QUICK AND EASY CRUNCHY PARMESAN CHICKEN

An old recipe done a while ago as once again I made no new recipes this week and fixed old standbys. I actually burned/overly browned the chicken, so tried to clean it up a bit using a photo app. No matter, it still tasted very nice. Mental note: don’t get into any conversations on the phone when I have something in the oven. It still tasted very nice after scraping off the burned/overly browned bits.  This was done quite a while ago. The blog where I found it is no longer available, therefore no link.

Crunchy Parmesan Garlic Chicken

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Total time: 35 minutes

Serves: 2

2 large defrosted chicken breasts
2 teaspoons chopped garlic (fresh or jarred)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup whole wheat Panko crumbs
1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over the chicken and brush all over.

Make thin slices into the top of each chicken breast and stuff with the chopped garlic.

Mix Panko and Parmesan together in a shallow dish.

Dip each chicken breast into the Panko/Parmesan mixture.  Next place them into a baking dish. 

(Be sure to grease it if it's not nonstick.  I use parchment paper so I don't have to grease my dish.)

Top with a sprinkle of black pepper.

Bake for 30 minutes and check to see if chicken is cooked through.  If it isn't done, check the chicken every five minutes until there is no pink running out of the chicken.

Served with a mixed veggie salad and it was a quick, easy meal.

What did we think of this dish?  We will make it again as we both enjoyed. I ended up cooking one for 45 minutes as the chicken breast I bought was quite big. We shared one and put the other in the freezer for another day.