Deconstructed Chicken Parmesan

The idea was to see if I could freshen up Chicken Parmesan. I make it often, it is one of my favorite comfort dishes. My angle here was to do a Croque Monsieur/Napoleon stacked thing. I hammered out the chicken, cut it into small triangles, breaded and fried as usual, then stacked the pieces with a little sauce and mozzarella between the slices. Then, I put it in the oven to melt the cheese and get everything up to temperature. Immediately, all the stacks fell over! A quick rescue with some vertical toothpick support and I was back in business. All in all a fun variation.