Lighter Chicken Parmesan with Simple Tomato Sauce

Name: Lighter Chicken Parmesan with Simple Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups, panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs); 1 tablespoon, olive oil; 1 ounce, grated Parmesan cheese (about 1/2 cup), plus extra for serving; 1/2 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, garlic powder; 3 , large egg whites; 1 tablespoon, water; , Vegetable cooking spray; 3 , large boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 8 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat and sliced into cutlets; 2 cups, tomato sauce, warmed (see below); 3 ounces, shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (about 3/4 cup); 1 tablespoon, minced fresh basil; , 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes; 4 medium cloves, garlic, minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 4 teaspoons); 1 tablespoon, tomato paste; 1 teaspoon, olive oil; 1/8 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh basil leaves

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The best part of Chicken Parmesan is the crisp, golden coating—can you get the same flavor without frying the cutlets in a lot of fat?

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a low-fat chicken Parmesan recipe worth eating, we found that if we first toasted the bread crumbs with a little oil before coating the chicken, it would give them flavor and color—enough so we could then bake the breaded cutlets on a r...

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