Chicken Parmesan Spaghetti Bake
Reach chicken parm nirvana by adding pasta to it and turning it into an epic spaghetti bake!
Equipment
- 9 inch x 9 inch pan
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 3/4 cup flour
- 4 eggs whisked
- 1 cup parmesan + 3 cups bread crumbs to bread the chicken
- 56 oz spaghetti noodles 3½ packages
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup grated parmesan
- 5 eggs whisked
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 onion diced
- 14 oz tomato sauce
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 4 slices mozzarella
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and cook the spaghetti noodles in salted water according to the package. Slice the chicken breasts in half lengthwise so that you have 4 cutlets. Pound the cutlets with a meat tenderizer and season with salt and pepper.
- Combine the parmesan with the bread crumbs. Dredge the cutlets in flour, dip in the whisked eggs, and coat in the breading. Then shallow fry the breaded chicken cutlets in hot oil until golden brown on both sides.
- Put the cooked spaghetti into a bowl and add the heavy cream, parmesan, eggs, salt, and pepper and mix until everything is well incorporated.
- Add half of the noodles to a square pan and put 2 slices of mozzarella on top. Place the breaded cutlets on top of the cheese. Place the other 2 slices of mozzarella on top of the cutlets and add the rest of the pasta.
- Put the pan into the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes at 350°F.
- In the meantime, you can get started on the homemade marinara sauce. First sweat the onions and garlic in a little bit of oil and then add the tomato sauce. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, sugar, and pepper. Let the sauce simmer for about 5 minutes. Then pour it over the spaghetti in the pan, sprinkle shredded mozzarella on top, and bake in the oven for another 25 minutes.
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Notes
You can also use pork instead of chicken if you feel so inclined. The only question you should ask yourself is how you could possibly resist a chicken parmesan spaghetti bake? And because it all gets baked in one pan, even the cleanup is easy – winner winner, chicken dinner!