Progresso® Italian Style Bread Crumbs provide a simple addition to this delicious chicken sprinkled with cheese – a wonderful Italian-style meal ready in just 20 minutes.
Light Chicken Parmesan
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup spaghetti sauce
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 3 tablespoons Progresso™ Italian Style Bread Crumbs
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon margarine or butter, melted
- 1/4 cup shredded reduced-fat 6-cheese Italian-recipe blend cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
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Step1Heat spaghetti sauce in small saucepan over low heat until thoroughly heated. Cover to keep warm.
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Step2Meanwhile, place 1 chicken breast half, boned side up, between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or waxed paper. Working from center, gently pound chicken with flat side of meat mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4 inch thick; remove wrap. Repeat with remaining chicken breast halves.
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Step3In shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and margarine; mix well. Add chicken breast halves; turn to coat.
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Step4Spray large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook 4 to 6 minutes or until fork-tender and juices run clear, turning once.
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Step5To serve, place cooked chicken on serving platter; sprinkle with shredded cheese. Pour warm spaghetti sauce over chicken; sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition
240
Calories
9g
Total Fat
31g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Cholesterol
- 75mg
- 25%
- Sodium
- 500mg
- 21%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 31g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 4 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 1 Fat;Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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