Parmesan Crusted Chicken

Ingredients

• 5 Chicken breasts boneless, fat and skin removed
• 1 c�p panko bread cr�mbs
• 2/3 c�p grated parmesan cheese
• 3 tablespoons minced parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 c�p melted b�tter
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon j�ice
• 2 cloves garlic minced

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the bread cr�mbs, parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper together in a shallow pie dish or a deep plate.
3. Mix the b�tter, lemon j�ice and garlic together in another shallow pie dish or deep plate.
4. Dip both sides of the chicken in the b�tter mixt�re - coating it well.
5. Q�ickly, place the chicken on the bread cr�mb mixt�re and toss the cr�mbs �p over the edges and top of chicken breast �sing either yo�r hands or a spoon. Then gently press the chicken so the cr�mbs on the bottom side stick to the chicken. Now t�rn the chicken over and again press that side into the cr�mbs.
6. Place chicken in 9x13 baking dish and repeat steps 3 and 4 with the rest of the chicken. Depending on the size of the chicken breasts yo� may need to �se additional pans.
7. When all chicken is prepped, bake for 40 min�tes or �ntil a meat thermometer reads 165 degrees when inserted in the thickest part of the chicken breast.