Baked Chicken Parmesan or Parmo (Cooking with Kids)

Chicken Parmesan or Chicken Parmos as they are known are a local meal hailing from Teesside and the boys love them, so we decided to have a go at making our own at home. Well, I tasked the boys to have a go at making a proper Teesside chicken parmo!

A chicken Parmo is a breaded cutlet dish originating in Middlesbrough and a popular item of takeaway food in the North East of England, a real regional delicacy. Similar to a schnitzel, it consists of chicken or veal in breadcrumbs topped with a white béchamel sauce and cheese. Traditionally parmos are served with chips , salad and garlic sauce. Normally a Teesside parmesan is fried chicken, but I prefer to bake when cooking with kids. It also works really well in the air fryer.

Baked Chicken Parmo Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts, butterflied in half (1 half a chicken breast per person)
• 50g plain flour
• 2 free-range eggs, beaten
• 50g Parmesan, grated
• 50 breadcrumbs (if you don;t want to make your own panko breadcrumbs are a good substitute)
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• few basil leaves, finely chopped
• 1 ball of mozzarella

How to make Baked Chicken Parmo

Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Slice your chicken breasts butterfly style.  If you are super hungry, then you can always give your breasts a bash with a rolling pin and have one per person, but we tend to have half a one each, especially if they are on the large size.

Season the flour and place on one plate, the beaten eggs on another and mix the breadcrumbs, Parmesan and herbs on a third plate. We used our food processor to whizz up 5 slices of white bread for the breadcrumbs.

Dip each chicken piece in the flour. Then dust off any excess and drop into the egg.

Finally coat in the breadcrumb and parmesan mixture, pressing it into the chicken firmly.

Arrange the chicken on a baking tray covered with nonstick foil or parchment and drizzle with a little olive oil. Bake for around 15 to 18 minutes, or until just cooked through.

Then take out and top with mozzarella and other cheese and pop back in for 10 minutes until the cheese is melted.

We topped ours with some chilli cheese in addition to the mozzarella and they were amazing.

A huge hit that we will be making again.

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Baked Chicken Parmo Recipe

Course fakeaway, Main, Main Course

Cuisine British

Keyword chicken

Servings 4

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts butterflied in half (1 half a chicken breast per person)
• 50 g plain flour
• 2 free-range eggs beaten
• 50 g Parmesan grated
• 50 breadcrumbs if you don't want to make your own panko breadcrumbs are a good substitute
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• few basil leaves finely chopped
• 1 ball of mozzarella

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Slice your chicken breasts butterfly style.  If you are super hungry, then you can always give your breasts a bash with a rolling pin and have one per person, but we tend to have half a one each, especially if they are on the large size.
2. Season the flour and place on one plate, the beaten eggs on another and mix the breadcrumbs, Parmesan and herbs on a third plate. We used our food processor to whizz up 5 slices of white bread for the breadcrumbs.
3. Dip each chicken piece in the flour. Then dust off any excess and drop into the egg.
4. Finally coat in the breadcrumb and parmesan mixture, pressing it into the chicken firmly.
5. Arrange the chicken on a baking tray covered with nonstick foil or parchment and drizzle with a little olive oil. Bake for around 15 to 18 minutes, or until just cooked through.
6. Then take out and top with mozzarella and other cheese and pop back in for 10 minutes until the cheese is melted.
7. We topped ours with some chilli cheese in addition to the mozzarella and they were amazing.

 Why is it called a Chicken Parmo?

We have no idea! it is a breaded cutlet of chicken or pork topped with a white bechamel sauce and cheese, usually cheddar. The name is a reference to the American dish chicken parmesan (also known as chicken parm), which is made with tomato sauce and mozzarella, which is itself a derivation of the Italian melanzane alla parmigiana.

Now my boys are older they love them with lots of different toppings. In fact they treat them like a pizza!

• Double Cheese Kyiv. Cheddar, Mozzarella & garlic butter. …
• Original Parmo.
• Mushroom Parmo.
• BBQ Parmo. Ham, peppers, onion, sweetcorn, bbq sauce.
• Hotshot Parmo. Pepperoni, peppers, onions, chilli seeds & garlic butter.
• Tandoori Parmo. Tandoori chicken, minced beef, onions, peppers, chilli seeds & garlic butter
• Doner Parmo with Doner meat on top