* Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients


For the Chicken Marinate

1 kg chicken breasts
2 very finely chopped onions
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp paprika
1 tbsp chopped basil
½ tbsp fresh thyme
Salt & pepper


For the Crust

3 eggs
Flour
2 cups bread crumps
½ cup Parmesan cheese
1 tsp paprika
¼ tsp black pepper
2 tsp oregano


For the Marinara Sauce (Tomato Sauce)

8 ripe tomatoes skinless and chopped very finely
500 ml chicken stock
2 tbsp tomato paste
¼ cup olive oil
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1/3 cup basil leaves
1 bay leave
3 whole thyme stems with the leaves
¼ tsp hot red chili pepper flakes
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp dry oregano
Salt & pepper


The Rest of the Ingredients

2 cups mozzarella cheese
½ cup Parmesan cheese
6 basil leaves


Directions

To marinate the chicken mix all ingredients together, rub the chicken breasts with it and leave it in the fridge over night.

To prepare the marinara sauce, heat up the olive oil with the chopped garlic and fry just until golden seasoning with some red hot chili pepper flakes. Once the garlic is golden poor in the chopped tomatoes, the tomato paste, the chicken stock, the sugar, the basil, the thyme and all the spices. Bring to a hard boil and leave it boiling for 10 minutes and then lower the heat and leave it to cook for 15 minutes and then another 30 minutes with the led covered.

Now, to prepare the chicken season your eggs with some salt and pepper and beat them. Place the flour on a wide dish and mix the rest of the ingredients well with the bread crumbs and place it on another dish. Dip every chicken piece in flour then eggs then the bread crumbs mixture. Sallow fry the chicken breasts in some oil and set aside.

Now assemble the dish bring a baking dish preferably one that won’t stick. In the bottom poor in some marinara sauce, the quantity is according to your liking, if you like it a bit saucy then add more if you prefer it dry then a little less. Lay your chicken pieces on top of the marinara sauce and then sprinkle the basil leave over them with some mozzarella and some Parmesan. Cover with more sauce also according to your liking and then cover the top with mozzarella and Parmesan. Loosely cover with foil and enter a very hot oven. Leave it there to allow the flavors to mix and the cheese to melt and just in the end remove the foil to make sure the cheese is completely melted