Crispy Baked Parmesan Chicken

This is a great recipe for a week night meal. What also makes this a great recipe is that you don't have to fry the chicken to get a crispy texture - it is only baked!

Ingredients:

1 c. grated Parmesan

3/4 c. Italian style bread crumbs

1/2 t. ground white pepper

1 egg + 1 T water

2 T butter or margarine, melted

1 pkg boneless skinless chicken breast, thin sliced

Place Parmesan, bread crumbs and pepper in a shallow dish larger than the chicken breast.

Combine.

Place the egg and water in a small bowl. Again, you want it to be large enough to dip the chicken breast in it. Whisk together with a fork.

Dip chicken pieces in egg.

Next, place the chicken in the shallow dish with the Parmesan mixture.

Make sure that the chicken is really covered with the Parmesan. This will make the crispy crust for the chicken.

Place the covered chicken in a jelly roll pan that has been sprayed with vegetable oil - aka Pam.

Once all of the pieces of chicken are placed in the pan take more of the Parmesan mixture and cover any holes. Leave no spot uncovered!

Bake the chicken at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.

After 25 minutes remove the pan from the oven and brush the chicken with the melted butter. Bake again for 20-30 more minutes or until the chicken is really crispy.

This is a wonderful recipe for chicken. You can serve it as is, or it makes a really great topping for a salad, or you can serve it my favorite way - topped with marinara and mozzarella.

Let me show you.

After brushing the chicken with the melted butter return it to the oven for only 10 minutes. Then top with store bought marinara and mozzarella cheese. Cook the chicken for the remaining amount of time to warm the marinara sauce and melt the cheese.

And there you have it! Easy Crispy Baked Parmesan Chicken smothered with marinara sauce and cheese! I served it with a salad and garlic bread. It made a great week night meal.

Cayenne Pepper

Here is a picture of my first cayenne pepper taken on May 9th. It was the first pepper to emerge from all of our different pepper plants. Look at how cute and small it is.

Look at it now! It is so big that it rests on the ground! I actually had to prop it up so that I could get a good picture of it.

Here is closer look. I just looked up that cayenne peppers are to be harvested when they turn red and are 3-4 cm long. It is about that long so I don't have much time to find a good recipe using one cayenne pepper! Does anyone know of a good recipe?