Kicked Up Parmesan Chicken

Parmesan chicken is a popular, easy recipe in our house. We make it often-mainly because our kids love pasta and it gives us an excuse to eat pasta while adding some protein from the chicken. Easily kick up the flavor in Parmesan Chicken with this recipe!

I struggle to get my oldest to eat chicken.  Grilled?  No.  Chicken fajitas?  No.  BBQ?  No.

Homemade Chicken Tenders?  Maybe.  

If it isn’t from a restaurant, and extra crispy and fried, he’s not into it.  So on nights when we have chicken on the menu, he already comes to the table with the attitude that he isn’t going like it, but he eats it anyway.  

However, when we sat down to dinner last week, I told him I had tried a new type of seasoning in the chicken breading, and that I really wanted him to try it.  Well, he ate two pieces.  Willingly.   I typically make pasta or rice to serve alongside it, knowing he will gobble those down.  With a full pot of pasta sitting right next to the pan of chicken, he finished his first piece and didn’t even ask for seconds on the pasta.  He asked for seconds on the chicken.   Mom for the WIN!    I’m going to share this parmesan chicken recipe with you, in hopes that even the pickiest of your eaters will gobble it down, too!

Ingredients for Kicked Up Parmesan Chicken

• 4-boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup Panko crumbs
• 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten

How to Make Parmesan Chicken 

First, heat the oven to 375 degrees, and spray a baking dish with cooking spray.  Set aside.

Beat the eggs in a separate bowl, and set aside.

Next, mix the Panko, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and salt in a separate dish.

Then, dip the chicken in the eggs, then into the Panko mixture.  Be sure to press it down in the breading, and coat both sides well. Place the coated chicken on the baking sheet.

Bake for 30-35 minutes. Serve alongside pasta, salad, and crusty bread.

This was SO good, and I will for sure be making it again!  Especially because my picky teenager asked for seconds!

Kicked Up Parmesan Chicken

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Ingredients

• 4-boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup Panko crumbs
• 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten

Instructions

First, heat the oven to 375 degrees, and spray a baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.

Beat the eggs in a separate bowl, and set aside.

Next, mix the Panko, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, and salt in a separate dish.

Then, dip the chicken in the eggs, then into the Panko mixture.  Be sure to press it down in the breading, and coat both sides well. Place the coated chicken on the baking sheet.

Bake for 30-35 minutes. Serve alongside pasta, salad, and crusty bread.

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Carrie Hurst

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