This is one of my favorite times of the year. The farmers market is filled with so many goodies that it is hard to choose with to pick up. This weekend I made out pretty good. I picked up a basket full of red peppers, several baskets of tomatoes and a nice big bunch of basil. I made some
pesto
with the basil and I spent most of the weekend
roasting the red peppers
and
slow roasting the tomatoes
to freeze for coming months of winter. Despite the fact that it has cooled down a bit outside, having the oven on all weekend turned my place into a sauna and I was looking for a quick light meal. I had not had parmesan chicken in a while and it sounded like it would fit the bill perfectly. Parmesan chicken is simply fried chicken that is coated in bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. I really like the warm crispy chicken and the parmesan cheese adds both an amazing aroma and a lot of flavour. Serving it with a simple salad makes for a nice light meal on a warm day.
Parmesan Chicken with Salad
ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts (pounded thin)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 flour
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano
- 1 handful romaine lettuce
- 1 handful tomatoes, sliced
- 1 handful chickpeas
- 1 handful feta (crumbled)
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 dash oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
directions
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Dredge the chicken in the flour.
- Dip the chicken into the egg.
- Dredge the chicken in the breadcrumbs and parmigiano reggiano.
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Cook the chicken in the oil until golden brown on both sides, about 4-7 minutes per side.
- Assemble salad.
This is weird! I just make some chicken with chickpeas for dinner too! Great minds think alike. 🙂 I loveee chickpeas!
Hooray for farmers’ market-inspired dishes!
This is one of my favorite fast ways to prepare chicken. I love it topped with a spinach salad and a lemon vinaigrette.
I love chickpeas in salad. Delicious.
That chicken looks wonderful with that salad. I bet the crunch of the coating added great texture! What really caught my attention, though, was the chick peas (garbanzo beans) in the salad. I LOVE putting those in my salad, and just did so yesterday!
Great recipe and one of my favorites. Wonderful for any time of year….
Delicious salad Kevin so delicious! Gloria
oh wow KEVIN!!! this looks amazing as alwaysssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
The salad looks awesome, and I’m always tempted by some feta cheese 🙂
Another amazing dinner!
Looks like a great meal!
Delicious! I’ve been thinking about eggplant parmesan–now I’m inspired!
What time should I be over for dinner – This looks great and I love the combination!!
Kevin,
I love the simplicity of this salad!
Parmesan chicken works really well with tomatoes! Looks delicious!
What perfect chicken! I also LOVE the farmer’s market!
looks like you got lots of good stuff at the market! the chicken looks really tasty 🙂
The chicken looks mighty crispy and yummy!
I’m going to try this with panko — for some reason, I have at least three bags of it in my pantry at the moment!
Your parmesan chicken looks great, and that salad scrummy and delish.
This is just the kind of meal we like to have when the temperature rises. It was 95 degrees today! It looks great!
My husband loves this chicken, I make often for him. I don’t even want to think about cold months yet…
i love chicken parm – great idea converting it to a salad. you could make this even healthier by baking the chicken instead
That looks so scrummy Kevin. Crisp green salad, yum…I can’t wait for summer to get to this part of the world.
Hmm… it has been too long since I’ve had parmesan chicken. Yours looks beautifully golden! And those chickpeas that many greedy eyes have spied are perfect in a salad.
Your parmesan chicken looks so delicious, thanks for the recipe!
This looks delicious…and good idea about freezing the tomatoes 🙂
gee. great looking chicken!
I love this! And I love that you’re freezing so much stuff to enjoy during the winter!
You mentioned farmer’s market again *envy*
Nice salad with parmesan chicken 🙂
Yum! coincidentally I just bought some parmesan cheese… Isn’t farmers market the best place on earth? 😉
That chicken & salad look fantastic! Yum!
Kevin, you consistently make my mouth water! That looks terrific!
Yum! I’m definitely going to try this sometime soon. I’ve been trying to cook with less fat lately. Do you think the chicken would work if baked instead of fried?
Aren’t farmers markets the best? I am heading to one today. Nice dinner!
oh yum. It looks simple to prepare too. =)
Another delicious meal comes from the “Closet Cooking” kitchen:D
What a gorgeous meal. Your chicken is browned to perfection.
What a gorgeous meal. Your chicken is browned to perfection.
Just perfect kevin…how does your chicken look so good & in shape? You make it sound so SIMPLE…I love the crust & this must have been delicious!
What a great combination of flavors. I love salads with crunchy chicken. I just made parmesan chicken recently and really loved it!
I made chicken very similar to this in the last week or 2. I love the parmesan in the breading!
I know what you mean about the farmer’s markets. I always mean to get just a few things and end up with my arms full of gorgeous fruits and veggies! That chicken sounds incredible, I’m so bookmarking this. 🙂
wow this gotta be many people’s fav!
got to love parmesan + bread crumbs! this looks great kevin.
simple and delish!
That’s my kind of salad. That Parmesan Chicken looks perfect!!
Great looking salad. We are enjoying the market too! I never want the produce to go away! It is so good right now!
Oh yum, one of my favs! Great salad too Kevin.
Looks delicious, once again Kevin. This is one of my favorite ways to make chicken, hands down.
I never made with Parmesan , just with bread crumbs.I ‘ll try next time. The salad really works weel with the chicken
This is my favorite time of the year too. The summer is gone, yay! I love your recipe for pamesan chicken.
andreachiu: Baking it should work as well.
Is there anything I don’t love about this dish? Serve me this and I’ll be happy for the next week!
What a perfect dinner!
What a perfect dish! Nutritious and tasty!
I love permesan Chicken, it’s one of my favorite dishes. Yours looks amazing with a salad.
I love the sound of that chicken – defintely a great weeknight dinner. And I hear you on the markets at this time of year – an agony of choice!
That's very tasty looking salad. I'll try it & let you know the results!
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I love chickpeas in my salad, don’t you? The chicken looks perfect!
delightful looking salad! i’d never think of have chicken parm w/salad but why not?
This meal was absolutely delicious. The perfect meal for summer when the dish is so light and refreshing! Thanks Kevin!
Made this tonight – it was delish! Very very simple and tasty. Thanks for the recipe!
Can I bake this instead of frying and instead of that other ingredient that I'd have to combine with the breadcrumbs, what can I use as substitute?
Dina: Baking instead of frying would work. If you do not want to use the Parmesan you could go with a pecorino or an asiago.