Chicken Parm Sandwich | Cookin' Somethin' w/ Matty Matheson

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: cheddar cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while maintaining meltiness.

Start by preparing the tomato sauce with a quarter cup of olive oil in a pan over medium heat.

Chop half an onion and add it to the pan, cooking until translucent without color.

Smash and slice garlic cloves, then add them to the pan after the onions have cooked for a couple of minutes.

Pour in half of the canned tomato sauce, adding fresh cracked pepper, salt, and a couple of fresh basil leaves.

Prepare long Italian peppers for roasting by placing them in the upper oven on broil high.

While the peppers are broiling, crack some eggs into a bowl and whisk them.

Season all-purpose flour with a fair amount of salt and whisk it together.

Set up a breading station with a dry hand for flour and a wet hand for the egg wash, then coat chicken cutlets in flour, dip in egg, and coat with panko breadcrumbs.

Check the roasted peppers, flipping them over to broil the other side until they are perfectly roasted.

Once roasted, place the peppers in a bowl and cover with a plate to steam and make peeling easier.

Heat a cast iron pan with olive oil halfway up for shallow frying the chicken cutlets over medium-high heat.

Fry the chicken cutlets, flipping them to achieve a golden brown color on both sides, seasoning with salt and fresh cracked pepper after frying.

Remove the fried chicken cutlets and let them chill for a moment.

Peel the skin off the roasted peppers, then chop them into small pieces for a relish.

Season the chopped peppers with salt, pepper, red wine vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice, and parsley, mixing well.

Assemble the chicken parm by placing a layer of tomato sauce over the fried chicken cutlets, adding slices of fresh mozzarella and Parmesan cheese on top.

Place the assembled chicken parm in the oven to melt the cheese, while preparing fresh rolls that will not be toasted.

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