How to make chicken Parmesan

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while maintaining texture.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a high smoke point and is healthier.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: panko

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Panko gives a lighter texture, while crushed crackers are often cheaper.

Boil salted water in a pot for the noodles.

Heat vegetable oil in a skillet for frying the chicken.

Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and garlic powder on both sides.

Dredge the chicken breasts in flour, then dip in the egg and milk mixture, and finally coat with Italian seasoned bread crumbs.

Heat olive oil in a pan and add finely chopped garlic, cooking until golden brown.

Add marinara sauce to the pan with garlic and season with black pepper, salt, garlic powder, and dried basil.

Simmer the marinara sauce to enhance the flavor.

Check the oil temperature by dropping a piece of bread crumbs; it should sizzle when ready.

Fry the chicken breasts in the hot oil until golden brown, flipping only when a golden-brown edge appears.

Boil the thin spaghetti in the salted water once it reaches a boil.

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