 Chicken parmesan from an American restaurant | |
| Alternative names | Chicken parmigiana |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Main ingredients | Chicken breast, tomato sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan |
Chicken parmesan or chicken parmigiana (Italian: pollo alla parmigiana) is a dish that consists of breaded chicken breast covered in tomato sauce and mozzarella, Parmesan, or provolone.[1] Ham or bacon is sometimes added.[2][3]
The dish originated in the Italian diaspora in the United States during the early 20th century.[1][4][5][6] It has been speculated that the dish is based on a combination of the Italian parmigiana di melanzane, a dish using fried eggplant slices and tomato sauce, with a cotoletta, a breaded veal cutlet generally served without sauce or cheese in Italy.[6]
Chicken parmesan is included as the base of a number of different meals, including sandwiches[7] and pies.[8][9]
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Veal and chicken parmigiana, along with their cousins meatball, sausage and shrimp, are more recent adaptations, created by Italian immigrants in America who could afford to use meat in place of the vegetables they relied on in the Old Country.
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- ^ "Parma pies on menu for Patties". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. February 18, 2012. p. 31.
WHAT do you get if you take the humble meat pie and the Italian chicken parmigiana and mash them together?
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