Process Analysis Essay

“How to make Chicken Parmesan” There are many people that are interested in Italian food. Today, I am going to teach you how to make a famous Italian dish. The dish is named Chicken Parmesan. There are three very important steps in making chicken parmesan: preparation, cooking, and transfer to a plate. First, you should go to the supermarket to get some groceries. You should buy cooking spray, bread crumbs, fresh parsley, oregano, garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper, eggs, milk, flour, tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and boneless chicken breast cutlets. When you get back home and are ready to cook, take out 4 chicken cutlets, rinse the chicken cutlets under running cold water, and pound the chicken cutlets into flat pieces about 1/2 inches thick. Then, put them in a bowl. In a medium bowl, toss 1 cup of bread crumbs with 1/4 teaspoon oregano, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon paprika, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. In another bowl, whisk the 2 eggs and 1/2 cup milk together. In a third bowl stir together 2 cups flour, and a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Dip each piece of chicken, 1 piece at a time, in flour, shaking off excess, then egg, then bread crumbs, shaking off excess. Now, you are done with the preparation. Now, we are going to cook it. First, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Then, place breaded cutlets in a glass baking dish and spray on each side with cooking spray, about 5 seconds per side. After that, bake the cutlets until cooked through and the bread crumbs are browned, about 15 minutes. Then, top with 3 1/2 cups tomato sauce, 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese. Now, return the baking dish to the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling. We can now remove the dish from the oven. At last, you should put the chicken on the plate to serve. To me putting the chicken on a plate is a big step in making chicken parmesan. Everybody knows that we should put food on a plate so that we can eat it. In the Italian culture, putting food on a plate is an art. You should make the food look good. In Italian culture, first, you will look at it, then smell it, and finally eat it. If the food does not look good, you will not want to eat it. Different people have different styles in making food look good. I will first put some boiled pasta on the plate, then, I will place a chicken cutlet on top of the pasta, and finally garnish the plate with some fresh parsley. Congratulations! You are done and ready to eat. Italian food has a long history. There are many dishes that are very good. Chicken Parmesan is one of them. People, if you like Italian food, just try it, you will not be disappointed.