Wanted to eat a chicken Parmesan sub but didn’t feel like spending the time cooking and breading chicken. So I opted to cut corners using frozen chicken patties and pre-prepared ingredients to make my life easier. Picked up the sub rolls and couldn’t justify eating that many calories, so opted instead for sliced Italian bread and thin-sliced cheese. Turned out so surprisingly good, I thought I’d share. Enjoy!
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 2
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients
2 frozen breaded chicken patties (such as Tyson®)
2 tablespoons garlic butter, or to taste
4 slices Italian bread
1 cup Marinara Sauce
½ teaspoon dried basil, or to taste
1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
6 thin slices provolone cheese
2 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese
Directions
Step1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place chicken patties on a baking sheet.
Step2
Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and crispy, about 20 minutes. Cut chicken patties in half lengthwise.
Step3
Spread garlic butter onto 1 side of each bread slice.
Step4
Mix marinara sauce, basil, and garlic salt together in a microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave until warmed, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Stir.
Step5
Place 1 bread slice, butter-side down, into a skillet; top with 2 slices provolone cheese, 1 tablespoon marinara sauce, 2 chicken patty halves, overlapped to cover bread, 2 tablespoons marinara sauce, 1 slice provolone cheese, and bread, butter-side up. Cook over medium heat until bread is crisp and cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Step6
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over remaining marinara sauce and serve alongside each sandwich.
Recipe Tip
You can use mozzarella cheese instead of Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 2 | |
| Calories 752 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 45g | 58% |
| Saturated Fat 21g | 104% |
| Cholesterol 111mg | 37% |
| Sodium 1993mg | 87% |
| Total Carbohydrate 50g | 18% |
| Dietary Fiber 5g | 17% |
| Total Sugars 12g | |
| Protein 35g | 69% |
| Vitamin C 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium 560mg | 43% |
| Iron 4mg | 19% |
| Potassium 717mg | 15% |