{"id":254,"date":"2015-02-11T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2015-09-16T20:41:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T00:41:34","slug":"crazy-day-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Parmesan Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week was a little crazy at our house. Between school runs, unkind weather, tiny\u2019s fever + cough, kids\u2019 activities and the usual day to day stuff, I didn’t have much time for food prep or planning.<\/p>\n

Generally, I love cooking from scratch – sauces, breads, stocks, you name it, I\u2019ll give it a go and<\/em> enjoy it. But sometimes a person\u2019s gotta have a stash of easy recipes for (d)rainy days.<\/p>\n

My husband really likes Chicken Parmesan, and I make the real version every so often. But a couple of months ago I ate a lovely chicken parm casserole at a friend\u2019s place, and thought \u2018How smart is that?!\u2019.<\/p>\n

Since then I’ve made this dish quite a bit, and my children have devoured it every single time. It\u2019s easy, it\u2019s simple, it\u2019s tasty and so very kid friendly.<\/p>\n

I changed my friend\u2019s recipe a tad. I almost always play with ingredients to suit my taste (a big thanks to my parents<\/a> for instilling that), and in this case it made the work go a little faster. With the way things were going last week, any little speed was welcome.<\/p>\n

The little one\u2019s fever has gone, the weather is better and the crazy has toned down to manageable Alhamdulillah:-). You know what they say :<\/p>\n

\"166027_10151823362980114_1686137742_n\"<\/a>This always makes me laugh \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how I make the Chicken Parmesan casserole :<\/p>\n

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.<\/li>\n
  2. Take 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts. Slice into half horizontally. and cut into pieces. About 6-8 pieces per chicken breast.<\/li>\n
  3. Marinate chicken with 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp Italian seasoning, \u00bc tsp garlic powder, 2 tbsp chopped basil(optional),1 tsp salt and \u00bd tsp pepper.<\/li>\n
  4. Oil a baking dish. Place the chicken pieces in the dish. DO NOT OVERLAP.\"IMG_20150129_175223018\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Pour 1 cup pasta sauce over the chicken.\"IMG_20150129_175331506\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Mix \u00bd cup mozzarella cheese and \u00bc cup parmesan cheese. Sprinkle on chicken.<\/li>\n
  7. In a separate bowl, mix \u00bd cup Panko bread crumbs, \u00bd tsp Italian seasoning and 2 tbsp olive oil. Spread evenly over the chicken\/cheese layer.\"IMG_20150129_175825590\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Bake for 30-40 minutes until the chicken is cooked. The top layer should be golden brown and toasted. Serve with a side salad or veggies, and a lovely loaf of bread to sop up that sauce. Enjoy.
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    Note : If needed, place under the broiler for an extra couple of minutes to make the topping deliciously crunchy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Last week was a little crazy at our house. Between school runs, unkind weather, tiny\u2019s fever + cough, kids\u2019 activities and the usual day to day stuff, I didn’t have much time for food prep or planning. Generally, I love cooking from scratch – sauces, breads, stocks, you name it, I\u2019ll give it a go … Continue reading Chicken Parmesan Casserole<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[186,70,189,187,71,188],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruku.kazia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}