Cooking Competition

About a week or so, Antonio came home from his dads wanting to make chicken parmesan.  Random, but I was jazzed that he was interested in a different dinner.  The repetition can be a killer.....

So I bought the stuff and figured tonight that I would cook a kid friendly version (rather than a company new fangled recipe version) and then if he liked it...I could show him.  Frankly, with his patience level I wasn't keen on him observing my wing-it thought process.  So during the pre dinner discussion it is made known that he loves his fathers chicken parmesan.  Really now?  I am asking him how he cooks it, etc.  I want to keep the look familiar to Antonio (if you know him, you get it) but I know that his dad and I have different styles of cooking it.  I'm pretty competitive and for SURE don't want to be bested in the kitchen.  It's like stabbing me in my happy place.  Game on!

I sliced the chicken breasts lengthwise  so they would cook quicker and not just be a hunk of chicken with sauce.  Pan sautéed them in some olive oil.  oh, before that I seasoned them (always do that first!) dipped them in egg wash (fresh eggs thanks to Crystal!) and parmesan bread crumbs from Progresso.  Product review?  I found the bread crumbs pretty salty.  Next time, I will stick with what I usually do which is get plain bread crumbs (or make them) and season to taste.  After they were browned, I baked them in a 350 oven for about 25 minutes.

Covered with marinara (Kirkland Signature brand) - um, yummy! and mozzarella cheese.  Angel hair pasta on the side.

When Antonio was done he said that he liked mine just as much as his dads.  I'll take that.

The picture really doesn't do the dish justice.  Trust me, it tasted better than it looks here.....