Chicken Bellagio

Ingredients

• Spaghetti

  Dry pasta, enriched

  8 oz or 227g

• Canola oil

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  6 oz or 170g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tbsp or 5g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ⅛ tbsp or 0.8g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  2 tbsp or 15g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  2 oz or 57g

• Parmesan Cream Sauce

  Wegmans

  ½ cup or 125g

• Basil Oil

  Annie's Naturals

  1 ½ fl.oz or 300g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Parmesan Romano

  Saputo

  ¼ cup or 30g

• Parsley

  Raw

  ½ tbsp or 2g

• Prosiutto

  Naturalissima

  ¾ oz or 21g

• Baby Arugula

  Dole

  ½ oz or 14g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ½ tbsp or 7g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 tsp or 5g

Directions

1. Drop the pasta into a pot of boiling salted water and cook until “al dente” (approx. 8 mins.) Season the chicken breasts evenly (one side only) with salt and pepper. Coat the chicken lightly with flour (both sides), shaking off any excess. Dip the chicken into the egg wash, and then coat them evenly (both sides) with the seasoned breadcrumbs. Gently press the breadcrumbs onto the chicken to help “set” the coating. Ladle the oil onto a flat grill or into a large sauté pan and allow to heat. Carefully place the breaded chicken breasts onto the grill or into the pan and cook until the chicken is crispy and has turned a light, even golden brown. Turn the chicken over and continue to cook until done. While the chicken and pasta are cooking, ladle the parmesan cream sauce into a small non-stick sauce pot or sauté pan set over medium heat. Allow the sauce to come up to a boil, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. As soon as the sauce begins to boil, remove it from the heat immediately. Set aside and keep warm. Ladle the basil oil and chicken broth into a large non-stick sauté pan set over medium heat. Cook the sauce ingredients until heated through. Add butter stirring to incorporate. Continue to cook until just heated through. Add the well-drained pasta and cheese to the pan tossing to incorporate. Mound the pasta onto the center of the serving platter, leaving a 1” open border within the rim. Ladle 2 fz. of the parmesan cream sauce onto the platter and around the pasta. Place the chicken cutlets on top of the pasta at a slight angle (shingled if necessary). When platted correctly, very little of the pasta will remain visible. Drizzle the remaining parmesan cream sauce randomly over the chicken. Sprinkle the chopped parsley evenly over the chicken and pasta. Set the prosciutto slices around the top of the chicken forming a fluffy “crown” with an open area left in the center. Place the arugula into a clean stainless steel mixing bowl. Drizzle the oil into the bowl and over the arugula. Squeeze the lemon wedge over the arugula and season with a little salt and pepper. Add the parm/romano into the bowl. Gently toss the ingredients together to coat the arugula with the dressing. Mound the arugula on top of (centered) the chicken and over the pasta within the open area of the prosciutto “crown”.