Chicken Parmesan with Pepperoni

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I say this a lot – food doesn’t have to be complicated to be great.  I also believe that some of the best recipes are simple variations of old family standards.  This recipe is both of things.  Chicken Parmesan is one of my family’s favorite meals.  Everyone loves when it’s on the menu and I love cooking it.  It’s real comfort food without all the work.  My version is oven baked, not fried, making it much healthier, and faster than the original – so putting it on the menu is easy.  But there comes a time after making the same recipe a few times where I start to get a little bored and start letting my mind wander to new possibilities.  That’s when the pepperoni came in.  Not that adding pepperoni to something is a revelation – it’s probably been done exactly this way by many people in lots of places.  But my version was a natural outcome of one of my regular sessions of blankly staring into the refrigerator that I have each week.  I was thinking about what I could do to perk up the same old chicken parmesan dish when I spied the pepperoni way in the back.  It was a perfect marriage – the pepperoni adds just the right taste of spice to the chicken and tomato sauce as it cooks.  So with a simple little tweak to one of our family favorites, we now have a new family favorite that everyone looks forward to all over again.

chicken+pepperoni+parmesan Chicken Parmesan with Pepperoni
Chicken Pepperoni Parmesan
serves 4
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded about 1/2″ thick
salt and pepper
1 egg
2 tablespoons water
1 cup plain breadcrumbs
32 slices of pepperoni
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.
In a medium sized bowl beat the egg and water together.  Place the breadcrumbs in a shallow baking dish or pie plate.  Rinse each chicken breast and pat dry.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper to season.  Dip the chicken into the egg mixture to coat well, then place flat onto breadcrumbs, pressing down to coat well.  Turn chicken over to coat the other side with the breadcrumbs.  Place onto the baking sheet.  Repeat with each chicken breast.  
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.  Remove baking sheet from the oven.  Place approximately 8 pepperoni slices on each chicken breast, overlapping slightly.  Spoon 1/4 cup tomato sauce onto each chicken breast.  Sprinkle 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese on each chicken breast.  Return pan to oven and continue cooking about 8-10 more minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.  Serve immediately.  
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