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Servings: 2 Servings
Total Time (median): 0 : 00 Active Time: 0 : 00
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Ingredients
Preparation
Simple tomato sauce with basil and garlic
1. For the sauce:
In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat garlic and oil together over medium-high heat until garlic starts to sizzle. Stir in tomatoes, basil, oregano, sugar, a pinch of salt, and a couple grinds of pepper; bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer until sauce thickens a bit and flavors meld, 10 to 12 minutes. Taste sauce, adjusting salt if necessary. Cover and keep warm.
2. For the chicken parmesan:
Place chicken breasts smooth side down on a large sheet of plastic wrap. Cover with second sheet of plastic wrap and pound gently to ¼-in thickness.
3. Bring 2 to 3 quarts of water to boil in a large soup kettle. Beat egg and a heaping ¼ teaspoon salt in a small pie plate or other shallow dish until completely broken up. Mix bread crumbs, a heaping `/4 teaspoon salt, and a grind or two of pepper in another small pie plate or shallow baking dish.
4. Preheat the broiler. Working with one at a time, dip both sides of each cutlet in the beaten egg, then in the bread mixture. Set cutlets on a large wire rack set over a jelly-roll pan (or sheet pan/cookie sheet).
5. Add 2 teaspoons salt and the spaghetti to the boiling water.
6. While pasta is cooking, heat oil over medium-high heat in a 12-inch skillet. When the oil starts to shimmer, add cutlets and sauté until golden brown on each side, about 5 to 6 minutes total. Wash and dry wire rack and return to jelly-roll pan. Transfer cutlets to wire rack and top each with equal portions of mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Place pan of cutlets 4 to 5 inches from heat source and broil until cheese melts and is spotty brown, about 3 minutes.
Drain spaghetti.
7. Transfer a cutlet and a portion of spaghetti to each of four plates. Spoon 1 or 2 tablespoons of sauce over each cutlet then sauce the spaghetti as desired. Serve immediately with extra Parmesan passed separately.
