Chicken Parmesan

Perhaps you've had your Christmas already. Maybe you're having it this weekend. At any rate, you're probably ready for a nice chicken dish as a change of pace from the cookies or any of the salty/sweet snacks Cathy and I have been making. Here Cathy offers us an easy, tasty, cheesey break.

We are having Chicken Parmesan tonight, or as my children called it when they were young "sandy chicken," which I'm not sure is a very complimentary name for it.

Chicken Parmesan

4 chicken breasts (I use boneless skinless)

Mix together:
2 cups bread crumbs
3/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp oregano
2 tsp salt
1/4 cup parsley flakes
1 tsp pepper

Put a light (just a covering) layer of bread crumb mixture in bottom of baking dish. Dip chicken breasts in a beaten egg, then bread crumb mixture. Put in baking dish. I sprinkle a bit more bread crumb mixture on each chicken breast after they are in the baking dish. Put a lil' pat of butter or two on each breast. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour (until chicken is done).

Please note the bread crumb mixture accommodates more than 4 chicken breasts, sooooooo, you can either add a couple more chicken breasts OR if you just pour some of that mixture into a baggie and coat chicken that way (so you don't get egg on all of the mixture), you can freeze the excess bread mixture for another time! (It freezes great and is so handy to have on hand.)

I like to serve this with some Uncle Ben's Wild Rice and some green beans and a jello salad; perhaps lime jello with pears in it or strawberry jello with strawberries and bananas in it. Just some suggestions. :-)