Crispy Garlic Parmesan Chicken – Emily Bites

These Crispy Garlic Parmesan Chicken breasts are pounded thin, hand breaded, and topped with garlic butter and Parmesan cheese for a delicious, flavorful main course! My family and I sampled a similar dish recently in the prepared foods section at a local grocery store, and I couldn’t wait to try to recreate it at home. My version is lightened up a bit, but just as tasty! Plus it pairs well with a wide variety of side dishes. I pictured it here with a side salad, but it would be great with pasta, rice, Stovetop Green Beans with Almonds, or roasted vegetables as well. Not only does my Crispy Garlic Parmesan Chicken make a delectable dinner, each serving is just 334 calories or 5 WW Points on Weight Watchers. To view and track this recipe in the WW app, click here!

If you’re not a seasoned home cook, don’t be intimidated to pound out the chicken breasts and bread them by hand! It only takes a few minutes and it’s totally worth it. Browning the outside of the breaded chicken in a little oil before finishing them off in the oven also adds a lot to the flavor and texture of this dish – don’t skip it! It goes quickly.

Chicken Breast Cutlets

I often buy a big pack of boneless, skinless chicken breasts at the store and then use kitchen shears to trim them down to make 5-6 oz cutlets to use in recipes. Everything I cut off to make the cutlets gets cut into chunks to make chicken bites, such as my Nashville Hot Chicken Bites, Lemon Pepper Chicken Bites, or Blackened Chicken Bites. It’s easy to weigh out 1 lb or 1.5 lb of chicken chunks and some 5-6 oz cutlets and freeze them for later in quart size freezer bags. That way, I always have some cutlets and some chicken bites on hand! Buying the bulk packs of chicken breasts is cost-effective, and cutting them into cutlets and bites ensured I have what I need on hand when I go to make a recipe. I find that kitchen shears make this task go quicker and easier than using a knife, so I highly recommend using shears like these (affiliate link).

More Tasty Lightened Up Chicken Recipes

Looking for more ways to make your chicken breasts delicious like this Crispy Garlic Parmesan Chicken? Try my Crispy Chicken Parmesan, Chori Pollo, Cheesy Bacon Ranch Baked Chicken, Feta and Blackberry Chicken Breasts, Blackened Chicken with Avocado Corn Topping, Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken, Skillet Chicken and Mushrooms in Gravy, Apple and Brie Stuffed Chicken, Cream Cheese Stuffed Everything Chicken, Pimento Cheese Stuffed Chicken, Mediterranean Topped Grilled Chicken, Cheesy Bacon BBQ Chicken, Tuscan Olive Chicken, Fiesta Stuffed Chicken, Bruschetta Topped Balsamic Chicken, and many, many more in the Chicken section of my recipe index!

Crispy Garlic Parmesan Chicken

Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 15 minutes mins

Total Time: 35 minutes mins

Yield: 4 servings

This Crispy Garlic Parmesan Chicken topped with garlic butter and Parmesan cheese makes a delicious, flavorful main dish!

• 4 (5.5 oz each) boneless, skinless chicken breast cutlets, (22 ounces total)
• ¼ cup seasoned breadcrumbs
• ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
• ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ½ teaspoon dried parsley
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 tablespoons light butter, (I use Land O’Lakes light butter spread with canola oil in the tub)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 teaspoons chopped parsley
• ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 oz freshly shredded Parmesan cheese

• Pre-heat the oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and set aside.

• Place the chicken breasts on a cutting board and cover with parchment paper. Use a meat mallet to pound the chicken breasts to an even thickness of about ½” thick.

• In a shallow dish, add the seasoned breadcrumbs, panko breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, parsley, salt, pepper and garlic powder and stir to combine. Prepare the beaten egg in a separate shallow dish. Dip each chicken breast into the egg and flip around to coat. Hold up the chicken and allow any excess egg to drip off. Lay the coated chicken in the crumb mixture and flip to coat. Press the breadcrumb mixture lightly into the chicken.

• In a large skillet (you may need to do this in two batches with half the oil each time), add the oil and bring over medium-high heat. When hot, add the chicken breasts and cook for 4-5 minutes until the bottoms are golden. Flip the breasts and cook for another 3 minutes on the other side to do the same. Transfer the breasts to the prepared baking sheet.

• In a small bowl, stir together the light butter spread, minced garlic, parsley, and garlic salt until combined. Spread a little over two teaspoons of the garlic butter over the surface of each piece of breaded chicken. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of shredded Parmesan over top of the garlic butter on each piece.

• Place in the pre-heated oven. Bake for 14-18 minutes until chicken is fully cooked through.

To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
WW Points per serving: 5 (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per serving:
334 calories, 10 g carbs, 1 g sugars, 15 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 36 g protein, 0 g fiber, 861 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Points Plus:
8 per serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)

Author: Emily Bites

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Italian