Chicken Breast With Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella
"I developed this, and the great thing about this recipe is that you can coat the breasts, brown them in oil and then refrigerate for up to 8 hours before continuing with the remainder of the recipe, which makes this a great recipe to serve to dinner guests, 30 minutes before serving just drizzle with the marinara sauce and bake! I use recipe#136292 that I make and freeze to use in recipes or recipe#71273 can also be used, your own favorite marinara or pasta sauce can also be used. If you are using more than 7 chicken breasts you will need a larger baking dish and breadcrumb mixture and marinara sauce will need to be increased. It is best to use fresh not frozen thawed breasts for this, with previous experience cooking frozen thawed breasts sometimes tend to create a soggy crust, if you are using frozen thawed make certain that your chicken breasts are completely thawed with no extra moisture left in them. You will love this dish!"
photo by lazyme
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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8 chicken breats
ingredients
- 7 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 cups dry breadcrumbs (use dry breadcrumbs only!)
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1 -2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
- 2 -3 cups marinara sauce (use about 1/3 cup sauce for each breast, but can use more)
- 7 -14 slices mozzarella cheese (or to taste)
directions
- Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- In a shallow dish mix together the breadcrumbs with the next 5 ingredients.
- In another small shallow dish whisk the eggs.
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat (use enough oil to coat bottom of the skillet).
- Dip the breasts first in the egg (shaking off any excess egg) and then coat in the breadcrumbs mixture.
- Place in oil and cook on both sides until browned (about 3-4 minutes on each side, do not cook the breasts completely just until the outside breadcrumb coating is lightly browned).
- Place the browned breasts single layer in the greased casserole dish.
- At this point you can cool and refrigerate until ready to bake.
- Spread about 1/4 to 1/3 cup the marinara sauce over the browned breasts (not too much sauce or it will cause the outside breading to turn soggy and soft, if you do not mind that then use as much sauce as you like!).
- Set oven to 350 degrees, oven rack set to bottom position.
- Bake for about 35 for smaller thin breasts and 45 minutes for thicker-sized breasts or until the chicken is done (if you are baking the chicken from refrgerated then cooking time might take a little longer, cooking time will vary depending on the size of the chicken breasts).
- Remove the chicken and place 1 or 2 slices of mozzeralla cheese on top of each cooked breast then return to oven for anout 4-5 minutes or until cheese is hot and bubbly or place under the broiler to melt cheese.
- Delicious.
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Reviews
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I made this last night and it was absolutely delicious. The breading is outstanding and this is very flavorful chicken. I followed the recipe exactly, adding some Parmesan and fresh minced parsley along with the mozzarella. I used a jarred marinara sauce that I doctored up with some balsamic vinegar, a can of petite diced tomatoes , oregano, basil, sugar. I put about 2 tablespoons of sauce on each breast and heated up the leftover sauce and tossed it with some angel hair pasta, olive oil and parsley for a side dish. Made a veggie blend and garlic toast too. I could eat this once a week and it is the best version of this dish I have tried. Thanks for another great recipe, Kittencal. :) -
The breading was outstanding, but because of that I think the marinara and cheese covered up the taste. I found myself cutting around the cheese and sauce and just enjoying the chicken itself more. I could have been because I used store bought marinara but either way I'm going to turn this into a schnitzel in the near future. I would also recommend reducing the time in the oven to 25 minutes as my breasts were a bit dry. Thank you! -
Everyone cleaned their plates with this meal! Kids really enjoyed it and it is a fairly easy thing to make. -
I really appreciated this for being able to do the majority of the preparation early. I prepared the breasts the night before and just finished it off when I got home from work the next day. Really flavorful , healthy, homemade food is possible on a tight schedule! -
Delish! I made this as directed except that I used shredded mozzarella. Very simple and very tasty. Thanks once more Kitten. Made for 1-2-3 Tag.
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