Italian Inn Chicken Parmigiana

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 thin chicken breasts
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (1 lb) can tomato
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
• salt & pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (don't substitute)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 slices mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 mix breadcrumbs and 1/4 c parmesan cheese in shallow plate. salt & pepper chicken.
• 2 breasts on both sides, then dip in eggs, then crumbs. heat 2 t oil and 2 t butter in skillet.
• 3 add chicken and saute. when lightly browned on both sides, remove and set aside.
• 4 heat oven to 350º. in saucepan, saute onion and garlic in 2 t olive oil until soft. add.
• 5 tomatoes, tomato sauce, basil, thyme, 1 t salt, ½ t pepper. cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• 6 cut mozzarella into 8 slices to cover each piece of chicken. spoon some sauce into
• 7 shallow baking dish. arrange alternate, overlapping slices of cheese and chicken in dish.
• 8 spoon remaining sauce around edge. sprinkle with 1/2 c parmesan cheese. bake 15-20
• 9 minutes in 350º oven. this is a really good dish!