Chicken Parmesan With Fresh Basil Food

PARMESAN AND BASIL CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Roast at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 35 minutes, or until juices run clear. Let cool, and chop into chunks.
• In a food processor, puree the mayonnaise, basil, garlic, and celery.
• Combine the chunked chicken, pureed mixture, and Parmesan cheese; toss. Refrigerate, and serve.

CHICKEN PARMESAN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Place chicken breasts between two sheets of heavy plastic (resealable freezer bags work well) on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound chicken with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a thickness of 1/2-inch. Season chicken thoroughly with salt and pepper.
• Beat eggs in a shallow bowl and set aside.
• Mix bread crumbs and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese in a separate bowl, set aside.
• Place flour in a sifter or strainer; sprinkle over chicken breasts, evenly coating both sides.
• Dip flour coated chicken breast in beaten eggs. Transfer breast to breadcrumb mixture, pressing the crumbs into both sides. Repeat for each breast. Set aside breaded chicken breasts for about 15 minutes.
• Heat 1 cup olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat until it begins to shimmer. Cook chicken until golden, about 2 minutes on each side. The chicken will finish cooking in the oven.
• Place chicken in a baking dish and top each breast with about 1/3 cup of tomato sauce. Layer each chicken breast with equal amounts of mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, and provolone cheese. Sprinkle 1 to 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese on top and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is browned and bubbly, and chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

CHICKEN PARMESAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Cut your chicken breast in half horizontally. (This is often called "butterfly" cut. Place one hand on top of the breast and carefully run a knife through the center of the meat so you have two even, thin pieces of chicken.)
• Pat chicken dry and season well on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Add eggs to a shallow bowl and beat well. Add breadcrumbs, parmesan and garlic powder to another shallow bowl and stir to combine.
• Dip each piece of chicken into the egg mixture, and then breadcrumbs, pressing the crumbs to adhere.
• Add oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add breaded chicken and cook for about 2 minutes on each side, until golden, but not cooked through.
• Spoon a thin layer of marinara sauce into a 9x13'' baking pan, to cover the bottom of the pan. Place chicken on top.
• Add a spoonful of marinara sauce over the chicken, followed by a sprinkle of mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly and chicken is cooked through (165 degrees F).
• Garnish with fresh chopped basil. Serve over hot cooked spaghetti noodles, with extra sauce, if desired.

CHICKEN & PENNE WITH BASIL PARMESAN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Fill a large pot of salted water and heat to a boil but do not cook the pasta yet.
• Butterfly the chicken breasts so they are the same thickness. (See How to Butterfly a Chicken Breast)
• Coat both sides with the salt and pepper.
• Heat a deep wide saute pan with the olive oil over medium high heat.
• Once hot, add the chicken breasts and count 30 seconds, then cover, lower heat to the lowest flame and continue to cook chicken, flipping once the first side is cooked, until no longer pink inside. Depending on the thickness of the chicken, this should take 5-10 minutes to cook on low.
• Remove cover and place the chicken breasts on a cutting board. Pour off but save liquid in the pan.
• Over medium heat add the butter and once melted, add flour and cook for three minutes, stirring often.
• Slowly add the cream whisking as you add.
• Add bay leaves, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, whole basil leaves, nutmeg, mustard and pepper flakes. Bring to a bubble then lower to a simmer and simmer ten minutes, stirring often.
• While cream sauce cooks, add Penne pasta to the hot water and cook to just short of al dente. Still should be a little bit chewy.
• Strain the cream sauce through a fine sieve and discard the solids. Taste and salt if needed. Pour the sauce back into the pan, reserving one cup that will be drizzled over each portion when serving.
• Slice the cooked chicken breast into strips and add to the sauce. Add the liquid that you saved after you cooked the chicken.
• Use a spider or strainer and scoop out and add the pasta to the sauce, but do not discard the pasta water yet.
• Stir the mixture over low to medium heat until the pasta is fully cooked. Add a little pasta water if it starts to dry out a little.
• Serve with the reserved sauce, chopped basil and grated Parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN PARMESAN WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA AND FRESH BASIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Mix italian bread crumbs with panko in a large dish.
• Slather each chicken breast with mayo and dredge in breadcrumbs.
• Put chicken breasts side by side in baking dish and cook in oven for 15-18 minutes or until they start to brown on the outside.
• Begin the sauce with jar of pasta sauce, can of tomatoes, sugar, garlic, salt and pepper (add a little onion if you wish). Simmer on low-medium heat until chicken is browning.
• Remove chicken from oven and pour all of the sauce over the tops of the breasts.
• Reduce oven temp to 375 and bake, uncovered, for another 20 minutes.
• In the last 5 minutes, pull the chicken out again and layer on slices of FRESH MOZZARELLA all over the chicken and return to oven.
• I usually turn the broiler on for about 2 mins to start the melting process then turn it back to the oven.
• Once the cheese has melted and started to bubble, remove from oven.
• Top with lots of torn Fresh Basil leaves.
• Serve with pasta.

