Easy Chicken Parmesan Casserole With Homemade Sauce

I found a great dinner recipe this week on Pinterest (of course) from the blog, “Thriving Home.” It was so simple I had to try it!

You can find the original recipe here.

Easy Chicken Parmesan Casserole with Homemade Sauce

Ingredients for Chicken Parmesan Casserole:

• about 4 cups of diced, cooked chicken
• 1 serving of Growing Weisser “Pizza Sauce with Pizzaz“
• 1-2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• about 1 cup panko or whole wheat bread crumbs
• 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
• fresh, chopped herbs (parsley, basil, oregano, etc) or 1 tsp each dried herbs
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease an 8×8 casserole dish with cooking spray.

3. Layer the chicken in the bottom. Dump in the pizza sauce and mix with the chicken. Next, top with cheese until all the chicken is covered.

4. In a small bowl, mix the breadcrumbs, olive oil, herbs and a dash of salt and pepper together.

5. Sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture on top.

6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden on top and bubbling on the sides.

7. Serve on top of your favorite pasta or rice.

Pizza Sauce with Pizzaz

The sauce will need to cook for 1 hour, so be sure to allow for that time in your planning and preparing. This sauce can be made ahead of time and stored for up to 1-2 weeks in a mason jar in the refrigerator.

Both the sauce and the casserole were so easy to make I will definitely be making this again. I ate my serving on a bed of spinach and the rest of the family ate theirs with pasta. I would also try this with noddles made from zucchini.