Healthy Baked Chicken Parmesan | A Sweet Pea Chef

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: low-fat mozzarella

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a large mixing bowl, combine almond meal, chickpea flour, dried oregano, dried basil, dried thyme, garlic powder, sea salt, and black pepper.

Dredge the boneless, skinless chicken breast in the seasoned almond meal mixture and shake off any excess.

Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet over high heat.

Add the coated chicken to the skillet and sear until golden brown on both sides, about two minutes per side.

Pour tomato sauce over and around the browned chicken.

Sprinkle grated parmesan over each chicken breast and cover with tinfoil.

Place the skillet into the oven and bake for ten minutes.

Remove the tinfoil and place back in the oven for five more minutes until the cheese melts and the chicken is cooked through.

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