How to Make Tasty Naked Chicken Parmesan

Naked Chicken Parmesan. Combine parmesan cheese, parsley, basil and oregano in a baggie. Wash each breast with water and put in cheese mixture. Make sure each piece is coated with cheese and place each breast in pan and dump remaining cheese mixture on top.

My family's not big on lots of sauce and cheese, so I just use a little to flavor the dish. Feel free to add more if you like, but it's excellent as-is. Baked Chicken Parmesan is healthy chicken Parmesan that is oven baked, not fried! You can cook Naked Chicken Parmesan using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Naked Chicken Parmesan

Prepare 2 pounds of chicken breast.
Prepare 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese shredded.
You need 2 cups of mozzarella cheese shredded.
Prepare 15 ounces of tomato sauce.
It's 1 teaspoons of thyme.
You need 1 teaspoons of salt.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
It's 1 teaspoons of granulated onion powder.
It's 1 teaspoons of granulated garlic powder.

A traditional recipe for chicken parm has been given a skinny makeover to create this delicious, healthy Italian recipe. I cooked so much Italian(ish) food my first year of marriage that I'm surprised we didn't end up speaking with Sicilian(ish) accents. Most often I turned to quick and easy pasta recipes. This is an easy chicken dinner the whole family will love!

Naked Chicken Parmesan step by step

Preheat the oven 400° Fahrenheit..
Cut the chicken lengthwise, kinda like butterflying the chicken breast..
Brown the chicken add the seasonings. 4 minutes per side..
Add tomato sauce and cheese. Put the Parmesan on first then cover the whole top of chicken with mozzarella. Put into the oven for 20-25 minutes. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!.

Made with homemade marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. Serve it over pasta, zucchini noodles, roasted veggies or with a large salad to keep it on the lighter side. Of course, classic chicken parmesan is served with spaghetti and sauce. Since this is a healthy chicken parmesan recipe I recommend serving it with whole-grain pasta and a small salad. However, in my old age, I like to keep things on the low carb side so often I'll skip the pasta and enjoy it with some vegetables or simply a big salad.