We all love a good old’ chicken parmi, right?  They are the best!  Although the deep-fried versions are delicious, and something great to have at the pub, but it’s probably not the best meal to have on a regular basis. With this recipe though, you can control what oil you cook with and these parmi’s literally take 20 minutes to make from start to finish, and dinner is on the table served with a quick and easy side salad.  Such an easy midweek meal!

PS:  This dish would also be good with pineapple on top. Go Hawaiian!!

Also make sure to look out for sodium nitrate in ham, search it up on our additive-free lifestyle App to see how dangerous that additive can be to your health.

Related Recipe: homemade tomato sauce

 

June 1, 2019
  • 10m
  • 20m
  • 30m

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breast
  • 4 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 tbsp. passata sauce
  • 4 nitrate-free ham slices
  • 1/2 c freshly grated cheese
  • side salad of choice to serve with parmi's

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200ºC and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Cut chicken in half (butterflied) - as many as you like.
  3. Add oil and fry off your chicken in a hot pan until cooked on each side. Don't worry if the middle is still a touch undercooked, as it will finish cooking in the oven (Tip - Start to prep your salad whilst chicken is cooking).
  4. line a baking tray with baking paper.
  5. Once your chicken is cooked on both sides, lay each piece on your oven tray. Top with passata or tomato sauce (2 tbsp per piece), ham and grated cheese (1/4 cup per piece).
  6. Place in oven and cook for approximately 15 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown and cooked on top.
  7. Serve with a side salad.
  • As many as you like