I'd like to preface this post by saying that Brandon asks me to make this for him all. the. time.

Even if he has a different dinner idea. If I bring up parmesan chicken, he's down.


It's a hit...and it's only caused me one minor emotional breakdown! Which is a win for me if you've ever see me try to cook dinner.

Let's just say, you can't really go wrong with the flavors here. It's cheesy, crispy, buttery, tender...all the good adjectives.

And you know what else it is? ONE PAN. One pan dishes have become my new best friend since living on my own because I despise doing the dishes. After I've slaved away in the kitchen making my dinner the last thing I want to do is dishes. The way my kitchen is laid out, my (limited number of) guests would suspect nothing if I just shoved them all to the side....

Just kidding. I (almost) always do my dishes, even though I hate it.

But this recipe makes it sooo much easier for cleanup.

It's also really easy to make this dinner for one, and that's what I've featured here. Depending on how many mouths you have to feed and how hungry they are, you can adjust accordingly.

You also get to eat some delicious zucchini. It's buttery and garlicky...have I sold you yet?

First, you'll cook up the chicken. Make sure the pan is hot enough to create a crispy crust, but not so hot that it burns. It should look like this:

Then goes the zucchini! I like to wipe out the pan a little bit to get rid of some of the burnt butter, but you don't need to wash it completely. Melt the butter, saute some garlic and add the zucchini.

You can toss the chicken back in with the zucchini to warm it up, but mine usually stays pretty warm on the plate since the zucchini doesn't take too long to cook.



And you're done! See? So simple. Yet so good.

Extra points if you can get your significant other to wash the pan for you...though I haven't succeeded there yet. 😉