts on both sides, then drain them on paper towels.
• 7 transfer breasts to a baking dish that will hold them all in one layer.
• 8 drain all but 1 teaspoon of the remaining oil from frypan.
• 9 in the frypan, saute garlic for 1 minute, then add tomato sauce (puree) and basil, and bring to a boil.
• 10 turn down and simmer for 10 minutes, then stir in butter.
• 11 pour tomato mixture over chicken breasts, and sprinkle with parmesan.
• 12 cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 13 uncover and put mozzarella slices neatly over chicken pieces.
• 14 bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.
• 15 serve and enjoy.