Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich

        Disclaimer i was not planing to make Chicken Parmigiana sandwich it was suppose to be Eggplant Parmigiana sandwich (because i wanted to make a sandwich with out any meat) but there was no eggplant when i was cooking on that day :( but there was a piece of chicken that was available. I swap the chicken with the eggplant in my recipe. So i am not sure this is how to make chicken parmigiana so ya :P.

This is all the ingredients for this recipe

      i made the sauce first, so if you are lazy you could buy the marinara sauce in a jar from your local store, or you could make it using the recipe below.
     

Getting ready to breaded the chicken.(i know that the bread crumbs is a bit huge and i should of used a food processor but oh well) 

     
       Cooking the breaded chicken. Not sure if it suppose to look like this but it tasted good :)

A gif i made to show the process of making the Chicken Parmigiana sandwich. (sorry about the background, i had to keep on changing places due to small space.)

Notes: I kind of altered my recipe by added some lettuce and i was supposed to place the chicken first then the cheese and sauce (just to be sure you can add or change anything to your sandwich cause it yours). Overall i did learn a couple of thing from this recipe (like breading and making sauce) and my friends who ate this sandwich said that this sandwich was great because of the sauce and the cheese goes well with the chicken.

Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time
25 mins

Recipe type: lunch

Serves: 1 sandwich

Ingredients

• 1/2 cups bread crumbs
• salt and pepper
• 15 ml olive oil
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 ounces dry bread crumbs
• 1 skinless, boneless chicken breast.
• 1/4 cups of mozzarella, shredded
• 1/4 cups of marinara sauce
• 2 pieces toasted white bread

Instructions

1.  Scramble the 1 eggs with salt and pepper to make an egg wash. Remove eggplant slices from the salt bath, shake off excess moisture, and dip into egg wash. Then dip the eggplant slices, 1 at a time, into a flat plate filled with seasoned bread crumbs, covering all surfaces, and set aside. Continue breading the eggplant until all slices are done. Discard excess egg wash and bread crumbs
   
2. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add enough olive oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan and allow it to heat up. (Add more oil as necessary during cooking.)
3. Cooking time depends on thickness of chicken and the temperature of the oil, but I would say about 3-4 minutes each sideremove the chicken from the stove and place on the toasted bread
4. top it off with shredded mozzarella cheese, then warm marinara sauce. 

       Just in case if you do wanted to make an eggplant parmigiana sandwich, do diagonal cuts to the eggplant. then soak the slices in warm salted water for a hour then do the following in the Chicken Parmigiana Sandwich recipe, then changing the word chicken into eggplant.

Marinara Sauce

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Author: ina garten

Recipe type: Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/2 cup good red wine, such as Chianti
• 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, or plum tomatoes in puree, chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Heat the olive oil in a large (12-inch) skillet.
2.  Add the onion and saute over medium heat until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.
3.  Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
4.  Add the wine and cook on high heat, scraping up all the brown bits in the pan, until almost all the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. 
5. Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, salt, and pepper. Cover, and simmer on the lowest heat for 15 minutes.