This delicious oven baked chicken Parmesan recipe is easy and doesn’t require any frying. Because it’s baked, this chicken Parmesan is healthy, quick, and easy. You can make this crispy baked Parmesan crusted chicken for dinner tonight in about thirty minutes.
How to Make Baked Chicken Parmesan
There are a lot of steps to making this recipe, but they are quick and easy and the whole dish takes less than an hour from start to finish.
- Preheat the oven and spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Prepare the breading. Whisk together 2 eggs with salt and pepper and pour into a shallow dish. Then whisk together Italian breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, and garlic powder and pour into a second shallow dish.
- Prepare the chicken. First, cut each breast in half horizontally (unless they are already thin).
- Coat the chicken. For this step, you will lay a chicken breast in the egg mixture, coating both sides, then lay it in the breadcrumb mixture, again coating both sides. Place each chicken cutlet in a single layer on the baking sheet.
- Bake the chicken at 400º for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and flip each cutlet over. Return to the oven and cook another 10 minutes or until the thickest part of each chicken breast has reached 165º. (Eating undercooked chicken can make you sick.)
- Cook the noodles. While the chicken cooks, prepare spaghetti or zucchini noodles. I wouldn’t use sauce on the zucchini noodles at this point, but this blog post has great instructions on how to prepare and cook zoodles.
- Heat the spaghetti sauce. Also while the chicken and noodles cook, heat spaghetti sauce in a saucepan on the stove. It should only take a couple of minutes over medium heat.
- Assemble the parmigiana. When the chicken is done, remove from the oven. For each cutlet, spoon over 1/4 cup of hot spaghetti sauce and sprinkle with 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Melt the cheese. Return the baking sheet to the oven and bake for 3 minutes at 400º to melt the cheese. Then turn on the broiler and broil for 1 minute to crisp the breadcrumbs and brown the cheese. Only 1 minute though or they will burn!
- Serve. Serve one chicken cutlet alongside 1/2 cup of spaghetti or zucchini noodles and top the noodles with hot spaghetti sauce and additional Parmesan or mozzarella cheese. You can also add a sprinkle of garlic powder if you’re so inclined.
My Granny’s homemade spaghetti sauce recipe is amazing in this dish. If you’ve never made sauce before, you will find that it’s pretty easy and pretty quick, and the flavor is out of this world. You will never want to eat store bought sauce again!
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Mami2jcn says
I love the GREAT TASTE of Barilla Whole Grain!
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Amanda Sakovitz says
i love that it tastes good but is healthy for you
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Elena says
I love that it’s tasty and healthy
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courtney b says
we love how it’s healthy but doesn’t TASTE healthy
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amy pugmire says
i love that its all natural and a good source of fiber.
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Julie N says
Love the texture!
Jeanette says
Love how easy and healthy this recipe is. I really like how kid-friendly Barilla’s Whole Grain Pasta is – I make it for my kids a lot and find it especially good with tomato based sauces, pestos and in stir-fries.
Kala says
I love that you can’t tell the difference between regular pasta!
Lauren says
I love being able to serve my family whole grains without them knowing!!!
Vickie Couturier says
What do you love about Barilla® Whole Grain?
anything whole grain is a hit with us,we are trying to get more healthy
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Lisa says
I love Barilla Whole Grain Pasta, and have been using it for a year or more now! I think it takes great and is healthier for my family!
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Karina Lee says
i love that something so healthy can taste great too
Christienne says
I love Barilla pasta but have never tried the whole grain, I will !
Heather says
Love Barilla pasta and switched to whole grain over a year ago. My family couldn’t much tell the difference but I sure feel better serving it to them!
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Amy Tong says
Oh yeah, I definitely love how healthy Barilla Whole Grain pasta is. That’s the reason why I made the switch! 😉
Bev Edge says
I love that Barilla’s Whole Grain pasta has the same texture as regular pasta. I also love that it is more healthy for my family!
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Kelly Massman says
I love that I can eat one of my favorite foods without having to feel guilty about it!!!!
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Debbie Gilbert says
I love the new Barilla whole grain too, however. it is my picky kids that do not like the change!
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I also read the official rule. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Mary says
All the fiber it has.
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cw says
I love that it has 3 time the amount of fiber of other pastas and made with whole wheat and you can’t tell the difference in taste
steff says
I love that it has more fiber!
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Bhav says
I love that it doesn’t taste “healthy” especially to the kids!
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Janice Cooper says
I like that it has lots of fiber and all natural, plus tasty!
