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A classic Italian American comfort food favorite, the chicken Parm sandwich, is a go-to meal for busy schedules. It's quick and easy to make and sure to please every diner at the table. The combination of crispy chicken, savory marinara sauce, and melted mozzarella cheese is irresistible, and a few key shortcuts make it a delicious and convenient option for any day of the week.
Sandwiches are almost always a great grab-and-go option when time is of the essence, but a cold sandwich doesn’t always feel like a meal. Not true in the case of the chicken Parmesan sandwich. This hot and comforting dish is sure to satisfy even the biggest of appetites.
Using a few premade, easy-to-find, timesaving ingredients, like Pillsbury™ French Bread and Muir Glen™ Marinara Sauce , or even pre-shredded cheese, makes this homemade meal not only easy to pull together but easy on the pocketbook, as there’s no need to buy a long list of ingredients.
In our chicken Parmesan sandwich recipe, we slather the sauce on top of the melted cheese-covered chicken, which keeps the crispy coating crisp and allows each person to add as much or as little sauce as they like.
You can always turn to our chicken Parm sandwich recipe whenever you need a delicious, convenient meal that satisfies your hunger pains and fits into even your most hectic schedules.
For a meal that tastes like you spent all day making it, our easy chicken Parm sandwich is surprisingly quick and easy to pull together. Many of the ingredients are pantry staples, like flour, panko crumbs, and jarred marinara sauce.
Panko crumbs, they are extra-crispy, extra-light bread crumbs that add the best crunch possible to any dish. They’re our secret ingredient for oven-fried anything, crunchy-topped casseroles and so much more.
We use plain Progresso™ Panko Bread Crumbs in our Parm sandwich along with Parmesan cheese to coat our boneless, skinless chicken breasts, which we cut in half to make thinner, quicker-to-cook cutlets that are the perfect thickness when tucked inside the warm, Pillsbury® French Bread.
We like Parmesan in this chicken Parm sandwich recipe because it has a mild, nutty flavor, but if you like, feel free to substitute Asiago, Pecorino, or any other dry, aged cheese for the Parmesan in this recipe.
Each panko-breaded cutlet is pan-fried to golden brown, crispy perfection, topped with mozzarella, and baked just long enough to melt the cheese. That’s when the marinara sauce is spooned over the top, and then the whole thing is nestled into the warm French bread.
Store-bought marinara is an easy short-cut, but if you have time to make your own sauce this Fresh Bell Pepper Pizza Sauce is a delicious option.
If you want to know more about frying chicken, check out How To Make Fried Chicken for loads of hints and tips for getting crunchy, juicy results.
It’s easy to prepare parts of this chicken Parm sub in advance, which can save you lots of time when it comes to getting it on the table for dinner.
You can bread the chicken cutlets, place them on a rimmed baking sheet and freeze them until firm, then transfer them to a freezer bag. The chicken can be pan-fried directly from the freezer. You just have to add a few minutes to the cooking process to ensure your chicken is fully cooked. Then all you have to do is follow the rest of the steps in the recipe to complete the sandwich.
If you are making the chicken Parm sandwich recipe and know you’re going to have leftovers, it’s best to refrigerate the cooled leftover fried chicken cutlets before adding the cheese.
When you’re ready to use them, just top them with the cheese and pop them into the oven, as directed in the recipe, to reheat the chicken and melt the cheese.
It’s best to spoon the sauce over the top just before serving. If you want to give your chicken parmigiana sandwich leftovers a fun flavor twist, you can substitute the marinara sauce with this yummy Lemon Herb Mayonnaise.
As much as we love a good chicken Parm sandwich, and hope you try our chicken Parm sandwich recipe, we know that the flavors of this classic comfort food can take on many different forms.
When you’re looking for a hearty meal on a busy night, try this traditional, but ultra-easy Simple Chicken Parmigiana. You can serve it on its own, or over a pile of spaghetti.
We enjoy chicken Parm so much, we even found a way to make it into a soup! Imagine throwing a few ingredients together in the morning and coming home to a house filled with the fragrance of your favorite Italian American deli. That’s exactly what will happen when you make our Slow-Cooker Chicken Parmesan Soup.
| Food Component / Nutrient | Amount | % , Daily Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | 40g | 61% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 46% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 8g | % Value Not Available |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 13g | % Value Not Available |
| Omega-3 | 1&½g | % Value Not Available |
| Cholesterol | 120mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 2090mg | 87% |
| Total Carbohydrate | 111g | 37% |
| Dietary Fiber | 4g | 15% |
| Soluble Fiber | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Insoluble Fiber | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Sugars | 10g | % Value Not Available |
| Protein | 46g | % Value Not Available |
| Vitamin D | Value Not Available | 4% |
| Calcium | Value Not Available | 30% |
| Iron | Value Not Available | 40% |
| Potassium | 950mg | 27% |
| Vitamin A | Value Not Available | 8% |
| Vitamin C | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Vitamin E | Value Not Available | 10% |
| Thiamin | Value Not Available | 10% |
| Riboflavin | Value Not Available | 20% |
| Niacin | Value Not Available | 45% |
| Vitamin B6 | Value Not Available | 20% |
| Folic Acid | Value Not Available | 10% |
| Vitamin B12 | Value Not Available | 15% |
| Pantothenic Acid | Value Not Available | 10% |
| Phosphorus | Value Not Available | 40% |
| Magnesium | Value Not Available | 8% |
| Zinc | Value Not Available | 15% |
| Manganese | Value Not Available | 10% |
| Selenium | Value Not Available | 60% |
| Copper | Value Not Available | 4% |
| Beta-Carotene | Value Not Available | % Value Not Available |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. | ||
