Chicken Parm Ziti Bake
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Looking for a delicious, crowd-pleasing dish that's perfect for dinner? This Chicken Parm Ziti Bake combines tender chicken, zesty marinara sauce, and gooey mozzarella cheese with perfectly cooked ziti pasta. In this recipe I'll walk you through each step to create this easy and cheesy masterpiece. Whether you're cooking for your family or hosting a dinner party, this dish is sure to be a hit! 
Ingredients
For The Chicken
- 3 Ea Chicken Breasts Split in half
- 2 Cups Bread Crumbs Panko
- 1 Cup Flour
- 2 Ea Egg
- Oil for frying
- 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 Tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Pepper
- 1/4 Cup Milk
For The Cheese Mixture
- 1 Cup Ricotta Cheese
- 1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese Grated
- 1 Tbsp Parsley Chopped
- 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 Tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Black pepper
For The Dish
- 30 oz Ziti Cooked
- 2 Cups Mozzarella Cheese
- 6 oz Fresh Mozzarella Sliced
- 20 Oz Marinara Sauce
Instructions
For The Chicken
- Set up a dredging station; mix flour and seasoning together, in another dish add your eggs and milk together & whisk and lastly another container for your bread crumbs
- Make sure you chicken cutlets are thin if you need to pound out a little, do so. Place the chicken breast in flour then egg then bread crumb coating each side in the process.
- Fry the chicken breasts in oil until golden and cooked through.
For The Pasta
- Cook the ziti pasta until al dente; drain and.set a side and mix with 1 tsp of oil to keep it from sticking.
For The Ricotta Cheese Mixture
- Add Ricotta cheese to a bowl, garlic, onion, parsley and more salt and pepper and mix together
Assembling The Dish
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Place 1/2 of the pasta in a baking dish.with 1/2 of the marinara and mix together
- Add spoon fulls of the Ricotta mixture on top until its all gone, no need to spread
- add a Layer of mozzarella cheese on top and repeat the process, add other half of your ziti on top and marinara on top
- Lay the cooked chicken cutlets on top and sprinkle around the cutlets with remaining shredded mozzarella.
- lay slices of fresh mozzarella on top of the chicken Sprinkle with parsley or fresh basil and bake on 400 degrees until bubbly and golden brown.
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Nutrition
Calories: 650kcalCarbohydrates: 95gProtein: 30gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 1267mgPotassium: 514mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 700IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 439mgIron: 4mg
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Everyone was so quiet eating this, it was a hit !!