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Learn how to Meal Prep Healthy Chicken Parmesan so you can enjoy your favorite comfort food throughout the week while sticking to your clean eating plan. This is one easy chicken breast recipe you'll want to add to the rotation!
Is there anything more comforting than tender chicken breasts served in a luscious marinara sauce and topped with melted cheese? You’ve pretty much just described heaven for me.
Since I was a kid, Chicken Parmesan was definitely one of my favorite dishes. Even before I decided to start taking better care of my body and Eating Clean, I knew there was no way I’d ever be able to resist Chicken Parmesan. There’s no point in lying myself. What's the point of living a lifestyle you don't want to live, right?
RIGHT!
So, to resist temptation and devouring this breaded, deep fried chicken delight, I decided to make my own, healthier version that I can enjoy guilt-free.
You know how much I love Meal Prep and this Healthy Chicken Parmesan recipe is actually perfect for it. It’s easy and quick to make, nutritious, and you can safely keep it in your fridge for an easy and quick lunch or dinner all week!
If you’re a fan of Healthy Chicken Parmesan Meal Prep, you’ll love Healthy Tandoori Chicken! Both are easy to make, full of flavor, and pair perfectly with simple sides like rice or roasted veggies.
To add some variety, you can serve it with any veggies or salads you like. I love serving zucchini noodles with my Healthy Chicken Parmesan. Just writing about it makes my stomach growl! 🙂
Ingredients For Meal Prep Healthy Chicken Parmesan
Zucchini: In this recipe, zucchini acts as a low-carb, veggie-packed alternative to pasta. Instead of serving the chicken parmesan over traditional spaghetti, zucchini adds bulk to the meal without the extra calories or carbs. You can always use whole wheat or chickpea pasta instead, however.
ChickenBreast:I like to use chicken breast for a leaner protein, but you can also use chicken thighs. Try to find chicken breasts that are evenly sized so they cook evenly in the oven.
Step By Step Instructions
Step 1: First start by preheating your oven to 500 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, combine almond meal, chickpea flour, dried oregano, dried basil, dried thyme, garlic powder, sea salt, and black pepper.
Step 2: Dredge the boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the seasoned almond meal mixture and then shake off any excess. Heat olive oil in large oven safe skillet over high heat. Add the coated chicken and sear until golden-brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. We aren’t looking to cook through, just get a nice golden crust on the chicken.
Step 3: Pour the tomato sauce over and around the browned chicken. Sprinkle a little grated parmesan over each chicken breast. Then, place in the oven for 8-12 minutes, until the cheese melts and the chicken is cooked through. Then remove it from the oven and allow to cool.
Step 4: While that’s cooling, make the zucchini noodles. Using a spiralizer, make the zucchini noodles. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large sauté pan until it’s hot. Then, add the zucchini noodles, sea salt, ground black pepper, and granulated garlic, and toss to combine.
Step 5: We don’t want to cook the zucchini all the way here - we’re just looking for it to start to cook and heat all the way through. When we reheat it later, it’ll finish cooking and be perfectly tender and not mushy. So, remove the noodles from the heat after about 2-3 minutes and let cool.
Step 6: To assemble our chicken Parmesan meal prep, start by adding the cooked zucchini noodles to one side of your meal prep container, then top with the cooked chicken Parmesan.
FAQs
How To Store
Once you’re done with your meal prep, make sure you let your meals cool down before transferring them to airtight meal prep containers (For help on finding the right meal prep containers, check out my post on the Ultimate Guide To Meal Prep Containers.) and storing them in the fridge (but make sure you don’t keep your food in room temperature for more than two hours to keep it safe from spoiling!).
If you are using meal prep containers and have stored your cooked meal prep well, it can last in the fridge for 3-4 days. If you need it to last longer, you can also freeze the food to make it last longer.
Learn how to meal prep Meal Prep Healthy Chicken Parmesan so you can enjoy your favorite comfort food throughout the week while sticking to your clean eating plan!
PREP TIME
10 mins
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins
COURSE
Dinner
CUISINE
Italian
SERVINGS
4 Meals
CALORIES
333 kcal
Ingredients
For The Chicken Parmesan:
4 chicken breasts halves, boneless and skinless
1 cup almond meal
¼ cup chickpea flour
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried thyme
2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
2-4 tablespoon olive oil
1 25-oz tomato sauce
2 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
For The Zucchini Noodles:
4 medium zucchini
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
1
First start by preheating your oven to 500 degrees F.
2
In a large mixing bowl, combine almond meal, chickpea flour, dried oregano, dried basil, dried thyme, garlic powder, sea salt, and black pepper.
3
Dredge the boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the seasoned almond meal mixture and then shake off any excess.
4
Heat olive oil in large oven safe skillet over high heat.
5
Add the coated chicken and sear until golden-brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. We aren’t looking to cook through, just get a nice golden crust on the chicken.
6
Pour the tomato sauce over and around the browned chicken.
7
Sprinkle a little grated parmesan over each chicken breast.
8
Then, place in the oven for 8-12 minutes, until the cheese melts and the chicken is cooked through.
9
Then remove it from the oven and allow to cool.
10
While that’s cooling, make the zucchini noodles. Using a spiralizer, make the zucchini noodles.
11
Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large sauté pan until it’s hot.
12
Then, add the zucchini noodles, sea salt, ground black pepper, and granulated garlic, and toss to combine.
13
We don’t want to cook the zucchini all the way here - we’re just looking for it to start to cook and heat all the way through. When we reheat it later, it’ll finish cooking and be perfectly tender and not mushy. So, remove the noodles from the heat after about 2-3 minutes and let cool.
14
To assemble our chicken Parmesan meal prep, start by adding the cooked zucchini noodles to one side of your meal prep container, then top with the cooked chicken Parmesan.
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NOTES
You can reheat your chicken parmesan very easily. To reheat in a microwave, it will take approximately 2 minutes. Be sure to cover it to avoid any mess.
NUTRITION
Serving:
1 Meal
Calories:
333 kcal
Carbohydrates:
20.9g
Protein:
32.8g
Fat:
14.3g
Saturated Fat:
2.5g
Cholesterol:
85.4mg
Sodium:
778.2mg
Potassium:
-
Fiber:
5.9g
Sugar:
9.4g
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