A super dinner recipe for cheese lovers, Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella is an easy recipe made using chicken breasts stuffed with grated mozzarella, coated with breadcrumbs, and fried until crispy.
Topped with parmesan and baked in the oven on top of a homemade garlic, basil and tomato sauce.
Perfect served with pasta, sauteed potatoes, chips and salad.
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What is Parmesan Chicken?
Originally an Italian recipe, it consists of breaded chicken breasts baked in tomato sauce with mozzarella and/or parmesan.
It is now served worldwide and also known as Chicken Parmigiana, Chicken Parm/ Parma / Parmy/ Parmi or Chicken Mozzarella.
An excellent recipe for any cheese lovers out there! Give this Mozzarella Chicken parmesan a go.
Keep on reading after the recipe card for serving suggestions and easy step-by-step guide to creating this dish.
📖 Step by Step Recipe
Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken breasts
- 150 g Grated mozzarella cheese
- 3 tablespoon Plain flour
- 2 Eggs - whisked
- 100 g Breadcrumbs - any will do, we used a mixture of Panko and Golden
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 300 g Passata
- 4 tablespoon Tomato and Garlic puree - we used Gia brand
- 3 tablespoon Chopped Basil (fresh) - If using dried basil only 2 tsp
- 2 tablespoon Grated Parmesan
- Salt & Black Pepper
Serve with Salad/ Spaghetti/ Sautéed Potatoes/ Chips
- 1 bag Salad
- Spaghetti - or other pasta
- Sautéed Potatoes
- Chips
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 200°C/ 180°C fan / 400°F/ Gas mark 6. Slice the chicken breasts in half length-ways to create a flap (do not cut all the way through)4 Chicken breasts
- Fill with a handful of mozzarella, fold the top of chicken breast back over the top150 g Grated mozzarella cheese
- Dip the stuffed chicken breast in the following bowls, in turn.1.bowl of flour2.bowl of egg3.bowl of breadcrumbs3 tablespoon Plain flour, 2 Eggs, 100 g Breadcrumbs
- Fry the breaded chicken breasts in oil for 3 minutes on each side. (Remember, this is to crisp up the coating not to cook the chicken)1 tablespoon Olive oil
- In a oven dish, pour in passata, tomato & garlic puree, basil, salt and pepper. Stir together.300 g Passata, 4 tablespoon Tomato and Garlic puree, Salt & Black Pepper, 3 tablespoon Chopped Basil (fresh)
- Add breaded chicken breasts on top of the sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan2 tablespoon Grated Parmesan
- Cover with foil, cook for 25 - 30 minutes.
- Serve chicken on top of spaghetti scooping up the tomato sauce to pour remaining sauce on top of the chicken, add one last sprinkle of Parmesan.Spaghetti
- Or serve with sauteed potatoes and salad.1 bag Salad, Sautéed Potatoes, Chips
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This post was originally posted on 29/12/2019. It has been updated with more advice on ingredients and how to make Parmesan Chicken mozzarella recipe. We moved the recipe card up in the post on 17/07/2024 to make it more user-friendly.
Our recipe is the same as the traditional Parmesan Chicken, but we like stuffing our chicken breasts with mozzarella and sprinkling them with parmesan.
Keeping it crispy on top with melted cheese inside helps keep the chicken perfectly juicy inside.
How to stuff chicken breasts with mozzarella?
Mozzarella-stuffed chicken breasts are so easy to make. Simply slice the breast in half and add a handful of grated mozzarella (or slices of buffalo mozzarella, if preferred).
Breaded Chicken
To make crispy breaded chicken at home, you will need to dip the mozzarella-stuffed chicken breast into flour, egg, and breadcrumbs.
Can you use white, golden, or panko breadcrumbs or a mixture of them?
We used a mix of both panko and golden breadcrumbs.
Now gently shallow fry both sides of the chicken in oil. You only want to crisp off the breadcrumb layer. The chicken will finish cooking in the oven.
Meanwhile make an easy homemade tomato sauce using passata, tomato puree; we used tomato and garlic puree, to add a small kick of garlic.
