Chicken Parm Hero

Ingredients

• Dinner rolls

  Plain, prepared from recipe, made with low fat (2%) milk

  4 roll or 140g

• Mozzarella cheese

  Low sodium

  ¾ cup, shredded or 85g

• Tomato sauce

  Canned

  1 cup or 245g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ⅛ tbsp or 0.8g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tbsp or 5g

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  ¼ tbsp or 2g

• Paprika

  Spices

  ½ tbsp or 3g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ½ tsp, leaves or 0.5g

• Parmesan cheese

  Low sodium

  ¼ cup, grated or 25g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  ½ cup or 54g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, cooked, fried

  2 breast, bone and skin removed or 344g

Directions

1. 4 YIELDS 4 Sandwiches UNITS US 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves 1 egg, beaten 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder 1⁄4 teaspoon salt 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper 1 cup tomato sauce (I use Authentic Italian Tomato Sauce) 3⁄4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 4 hoagie rolls canned jalapeno (optional) olive oil (for frying)
2. DIRECTIONS Add the breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, oregano, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper to a Ziplock bag and shake to mix well. Pour into a low flat bowl or onto some waxed paper. Drop each chicken breast into the beaten egg and dredge in the breadcrumb, Parmesan cheese and herb mixture. Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil over medium high heat in a pan. Add the breaded chicken breasts, two at a time so as not to over-crowd the pan. Cook on medium high heat for about 3 minutes per side. Remove breasts to a paper towel-lined plate and fry the other two chicken breasts. Place the cooked chicken breasts on a baking dish and cover each breast with 1/4 cup tomato sauce. Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese over each one. Place in a 400-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes or long enough to melt the cheese and get the tomato sauce nice and hot. I add the hoagie rolls to the oven when there is about 5 minutes left to get them nice and toasty and crusty. Slice the hoagie rolls, add the chicken Parmesan breast and top with sliced jalapenos, if desired. YUM!