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How to Make Chicken Cutlets With Melted Mozzarella Cheese

Pin image of our Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella being picked up with a black spatula

Collage of pictures of our Mozzarella crispy chicken for pinterest

Pin image of our Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella, with the top image with the chicken cooked in tomato sauce and the bottom image of the chicken served with spaghetti on a white plate

A super dinner recipe for cheese lovers, Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella is an easy recipe made using chicken breasts stuffed with grated mozzarella. Coated with breadcrumbs, fried until crispy.

Topped with parmesan and baked in the oven on top of a homemade garlic, basil and tomato sauce.

Chicken parmesan served with tomato passata sauce and spaghetti on a white plate

Perfect served with pasta, sauteed potatoes, chips and salad.

What is Parmesan Chicken?

Originally an Italian recipe, of breaded chicken breast, and baked in tomato sauce with mozzarella and/or parmesan.

It is now served worldwide and also known as Chicken Parmigiana, Chicken Parm/ Parma / Parmy/ Parmi or Chicken Mozzarella.

A great recipe for any cheese lovers out there! Give this Mozzarella Chicken Parmesean a go.

Check out our video below, for easy step by step guide of creating this dish. The printable recipe card is also at the bottom of this page.

Our recipe is the same as the traditional Parmesan Chicken but we like to stuff our chicken breasts with mozzarella and sprinkle with parmesan on top.

Keeping it crispy on top with melted cheese inside which helps keep the chicken perfectly juicy inside.

How to stuff chicken breasts with mozzarella?

Mozzarella stuffed chicken breast are so easy to make, simply slice the breast in half and add a handful of grated mozzarella (or slices of buffalo mozzarella if prefered).

  • Cutting a chicken breast in half with a silver knife on a red chopping board
  • A chicken breast stuffed with grated mozzarella cheese and folded the top half of the breast over the cheese by hand on a red chopping board

Breaded Chicken

To make crispy breaded chicken at home, you will need to dip the mozzarella stuffed chicken breast into flour, egg, and finally breadcrumbs.

  • Dipping mozzarella stuffed chicken breast into flour on a white plate
  • Dipping a flour dipped stuffed chicken breast into whisked egg in a white bowl
  • Dipping a chicken breast into panko and golden bread crumbs on a white plate

You can use white, golden or panko breadcrumbs or a mixture of them?

We used a mix of both panko and golden breadcrumbs.

Turning over bread crumbed coated chicken breasts in a cast iron pan with a black spatula

Now gently shallow fry both sides of the chicken in oil, you only want to crisp off the breadcrumb layer, the chicken will finish cooking in the oven.

Meanwhile make an easy homemade tomato sauce using passata, tomato puree; we used tomato and garlic puree, to add a small kick of garlic.

Stirring fresh chopped basil into tomato passata in a white casserole dish

Add fresh basil (if substituting for dried basil, use ½ as much), then stir until well mixed.

Add the crispy fried breaded chicken on top of the homemade tomato sauce.

Sprinkle the parmesan, all over the top. You can also add mozzarella on top too if you like it extra cheesy. Cover with foil, to prevent the parmesan from burning.

  • Placing stuffed mozzarella bread crumbed coated chicken breast by hands into tomato passata sauce in a white casserole dish
  • Sprinkling grated parmesan cheese over chicken Parma in tomato sauce in a white casserole dish
  • Covering over chicken parmigiana in a white casserole dish with silver tin foil

Cooking chicken parmesan

Cook parmesan chicken in a preheated oven at 200°C/ 180°C fan / 400°F/ Gas mark 6.

Four crispy chicken breasts with parmesan and fresh basil leaves on top in tomato sauce cooked in a white casserole dish

Cooking time may differ if you have small/ large chicken breasts. Ours were large so we cooked them for 30 minutes. If you have smaller chicken breasts 20-25 minutes may be enough.

Piece of chicken breast with melted mozzarella cheese in the middle on a silver fork served with salad and potato squares on a white plate

If in doubt, use a thermometer to check. The internal temperature of a chicken breast should reach 74°C / 165°F.

Pulling apart a chicken breast with a silver fork with melted mozzarella cheese in the middle which is served with tomato passata sauce and spaghetti on a white plate

The melted mozzarella in the middle is to die for! I bet your mouth is watering from the above melted cheese shots!

What to serve with mozzerella chicken parmigana?

We like ours served with spaghetti. Alternatively serve up with any sides, Salad, Pasta, Potatoes, Couscous, Rice, Chips, Sweet Potato fries, Vegetables.

  • Chicken parmesan served with tomato passata sauce and spaghetti on a white plate
  • Crispy bread crumb mozzarella chicken served with tomato sauce , lettuce,red onion, tomatoes, green olives , coleslaw and potato squares on a white plate

Enjoyed by all the family. If you wanted to spice things up you could also add some chilli to the sauce.

