Recipe
I've tried a lot of online recipes, and this is the best I've found and it still isn't as good as that $5 chicken parmesan at that lady's country club that one time. TBH my palate was so trash then due to poor food security that all of the "fancy" foods I tried with that lady were the best foods I ever had to date, including canned unseasoned boiled green beans, Pizza Hut (so bad imo the one time I went back as an adult), and homemade meatloaf with lots of processed box ingredients, so idk. A Michelin chef before someone healthy probably can't compete with literally anything at all before a starving, inexperienced person, so whatever.
Idk I still make it often. I usually try adding whatever melty cheese I have to make it more closely resemble the country club one, but I'll never recreate the fantasy of that thing.
Servings: 4-6
Ingredients
- 1 clove garlic, minced (1 teaspoon)
- 1 stick butter (1/2 cup or 1/4 pound), melted
- 1 cup dried bread crumbs
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese (or 2/3 cup if you are using a Microplane zester)
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt (can sub regular salt)
- A large pinch of Italian seasoning (herb mix)
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 lbs of skinless, boneless, chicken meat, cut into 1-inch to 2-inch wide pieces
Steps
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Pat chicken pieces dry: Pat the chicken pieces dry with paper towels. Patting the chicken pieces dry will help the chicken pieces have crispy breading when baked.
- Prepare melted butter and breadcrumbs: In a small bowl, stir the minced garlic into the melted butter. In another bowl mix together the breadcrumbs, Parmesan, parsley, salt, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper. Piece by piece, dip the chicken pieces into the garlic melted butter, and then dredge into the Parmesan breadcrumb mixture to coat.
- Note that if your chicken pieces are cold, they may cause the melted butter to thicken, leaving too much butter sticking the chicken pieces. If you see this happening, just reheat the butter.
- Place chicken on roasting dish: Place coated chicken pieces on to a 9x13 (or larger) roasting dish. Try to leave a little room between each piece. (You may need to use more than one roasting pan.) Drizzle with remaining garlic butter.
- Bake: Bake uncovered at 450°F 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Note that the chicken will get much more browned on the bottom side than on the top.
(https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/parmesan_chicken/)