grilled chicken parmesan

This grilled chicken parmesan recipe is the ultimate guilt free version of a beloved classic. Tender juicy and flavorful pan grilled chicken breasts are topped with basil pesto, parmesan and mozzarella cheese, and baked in a fresh quick homemade marinara sauce. The perfect Italian comfort food to serve with pasta, salad or crusty bread! 

Grilled Chicken Parmesan

boneless chicken breast chicken breasts

salt

pepper

oregano (dried)

olive oil

marinara sauce (batch of quick homemade)

basil pesto

parmesan cheese (grated)

mozzarella cheese (shredded)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Bring out a 9 inch by 13 inch oven safe plate and pour tow thirds of the marinara sauce at the bottom of the plate. Set aside.

Preheat a cast iron grill pan (or any skillet of your choice) over medium heat and add in the olive oil.

Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper and dried oregano on both sides.

When the pan is ready, sear the chicken on one side for 3 minutes and then flip it and sear it for an extra 3 minutes. Lower the heat to medium low and flip the chicken one last time,and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.

Remove the chicken onto the marinara sauce in the oven safe plate.

Place a teaspoon of nut free basil pesto on top of each chicken breast and spread it on the entire piece of chicken and then place 2 tablespoons of marinara sauce on top of each chicken breast ( or more to your taste) making sure to cover the entire surface.

Sprinkle the cheeses on top ( about 1/4 cup of cheese in total per chicken piece).

Place the plate in the oven and bake for 15-25 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the chicken absorbs much of the marinara flavour.

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I can't believe how easy and delicious this was!! My whole family just loved it!!!

I love chicken parmesan but it's even better to find a lighter version of it with this delicious recipe! The addition of pesto is amazing!

Up until right now I'd never thought about grilling chicken for chicken parm, but I'm definitely going to try it this week! Grilled chicken is always so flavorful and juicy.

Love this new way to have chicken parm! We just brought out the grill too!

What a delicious meal! I love that you made the chicken parmesan with grilled chicken. The flavors sound amazing!

Grilling the chicken and pesto on this sounds amazing!  Definitely going to be a big hit in my house,

Love the grilled version of the classic chicken parma! Will definitely be giving this a go for a midweek dinner :)

I was looking for a non-breaded chicken parmesan recipe because my girlfriend doesn't like breaded anything. I found this one and it looked good and had good reviews. I was not prepared for what I got! It looked good enough that I bought high end ingredients and prepared exactly as the recipe stated. The first time I do a recipe, I like to cook how the chef intended. This was the most amazing thing I've cooked in the recent past. The marinara alone is worth making over and over. I'll use this marinara recipe for pasta's for a long time to come I'm sure. I will make this dish again!

This is so good! Made using jar sauce that I jazzed up by using the deglazed drippings from the chicken breast sautéed with garlic, fresh basil and oregano, mushrooms, and sliced colored baby tomatoes. I didn’t have pesto, so I used an Italian herbs paste. Served over spaghetti noodles... family loved it!

Parm is my favorite, growing up in a family that came from Italy my mom and grandmother only made eggplant parm so I never got to have the chicken parm until I was in college. I really enjoyed your version and will be making it again.

Made this today and it was such a hit with my family. This is definitely added to our dinner rotation from now!

Can't wait to try this recipe, I know my family will love it!

Love that you still get all that amazing flavor but with a healthier twist. Fantastic!

Love how you skinnyed this up!  This type of dinner is on regular rotation at my house so lightening it up is greatly appreciated.  Can't wait to try this out on my teens!

I really enjoyed this. I had some basil in my garden that I wanted to pick, so this was the perfect opportunity. The chicken did take longer than the recipe said, but I also did not split the breasts.

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