Easy Chicken Parmesan Bake

Name: Easy Chicken Parmesan Bake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 59 milliliters chopped fresh basil; 2 cloves garlic, crushed and finely chopped; 142 grams package garlic croutons; 473 milliliters prepared marinara sauce; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese, divided; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste; 227 grams package shredded mozzarella cheese, divided; 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Easy Chicken Parmesan Bake is a gluten free and primal recipe with 6 servings. One serving contains 373 calories, 38g of protein, and 18g of fat. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have mozzarella cheese, garlic, garlic croutons, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Coat the bottom of a 9x13 inch casserole dish with olive oil, and sprinkle with garlic and hot red pepper flakes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Olive Oil

Garlic

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Casserole Dish

Arrange the chicken breasts in bottom of the dish, and pour marinara sauce over chicken.

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Chicken Breast

Marinara Sauce

Whole Chicken

Sprinkle basil over marinara sauce, and top with half the mozzarella cheese, followed by half the Parmesan cheese.

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Mozzarella

Parmesan

Marinara Sauce

Basil

Sprinkle on the croutons, then top with the remaining mozzarella cheese and remaining Parmesan cheese.

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Mozzarella

Parmesan

Croutons

Bake in preheated oven until cheese and croutons are golden brown and the chicken is no longer pink inside, about 35 minutes to an hour, depending on the shape and thickness of your chicken breasts. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a chicken breast should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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Chicken Breast

Croutons

Whole Chicken

Cheese