Add fresh basil (use ½ as much if substituting dried basil), then stir until well mixed.
Add the crispy fried breaded chicken on top of the homemade tomato sauce.
Sprinkle the parmesan all over the top. If you like it extra cheesy, you can also add mozzarella. Cover with foil to prevent the parmesan from burning.
Cooking chicken parmesan
Cook parmesan chicken in a preheated oven at 200°C/ 180°C fan / 400°F/ Gas mark 6.
Cooking time may differ depending on whether you have small or large chicken breasts. Ours were large, so we cooked them for 30 minutes. If you have smaller chicken breasts, 20-25 minutes may be enough.
If in doubt, use a thermometer to check. The internal temperature of a chicken breast should reach 74°C / 165°F.
The melted mozzarella in the middle is to die for! I bet your mouth is watering from the above-melted cheese shots!
What to serve with mozzerella chicken parmigana?
We like ours served with spaghetti. Alternatively, serve it with any side: Salad, Pasta, Potatoes, Couscous, Rice, Chips, Sweet Potato fries, or Vegetables.
It is enjoyed by all the family. To spice things up, you could add some chilli to the sauce.
Variations of oven baked crispy chicken in tomato sauce
We have also tried this recipe out with ham added into the middle with the mozzarella, which works nicely.
If you like a stronger cheese, try using a mature cheddar or blue cheese instead.
More Cheese Recipes
If you love cheese dishes, why not check out our other recipes, for example, Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Shells or Cheesy Bolognese Pasta Bake.
Or if it's chicken you're here for check out our air fryer chicken thighs or Salt and Pepper Wings.
We created this recipe as a sponsored video post for Gia Puree's in the summer.
I can assure you if it wasn't a great product we wouldn't feature it on our blog. They do a great range of Puree's please do spare some time to check them out. Available to buy from most UK supermarkets.
We used their Gia Tomato & Garlic Puree, for this Parmesean Chicken Mozzarella recipe. A lovely rich tomato puree with a hint of garlic works perfectly for this dish.
Aaron Sallis says
Excellent recipe! Thoroughly enjoyable
Luke and Kay says
Thank you for your kind words, Aaron! We are thrilled that you enjoyed our Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella recipe. It's wonderful to hear your positive feedback and we thank you for taking the time to review it. 🙂
Nic says
Cheese is life and stuffing it inside chicken is just... yum!! My whole family loved it and have asked me to make it again!!
Luke and Kay says
Thank you for your wonderful review, Nic. It's so great to hear your whole family enjoyed our Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella. 🙂
Angela says
Stuffing the chicken breast with mozzarella is a fun way to go. My family loved it and has asked me to make it again! 🙂
Kay says
Thanks, Angela for the comment and rating!!
Really glad your family loved this recipe 🙂
Toni says
My kids said they'd love it for dinner any night of the week!
Kay says
Thanks, Toni for the comment and rating!!
Hope you and your family all enjoy the parmesan chicken mozzarella recipe 🙂
Nathan says
I can't believe I've never thought to stuff the cheese into the chicken before! Such a good idea, and all that melty cheese just looks so tasty!!
Kay says
Thanks, Nathan
You cant beat melted cheese and it just goes perfect with this recipe 🙂
Enjoy!!
Emily Flint says
I'm not sure why I never stuffed my chicken with cheese before but now I will never miss this step again! LOL, so delicious!
Kay says
Hi Emily
Thanks for the comment and rating!!
Anything added with cheese is good, but with this recipe it's awesome lol
Hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we did 🙂
Michelle says
This was such a delicious recipe! Very delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Kay says
Thanks, Michelle, for the comment, really glad you liked the recipe 🙂
Marina says
Oh wow! This recipe looks amazing! I can't wait to cook it this weekend!
Kay says
Hi Marina
Thank you for your comment
Hope you enjoy this dish as much as we did.
Enjoy!!
Mischka says
This looks SO good! I can't wait to try it! Thanks so much!
Kay says
Hi Mischka
Thank you, hope you like this recipe!
Let us know what you think if you try this recipe out?