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CHICKEN PARMIGIANA
Chicken breast lightly breaded, topped with mozzarella and marinara sauce, served with your choice of pasta.

Bread crumbs, garlic powder, freshly grated Parmesan, eggs, flour, boneless skinless chicken cutlets, Kosher salt, Freshly ground black pepper, Vegetable oil, shredded mozzarella, THE MARINARA Sauce, extra-virgin olive oil, onion finely chopped, garlic, tomatoes, water, kosher salt, Freshly ground black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, freshly chopped parsley

Chicken Parmigiana, When a good chicken parmigiana hits the table it’s enough to make everyone pause. Melted cheese coloured dandelion-yellow to pie-crust brown. Bright-red napoli sauce and ham poking from underneath. Then the crisp crumbs, maybe a little charred, covering a juicy chicken breast. Free of gristle, bone and fuss. It all comes together in what’s maybe best described as a “hot mess”. But have you ever wondered who first created it?

While the delicious medley of breaded chicken, warm tomato sauce, and gooey cheese seems like an Italian staple, it actually isn’t. Not exactly anyways. Chicken Parmigiana has its origins in the United States, where it was popularized among Italian-American communities. Italian immigrants created the meal, which quickly became conceived as an authentically Italian dish. Of course, it does take its inspiration from Italy. Eggplant Parmigiana, or Mellenzana alla Parmigiana, is the original Italian recipe. Eggplants are lightly breaded, fried, topped with fresh tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese, and then baked. The switch to chicken in the United States might have been due to several reasons – Italian restaurant owners saw the American preference for meat over eggplant, Italian immigrant workers were able to afford meat now that they had higher paying jobs, or eggplants just weren’t as common a produce in the United States.
Chicken Parmesan or Chicken Parmigiana are both the same delicious, mouth-watering dish that you know well and love. It’s a breaded chicken cutlet with lots of melted mozzarella and/or provolone.

Bread crumbs, garlic powder, freshly grated Parmesan, eggs, flour, boneless skinless chicken cutlets, Kosher salt, Freshly ground black pepper, Vegetable oil, shredded mozzarella, THE MARINARA Sauce, extra-virgin olive oil, onion finely chopped, garlic, tomatoes, water, kosher salt, Freshly ground black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, freshly chopped parsley

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