I make this dish with mini babybel light but I've also made it occasionally with light mozzarella. You will need to check the nutritional information for the sauce that you are using and adjust the points accordingly. If you use shop brought Marinara Sauce (or another tomato based sauce) the Smart Points for this dish may be higher. but this Easy Marinara Sauce is really very good and what is more it is zero Smart Points! I usually use homemade marinara sauce for this dish but I have also used shop brought pasta sauce.īoth are good. If you use dried breadcrumbs or panko breadcrumbs you may need to alter the Point values accordingly. I used 40g of fresh breadcrumbs for this recipe for a total of 2 Points. I tend to serve it with a side of spiralized zucchini / courgette. It is sometimes served on top of pasta, or with a side salad. It & variations of it are also know as Chicken Parmigiana, chicken parm and in Australia as just parmy or parma! So, Chicken Parmesan is a dish that seems to have originated in the US and consists of breaded chicken breast covered in tomato sauce and topped with cheese (usually mozzarella, parmesan and provolone). The chicken breasts are then placed on a 'bed' of Marinara sauce (or pasta sauce or tomato sauce) and topped with cheese and baked. You get a lovely succulent chicken this way! However, I find by frying them in a little oil first, the chicken is sealed and therefore doesn't dry out when cooking later. It would be possible to save Smart Points by browning the breaded chicken breasts in the oven instead of frying them. I toss the chicken in seasoned breadcrumbs then lightly pan fry it to seal it and to brown the breadcrumbs to a golden crispiness. I've eaten this Chicken Parmesan quite a few times whilst following the Weight Watchers plan and I must say it really is one of my favourite dishes. This has got to be one of my favourite Weight Watchers chicken recipes! It is tasty, easy to make and can be served to your non Weight Watcher friends and family without them ever knowing you are feeding them a WW friendly dish! Result! Succulent chicken breasts covered in crunchy golden breadcrumbs with a tangy tomato sauce and topped with melted golden and bubbly cheese! Yum! If you follow the WW Personal Points plan you can find out how many Personal Points this recipe will be for you & track it in your WW App by clicking on the blue button in recipe card below! It is 9 SmartPoints per portion on the Green plan. This tasty Chicken Parmesan is just 6 Smart Points per portion on Weight Watchers Blue plan, Green plan and Freestyle plan.
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