Variations of oven baked crispy chicken in tomato sauce

We have also tried this recipe out with ham added into the middle with the mozzarella, which works nicely.

If you like a stronger cheese, try using a mature cheddar or blue cheese instead.

Chicken parmesan served with tomato passata sauce and spaghetti on a white plate

Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella

A super dinner recipe for cheese lovers, Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella is an easy recipe made using chicken breasts stuffed with grated mozzarella. Coated with breadcrumbs and fried until crispy.

Topped with parmesan and baked in the oven on top of a homemade garlic, basil and tomato sauce.

Perfect served with pasta, sauteed potatoes, chips and salad.

This Italian recipe is also known as Chicken Parmigiana.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American, Australian, British, Italian

Servings 4 people

Calories 621 kcal

  • 4 Chicken breasts
  • 150 g (1 cup)Grated mozzarella cheese
  • 3 tbsp Plain flour
  • 2 Eggs whisked
  • 100 g (1 cup) Breadcrumbs any will do, we used a mixture of Panko and Golden
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 300 g (1 ½ cup) Passata
  • 4 Tbsp Tomato and Garlic puree we used Gia brand
  • 3 tbsp Chopped Basil (fresh) If using dried basil only 2 tsp
  • 2 tbsp Grated Parmesan
  • Salt & Black Pepper

Serve with Salad/ Spaghetti/ Sautéed Potatoes/ Chips

  • 1 bag Salad
  • Spaghetti or other pasta
  • Sautéed Potatoes
  • Chips

  • Preheat Oven to 200°C/ 180°C fan / 400°F/ Gas mark 6. Slice the chicken breasts in half length-ways to create a flap (do not cut all the way through)

    Cutting a chicken breast in half with a silver knife on a red chopping board

  • Fill with a handful of mozzarella, fold the top of chicken breast back over the top

    A chicken breast stuffed with grated mozzarella cheese and folded the top half of the breast over the cheese by hand on a red chopping board

  • Dip the stuffed chicken breast in the following bowls, in turn.

    1.bowl of flour

    2.bowl of egg

    3.bowl of breadcrumbs

    Dipping a chicken breast into panko and golden bread crumbs on a white plate

  • Fry the breaded chicken breasts in oil for 3 minutes on each side. (Remember, this is to crisp up the coating not to cook the chicken)

    Frying four bread crumbed coated chicken breasts in a cast iron pan

  • In a oven dish, pour in passata, tomato & garlic puree, basil, salt and pepper. Stir together.

    Fresh chopped basil and pepper added to the tomato passata sauce in a white casserole dish

  • Add breaded chicken breasts on top of the sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan

    Sprinkling grated parmesan cheese over chicken Parma in tomato sauce in a white casserole dish

  • Cover with foil, cook for 25 - 30 minutes.

    Covering over chicken parmigiana in a white casserole dish with silver tin foil

  • Serve chicken on top of spaghetti scooping up the tomato sauce to pour remaining sauce on top of the chicken, add one last sprinkle of Parmesan.

    Chicken parmesan served with tomato passata sauce and spaghetti on a white plate

  • Or serve with sauteed potatoes and salad.

    Crispy bread crumb mozzarella chicken served with tomato sauce , lettuce,red onion, tomatoes, green olives , coleslaw and potato squares on a white plate

Calories: 621 kcal Carbohydrates: 36 g Protein: 66 g Fat: 22 g Saturated Fat: 8 g Cholesterol: 258 mg Sodium: 771 mg Potassium: 1273 mg Fiber: 3 g Sugar: 11 g Vitamin A: 923 IU Vitamin C: 11 mg Calcium: 303 mg Iron: 4 mg

Keyword breaded chicken, chicken dinner, Chicken in tomato sauce, Chicken mozzarella, Chicken parma, chicken parmi, Chicken Parmigiana, Chicken Parmy, crispy chicken, mozzarella crispy chicken, mozzarella stuffed chicken

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This post was originally published on 29/12/2019 and has been modified on 02/02/2021 with updated step by steps, a new video and tips for creating the best Parmesan Chicken stuffed with Mozzarella.

If you love cheese dishes why not check out our other recipes, for example, Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Shells or Cheesy Bolognese Pasta Bake.

We originally created this recipe as a sponsored video post for Gia Puree's in the summer.

I can assure you if it wasn't a great product we wouldn't feature it on our blog. They do a great range of Puree's please do spare some time to check them out. Available to buy from most UK supermarkets.

We used their Gia Tomato & Garlic Puree, for this Parmesean Chicken Mozzarella recipe. A lovely rich tomato puree with a hint of garlic works perfectly for this dish.

Pin image of our Parmesan Chicken Mozzarella being picked up with a black spatula

How to Make Chicken Cutlets With Melted Mozzarella Cheese

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