Italian
Cutlet Parmigiana
by Manu Food · 60K subscribers on YouTube
A delicious layered dish made with fried breaded chicken cutlets, tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Parmigiano, baked until bubbly and golden.
- Cook
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
11 items- Cotoletta di PolloChicken breast or any meat cutlet
- EggsFor breading
- Grated BreadBreadcrumbs
- Seed OilFor frying
- OnionFor the soffritto
- Tomato PassataTomato sauce
- MozzarellaFresh mozzarella, sliced or diced
- Parmigiano ReggianoGrated
- BasilFresh basil leaves
- Salt(optional) — To taste
- Pepper(optional) — To taste
Method
- Pass the meat through beaten eggs and then breadcrumbs.
- Fry the breaded cutlets in hot oil until golden.
- Prepare a tomato sauce by sautéing chopped onion, then adding passata and cooking.
- In a baking dish, spread a layer of tomato sauce.
- Arrange a layer of fried cutlets over the sauce.
- Add mozzarella, salt, pepper, and fresh basil.
- Repeat layers: sauce, cutlets, mozzarella, seasoning, and basil.
- Finish with a final layer of tomato sauce, mozzarella, and grated Parmigiano.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for about 20 minutes until bubbly and golden.
