Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil (I used garlic olive oil)
6 cloves
garlic, chopped
5 or 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts –
(use thin chicken breasts or use a meat tenderizer and pound it into thinner
chicken breasts)
½ cup shredded Parmesan Cheese
2 or 3 cups marinara sauce(I use 1 jar of Prego
3 Cheese Marinara Sauce or Bertoli 4 Cheese Marinara)
¼ cup chopped basil
8 oz. mozzarella shredded (I use low fat 2%
milk fat cheese)
4 oz. Parmesan Grated or shredded
1 ½ (5
oz. packages) garlic croutons (so 7.5
oz. croutons) (I used crustinis or Texas Toast Croutons)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.** Or 275 to
slow bake
Peel about 6 garlic
cloves and chop them into tiny
pieces.
Add the
garlic and olive oil to a sauteuse pan.
On medium heat, stir and cook until the garlic begins to be
toasted.
Pour the
toasted garlic olive oil into a 9X13” baking dish.
Then, put the chicken breast over toasted
garlic olive oil.
Layer ½ cup
of shredded parmesan over the chicken.
Next add the marinara sauce and spread on
top of the parmesan.
Then add the chopped basil.
Next layer 4 oz. of mozzarella and 2 oz. of
grated parmesan onto herbs
o
(half of
the cheese).
Then add the croutons if you are not slow
baking it.
Top with
the remaining cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for
35 min. – 1 hour. Check the chicken with
a meat thermometer to be sure the meat is done and properly cooked all the way
through. **Or, slow bake the chicken,
parmesan, sauce, basil, and first layer of cheese and change the temperature in
the oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook for 2 – 2 ½ hours.
About 15 minutes before serving, add the croutons and the second layer
of cheese and increase the oven temp to 375.
If you would like crunchier croutons or crustinis, put an additional
layer on and top with a little more cheese.
Be sure to check the chicken with a meat thermometer.
*If desired serve with spaghetti pasta and
extra marinara sauce. I use vegetable Fettuccini.
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| Making the roasted garlic olive oil |
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| roasted garlic olive oil in baking dish |
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| chicken ready to pound |
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| pounded chicken |
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| pounded chicken in the baking dish |
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| Parmesan Cheese Layer on Chicken |
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| Marinara Layer |
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| Basil Layer |
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| Cheese mixture layer |
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| Cheese and Crouton Layer |
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| Just Out of the Oven |
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| Plated and Ready to Eat |
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