How to Make Cheap and Easy Chicken Parmesan for a Large Group

Easy Chicken Parmesan for Two is the Italian restaurant
favorite made at home with a cheeky time-saving hack!
Dinner is on the table in under 30 minutes.

Chicken Parmesan for Two is the dinner you want to make when you need a little special in your week, something to look forward to.

You can serve this right out of the skillet, pair it with pasta and salad, and enjoy date night at home.

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It's easy to prepare when you have the cheeky time-saving hack I use all the time. Ready to know?

The Fresh Market has Little Big Meals each week, and they're absolutely WONDERFUL.

You get everything you need to serve dinner to a hungry crowd of four.

One of my favorites is their Chicken Parmesan Little Big Meal.

I'll show you how to create the most succulent, delicious dinner in one skillet.

How to Make Chicken Parmesan For Two

Kitchen Equipment:

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• Cast Iron Skillet
• Tongs
• Breading Trays

Recipe Overview:

• In a skillet, pour enough olive oil into your skillet to come up 1/8″. If you're frying in batches, you'll probably need to add more oil and let it come up to temperature over medium-high heat.
• If you haven't purchased the Little Big Meal from the Fresh Market, here are your breading instructions:
  • In three 'stations' add flour, an egg, then the panko/breadcrumb/parmesan mixture.
  • Coat one piece of chicken in the flour, then egg, then the breadcrumb mixture.
  • Lay on a plate while you do the rest of the chicken.
• Once your oil comes up to temperature (throw a few crumbs from the breading into the oil and if it 'dances' it's ready!), gently lay your chicken in the oil and fry until brown and crispy on one side.
• Flip over using your tongs, and fry the other side.
• Remove the chicken and set aside on a plate.
• Pour the excess oil into a small bowl/jar to discard later.
• Pour an entire jar of Rao's Marinara Sauce into the skillet.
• Let this bubble up for a minute or two.
• Lay the chicken back into the sauce, topped with strands of fresh mozzarella cheese.
• Broil in the oven until the cheese is melted.
• Serve with crusty bread!
• Pasta is optional.

The Fresh Market offers their chicken cutlets already breaded, so it's a time-saving mess-free way to get crispy chicken in the skillet.

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Tips for making this recipe:

1. The oil needs to be hot, but not too hot. To see if it's just perfect, drop a few crumbs from the breading in, and if they sizzle and start to 'dance' your oil is ready.
2. Don't crowd your pan. Fry up 1-2 chicken breasts at a time.
3. Some people will tell you not to use fresh mozzarella — If you pull the fresh mozzarella apart, instead of slicing with a knife, it will melt without releasing its excess moisture.

What pairs well?

• Caesar Wedge Salad
• Easy Garlic Bread

How do you keep chicken parm from getting soggy?

My biggest tip is this: Use a cast iron skillet to fry in. And if you're super worried about sogginess, sauce your chicken separately.

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Easy Chicken Parmesan for Two is the Italian restaurant favorite made at home with a cheeky time-saving hack! Dinner is on the table in under 30 minutes.

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• 2 Chicken Cutlets (thin-sliced chicken breasts)
• 3/4 cup Flour
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup Panko breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup fresh parmesan cheese
• 1/2 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1.5 cups Olive Oil
• 24 ounces Rao's Marinara
• 4 ounces fresh Mozzarella, pulled apart

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1. In a skillet, pour enough olive oil into your skillet to come up 1/8″. If you're frying in batches, you'll probably need to add more oil and let it come up to temperature over medium-high heat.
2. If you haven't purchased the Little Big Meal from the Fresh Market, here are your breading instructions:
   1. In three 'stations' add flour, an egg, then the panko/breadcrumb/parmesan mixture.
   2. Coat one piece of chicken in the flour, then egg, then the breadcrumb mixture.
   3. Lay on a plate while you do the rest of the chicken.
3. Once your oil comes up to temperature (throw a few crumbs from the breading into the oil and if it 'dances' it's ready!), gently lay your chicken in the oil and fry until brown and crispy on one side.
4. Flip over using your tongs, and fry the other side.
5. Remove the chicken and set aside on a plate.
6. Pour the excess oil into a small bowl/jar to discard later.
7. Pour an entire jar of Rao's Marinara Sauce into the skillet.
8. Let this bubble up for a minute or two.
9. Lay the chicken back into the sauce, topped with strands of fresh mozzarella cheese.
10. Broil in the oven until the cheese is melted.
11. Serve with crusty bread!
12. Pasta is optional.

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