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Correct tweet. thx 🙂
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Debbie B says
i like that its an excellent source of fiber and it tastes great too!
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Jessie C. says
I like it’s whole grain and also taste great. Kids love it as well.
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Melanie says
I love all the awesome fiber!
Valerie C. says
I love that I can feed my two children a healthier food without them complaining. It’s perfect 🙂
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marci h says
i love the taste and it fills you up–great meal for the family 🙂
Kelly D says
I love Barilla Whole Grain because I can enjoy pasta without going off my diet, and it is delicious.
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kjasus says
i love that it is more nutritious than plain white pasta
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Susan Schaller says
Well we all really need that extra fiber and the whole wheat has 3X the amount of fiber. You can not really tell the difference.
anna pry says
i love knowing im eating a healthier pasta
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Meryl says
I love the taste and texture.
Louis says
I like that it tastes great and is healthy.
Sunshyn V says
I love that its healthier but has the same texture and great taste
Sunshyn V says
I tweeted this
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Susan Smith says
I love that it’s high in fiber and tastes great.
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sandra says
i like that it still tastes good
Wendy T says
I love that Barilla Whole Grain pasta is available at so many stores and I know what I’m getting.
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MelissaO says
I love all the extra fiber…I typically use it for filling vegetarian lunches to take to work.
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Dahbou says
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Dahbou says
I love the fact that it delivers three times the fiber of regular pasta and still tastes delicious!
Devona Fryer says
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Devona Fryer says
I love how healthy it is. It’s a great way to add whole grains to our diet. I love your recipe also.
Debra F says
I have to admit that I prefer white pasta, but we’ve made the switch and I love that Barilla is a really great source of fiber for our family’s diet….especially for my sons who eat a lot of the wrong foods when left to their own devices.
Michelle says
I love that it is easy find in most stores and it is tasty.
meredith says
i love the health benefits- and it tastes good too!
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Tina M says
I love the taste
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ZW says
We love that it has extra fiber and tastes great!
JessieLeigh says
I love that it has a superior texture to most whole wheat pastas that I’ve tried! Thanks!
Erica Best says
I like it’s whole grain and also taste great plus is all natural
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Christina Tong says
I love Barilla’s Whole Grain Pasta because it provides more fiber, it is nutritious and delicious. I have been buying the Barilla’s regular pasta for many years and switched to this whole grain once I tried and love it’s texture.
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Leann Lindeman says
Pasta that is good for you AND tastes good! Ya can’t go wrong! I won some of this pasta and have gone thru most of it1 Yummy!
Nony (A Slob Comes Clean) says
You had me at “the texture is perfect!”
It’s all about texture with me and whole grain pastas!
Jessica F says
I love that Barilla Whole Grain has way more fiber than regular pasta!
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sy says
I love the fact it’s whole grain and their variety of noodles. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
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Jammie says
We love that they are healthier and the flavor of them. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
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Kerry says
I love that it’s healthy and still tastes great!
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linda brooks says
I love Barilla Whole Grain because of the taste, Im not a big pasta eater, but this is so good.
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Gina M Maddox says
I love that Barilla Whole Grain is all natural and is a great source of fiber. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Julie says
We already use this pasta-love the flavor thanks
Maria Cantu says
I love the taste.
angie lilly says
I love that its a very well known name brand offering whole grains to the masses. I am a huge proponent of eating whole foods, especially whole grains and have noticed that lots of people have a negative opinion of “health foods.” With the Barilla name comes a guarantee that its going to taste great and hopefully that will get more people to try it and see that eating healthy tastes great!
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Carmen says
I love that Barilla Whole Grain doesn’t taste like it’s that healthy
Carmen says
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ewhatley says
I use Barilla but haven’t tried the whole grain yet. Guess it’s time to get on that train.
ANGEL JACKLYN says
IT’S SO MUCH MORE FILLING THAN REGULAR PASTA! MUST BE THE FIBER!
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LAMusing says
I haven’t tried it yet, but I like Barilla products
Norma says
I love that it’s healthier but still tasty!
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Betty C says
I love that it retains the same taste and texture that I’ve always loved.
Betty C says
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Sarah L says
I like that it tastes good.
Thanks for the contest.
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Mari says
I like that it contains three times more fiber than regular pasta.
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Anne K. says
I have 3 boxes of Barilla Whole grain in my cabinet right now (which means I have to stock up, we go through 2-3 boxes a week). It is my favorite pasta because it tastes great and is good for you too! Win / win!
Anne K. says
my tweet!
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