Chicken Parmesan
By Let's Cook It · December 23, 2025
Crispy breaded chicken cutlets smothered in marinara and melted mozzarella. An Italian-American favorite that never disappoints.

- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 45 min
- Serves
- 4
- #italian
- #chicken
- #dinner
- #comfort food
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- 200g mozzarella cheese, shredded
- Olive oil for frying
- Butter for frying
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh basil for garnish
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Instructions
- 1
Slice chicken breasts horizontally to create thin cutlets
- 2
Pound cutlets with a meat mallet until uniformly thin
- 3
Set up breading station: flour with pepper in one bowl, beaten eggs in second, breadcrumbs mixed with half the Parmesan in third
- 4
Season chicken with salt and coat each piece in flour, then egg, then breadcrumb mixture
- 5
Heat olive oil in a pan just below smoking point
- 6
Fry breaded cutlets, adding butter during cooking to keep oil from evaporating
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- 7
Flip and fry other side until golden and cooked through
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- 8
Transfer fried cutlets to a baking sheet
- 9
Top each cutlet with mozzarella and remaining Parmesan
- 10
Broil just until cheese is melted and bubbly
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- 11
Serve with warm marinara sauce on the side or underneath, garnished with fresh basil
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