CHICKEN WITH BASIL AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Flatten breasts, dip in flour, salt and pepper.
• Heat butter in 12in skillet.
• Add breasts, cook for 4 minutes each side until browned and juices run clear.
• Remove from pan.
• Mix basil with remaining ingredients.
• Add to pan, cook and stir for 3 minutes,thicken with a little flour if needed.
• Serve over chicken.

PARMESAN CRUSTED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATO AND BASIL AND POTATOES WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Cut fingerling potatoes into halves or quarters, depending on thickness of fingerlings -- thin, small fingerlings may also be left whole, larger potatoes should be quartered to speed cooking process. If you are using small red potatoes, halve or quarter them in the same way.
• Cover a large cookie sheet with foil. Place potatoes on cookie sheet. Combine with peppers and onions, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. Coat the potatoes, peppers and onions with extra-virgin olive oil just enough to coat vegetables in a thin layer, 2 to 3 tablespoons. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Place potatoes in the oven and roast 20 to 22 minutes, until potatoes are just tender and peppers and onions are crisp at edges. Toss mixture with tongs, turning the potatoes after 15 minutes. When the potatoes are cooked, transfer them to a serving dish and peel the foil off the cookie sheet and discard for super-quick clean up!
• While potatoes cook, prepare chicken. Roll out a 2-foot piece of waxed paper or foil near the stove top. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat -- your pan must be very hot when the chicken is added. Pile the shredded cheese on the work surface created with the waxed paper or foil. Season your chicken breasts with black pepper but no salt; the cheese will add enough salt to the taste of the dish. Press the breasts firmly into the cheese. Coat both sides of breasts with as much cheese as possible. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil to the skillet, 1 turn of the pan. Set breasts into the skillet and cook 7 minutes on each side, until cheese forms an even, golden casing around the tender chicken breasts.
• While chicken cooks, combine chopped tomatoes with basil in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to your taste.
• Drain off any excess oil from chicken as you remove it from the skillet. Top chicken with big spoonfuls of raw sauce and serve with potatoes, peppers and onions.

CHICKEN PARMESAN BURGERS

Steps:

• Cook onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat until softened. Cool completely.
• Mix all patty ingredients in a medium bowl. Form into four ½" thick patties.
• Heat remaining olive oil in an oven-proof skillet over medium heat and add patties. Cook 4-6 minutes per side or until they reach 165°F. (see notes for other cooking methods)
• Meanwhile, heat marinara sauce on the stovetop or in the microwave.
• Turn the broiler on to high.
• Spoon about 1 tablespoon marinara sauce over each patty. Top each with mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. Broil 1-2 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Spread garlic butter on the buns and broil 1-2 minutes or until lightly toasted.
• Place a chicken patty on each bun with tomato slices if using. Top with basil if desired and serve with remaining marinara sauce.

CHICKEN PARMESAN RISOTTO

Steps:

• Add 1 Tbsp olive oil to a large saucepan over medium heat (to cut down on dishes, use the same saucepan you're going to cook the risotto in). Sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper and place in saucepan. Cook for 5-7 minutes on each side until golden and cooked through.
• Remove chicken to cutting board and once cool enough to touch, slice chicken into bite-sized pieces.
• While chicken is cooking, in a small saucepan over medium heat, bring diced tomatoes in juice and chicken broth to a simmer. Lower heat and keep mixture warm.
• In the same saucepan you cooked the chicken in, add remaining 1 Tbsp olive oil. Add diced onion and cook for about 5 minutes until soft. Add garlic and cook for another minute.
• Add arborio rice to the saucepan and cook for about 2 minutes, stirring a bit, until it's translucent around the edges.
• Stir in about 1 1/2 cups of the tomato broth and stir occasionally until it has absorbed into rice completely, 3-4 minutes. Continue adding the mixture 3/4 cup at a time, stirring after each addition, and waiting to add more until liquid is all absorbed. Stir occasionally. Rice should be creamy and al dente when done.
• Add diced chicken, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, dried basil, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella pearls, grated parmesan, fresh basil, and butter to rice and stir until well-combined and warmed through. Taste and add more salt if desired.
• Serve risotto on plates or in bowls and top each serving with crispy panko topping and more parmesan cheese, if desired.