Chicken Parmesan With Basil Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN PARMESAN WITH BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to moderately hot.
• Combine breadcrumbs, cheese and parsley in medium bowl.
• Toss chicken one piece at a time, in flour; shake away excess flour.
• Dip in egg then in crumb mixture to coat.
• Place on oiled oven trays; bake in moderately hot oven, uncovered about 20 minutes or until browned lightly and cooked through.
• Serve chicken with endive and rocket; drizzle with basil dressing.

CHICKEN WITH BASIL AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Flatten breasts, dip in flour, salt and pepper.
• Heat butter in 12in skillet.
• Add breasts, cook for 4 minutes each side until browned and juices run clear.
• Remove from pan.
• Mix basil with remaining ingredients.
• Add to pan, cook and stir for 3 minutes,thicken with a little flour if needed.
• Serve over chicken.

BASIL PARMESAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, saute garlic in oil until tender. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until blended (mixture will be thick). Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; gradually stir in Parmesan cheese and basil until cheese is melted. Serve over pasta.

BASIL-GARLIC CHICKEN PARMESAN

Steps:

• For Sauce:.
• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat garlic and oil together over medium-high heat until garlic starts to sizzle.
• Stir in tomatoes, basil, oregano, sugar, a pinch of salt, and a couple of grinds of pepper; bring to a simmer.
• Continue to simmer until sauce thickens a bit and flavors meld, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Taste sauce, adjusting salt if necessary; Cover and keep warm.
• Chicken Parmesan:.
• Bring 2 to 3 quarts of water to boil in a large soup kettle.
• Beat egg and a heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small pie plate or other shallow dish until completely broken up.
• Mix bread crumbs, a heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt, and a grind or two of pepper in another small pie plate or shallow baking dish.
• Preheat broiler.
• To Prepare Chicken Breasts:.
• Halve breasts horizontally to form two cutlets. (Cut this way, they need little or no pounding).
• *If pounding or using small breasts:
• Pour 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil in the center of a sheet of plastic wrap; Turn one cutlet in the oil to coat; top with a second sheet of plastic wrap and pound gently to an even 1/4-inch thickness; Repeat with remaining cutlets, adding additional oil as needed.*.
• Working with one at a time, dip both sides of each cutlet in the beaten egg, then in the bread crumb mixture.
• Set cutlets on large wire rack set over a jelly roll pan.
• Add 2 teaspoons salt and the spaghetti to the boiling water. Boil while cutlets sauté (next step).
• Heat oil over medium-high heat in a 12-inch skillet.
• When oil starts to shimmer, add cutlets and sauté until golden brown on each side, about 5 to 6 minutes total.
• Wash and dry wire rack and return to jelly roll pan.
• Transfer cutlets to wire rack and top each with equal portions of mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
• Place pan of cutlets 4 to 5 inches from heat source and broil until cheese melts and is spotty brown, about 3 minutes.
• Drain spaghetti.
• Transfer a chicken cutlet and a portion of spaghetti to each of 4 plates. Spoon two or three tablespoons of sauce over part of each cutlet, then sauce the spaghetti as desired.
• Serve immediately with extra Parmesan passed separately.